Help with error: [SFEDIT 2] Station cannot be added to the file

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• Subject: Help with error: [SFEDIT 2] Station cannot be added to the file
• From: Janine Goldstein <janine@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:33:45 -0700

Hi all,

My station file, stationCD.fil, contains a single line:

>16980603 999999 TEST                             -- US  3210  -9170    24

My data file, 20020612.txt, contains 24 hourly values:

>PARM = P01M
>
>STN      YYMMDD/HHMM    P01M
>16980603 020612/0000    0.00
>16980603 020612/0100    0.00
>16980603 020612/0200    0.00
>16980603 020612/0300    0.00
>.
>.
>.
>16980603 020612/2300    0.00

I run sfcfil with the following options:
> SFOUTF   = 20020612.sfc
> SFPRMF   = P01M
> STNFIL   = stationCD.fil
>SHIPFL   = no
>TIMSTN   = 24/0
>SFFSRC   = 20020612.txt

and get

> SFCFIL PARAMETERS:
>

> Number of additional stations:      0
> Total number of stations:           1
> Total number of times:             24
>
> This file will be a standard surface file.
>
>Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
> The file has been created.
> Parameters requested: SFOUTF,SFPRMF,STNFIL,SHIPFL,TIMSTN,SFFSRC.

Then I run sfedit and get:
> SFEFIL   = 20020612.txt
> SFFILE   = 20020612.sfc
> GEMPAK-SFEDIT>run
>
> SFEDIT PARAMETERS:
>

> Parameters to be added to file:
>
> P01M
>Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
> [SFEDIT 2]  Station 16980603 cannot be added to the file.
>.
>.
>. (24 times)
> Parameters requested: SFEFIL,SFFILE.

What am  I missing?????

Thanks in advance,

Janine Goldstein
NCAR/EOL