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John, Yes the SMKB01 NGTT collective has a number of stations. Many times, the obs are NIL, and then other stations are in subsequent issuances, but here is a list of stations in the bulletin: SMKB01 NGTT 271200^M AAXX 27124^M 91487 NIL =^M 91490 NIL =^M 91533 NIL =^M 91601 NIL =^M 91610 11498 81813 10243 20236 40087 54003 60611 71368 8572/ 333 10327 5649/^M =^M 91612 NIL =^M 91623 NIL = ^M 91629 NIL =^M 91701 NIL =^ then for example..... SMKB01 NGTT 271200^M AAXX 27124^M 91490 11498 50000 10238 2023/ 40084 69951 71528 85300^M 333 10/// 569//=^M 91701 11499 30512 10272 2025/ 4//// 60001 70120 83200^M 333 10316 561//=^M Good luck, Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support > Thanks very much Steve. I am looking for observations, and must > admit that it was my ignorance as much as anything that shaped my > question. Here's a quick gloss: I knew that only METAR observations > are being made, and thought I knew that these were not in the SA > header groups. I see the KB in the headers below, and know that this > is Kiribati, the country in which Christmas Island is located. But > the last part of your message suggests that there is a synoptic > observation from PLCH as well; this surprises me, and I'll need to > look further to get clear on this. > > We are not running an LDM right now, and I'll be looking in the raw > data files on Motherlode for these data. You've given me enough to > go on that I'm sure we can find what we need. We'll add this station > to the needed station tables, and work from there. Again, thanks. John M. > > Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote: > > > John, > > > > Christmas island METARs are being sent under the headers such as: > > SAKB31 PLCH > > > > The sfmetar_sa.tbl will need the PLCH location added in order to include > > these in the decoded output file (just add the PLCH line that you can find > > in the > > $GEMTBL/stns/inactive.tbl file). > > > > TAF messages (eg bulletins starting with "FT" are decoded with dctaf). > > The $GEMTBL/stns/tafstn.tbl has several of the islands like Palau and Yap > > but not Christmas. The sfchck program can be used to show if the decoded > > taf station files have any missing station identifies, and nothing there > > shows up > > for Christmas. > > > > If you are looking for synoptic reports, then I do find 91490 in the > > data stream (It is decoded in the synop files from dclsfc using the 6 digit > > identifier 91490): > > lsfstns.tbl:PLCH 914900 CHRISTMAS ISLAND/CASSIDY -- US 198 > > -15748 > > > > The bulletins are in the NGTT dissemination group: > > 905 > > SMKB01 NGTT 290600 > > AAXX 29064 > > 91490 11599 29901 10264 2023/ 40092 60001 70121 82100 333 569//= > > > > Are you really looking for TAF's or were you interested in obs? > > > > Steve Chiswell > > Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > >>Hello, Steve: > >>We're doing some work at a remote site, Christmas > >>Island, and I'm therefore interested in data access. > >>I know that METAR reports are made there, but I'm > >>not finding them in the .taf files (I went to Mother > >>Lode in this case). Can you suggest another way? > >>Should this question go to someone else? The station > >>id is 91490 or 91492. I tried an area search that > >>could have included other islands, but found nothing > >>until I got to Hawaii. (I didn't expect Christmas > >>in the sao files, and didn't find it.) Thanks for any > >>help or suggestions you may have. Oh, it may be > >>relevant that the venerable World Monthly Surface > >>Climatology (from NCDC, availalbe at NCAR/DSS) has > >>only two years of data for Christmas, long ago. > >>John M. > >> > >> > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: NJJ-918786 > > Department: Support GEMPAK > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NJJ-918786 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed