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I've noticed that DAWS is not plotting certain stations, despite doing recompile station table. Is this just a UK thing?
Today 0900 27th June, downloaded from SYNOP from COD it did not plot stations 03010, 03055, 03035, 03100, 03120, 03204, 03345, 03314, 03684, 03527, 03796, 03866, 03837, 03810. These are not new stations as they are identified in the station list. I've noticed that they don't seem to get identified in the troubleshooting option either.
I can get a couple of them such as 03204 and 03684 to plot if I duplicate or triplicate the entry in the station table then recompile then download the SYNOP from COD again.
It's nothing to do with station density as it's set at 100%.
Has anyone else noticed this in UK or elsewhere?
Francis
PS Thanks Tim for sorting out my last list of suggestions.

I hadn't noticed this until now. I just got the 12Z Synop file from COD, and even though there is data for Tiree Island (03100) it will not plot. I didn't check to see if there was data for all the other sites you mentioned.

Pat

Francis Richards wrote:downloaded from SYNOP from COD it did not plot stations 03010, 03055, 03035, 03100, 03120, 03204, 03345, 03314, 03684, 03527, 03796, 03866, 03837, 03810

* I have made major changes to the SYNOP importing routine. The existing versions were having a problem with single-line SYNOPs. Much more data will be available now in the next release. I have loosened the rules on detection of some ship and buoy obs, so more of those should be coming through. I have also loosened the requirement for the second/third line of a synop obs to be indented.

* There is a bug in Recompile Tables and it causes the lowest station in a hundreds group, e.g. 3100-3199, 3200-3299 to be ignored. You can see this by reviewing OUTPUT.SFC. This has been fixed and will make it into the next release.

As a note, you can compare what DA is importing by looking at the queue.syn file. This should match closely with what you are seeing in the raw data file. If there is an obs you don't see in this next upgrade, send me a sample of the raw data text at and within 5 lines of the observation and I'll see what the problem is. However I have combed through about 1300 lines of a SYNOP datafile and the new version is working fabulously.

Tim