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FFC is Peachtree City (basically Atlanta). I also don't see an FFG. We've been receiving data, but how will I know which is unencoded? I tried loading some of the more recent images in GEMPAK 5.6a but no dice. Thomas L. Mote University of Georgia On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:03:32 -0500 Dan Vietor <devo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am cheerfully watching the NEXRAD data flow in here, it is > > great to see! > > > > However, I am seeing some products from stations that are not > > in my WXP > > rad.cty list of stations: > > > > FFG > > GID > > LMK > > TOP > > UNR > > > > TOP is easy to guess, it is TWX (Topeka). Can anyone shed light on the > > rest of these? > > WXP uses the official NWS identifiers for the Nexrad sites and not the > identifier for the WFO. This is for consistency with RCM, MDR and other > radar products. > > BTW, I don't find any sites with FFG. There is Atlanta which is FFC. > > I file Nexrad sites by the ID listed in the AWIPS header and not the WMO > header: > > ** SDUS51 KPHI 091837 *** > N0RDIX > > I file on the DIX, not the PHI. Here is my pqact.conf line: > > # > # Radar - NIDS > WMO ^SDUS5. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-5][0-9]).*/p(...)(...) > PIPE -close /home/ldm/bin/ucnids -c - > /home/ldm/data/nids/\5/(\1:yy)( > \1:mm)\1\2\3_\4.nid > > > Also, in clear air mode, how can you have a negative > > reflectivity? Is a negative return ever really due to > > precipitation? > > Its possible for snow but not rain. Some types of snow have a very > small cross-section exposed to the radar beam. This means it will > rarely have Dbz returns in the positive area. The problem is that there > are a lot of other things that return Dbz values of 5 or less, like > birds, insects, clouds, ground clutter. So you have to know what your > looking for. > ________________________________________________________ > Daniel Vietor Mail: devo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Unisys Corp Title: Engineer/Meteorologist > 221 Gale Lane Phone: 610-925-5206 > Kennett Square PA 19348 Fax: 610-925-5215 > ********************************************************** Thomas L. Mote tmote@xxxxxxx Associate Professor of Geography ph: 706-542-2906 University of Georgia lab: 706-542-6060 Athens, GA 30602-2502 USA fax: 706-542-2388
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