KXVG Longville, MN Oddity

[Weasel]

Tim,

I've noticed that the XVG data is always bad for the Longville report; however, the data for KXVG is acceptable (have no way of knowing if it is 100% correct as I'm not there, but it looks reasonable:). This messes with the analysis functions a bit. Whilst I can get rid of it using quality control, I was wondering if you could advise on just how to remove it, the XVG station, from DA WS. I don't like to mess with the station file too much as some older stations could be deleted by mistake.

Thanks

[Al Pietrycha]

Add KXVG to the digatmos.pri file. That should override the XVG obs from plotting...this method worked for me. I'm not sure but the XVG site may be located in Canada.

--Albert Pietrycha

[Wally Mayo]

Yes, it is in Violet Grove, Alberta. I'm taking the old alias out of the stn file to see if it makes things right.

[Weasel]

Albert,

Thanks so very much for your help!!

I tried editing the file in notepad as you suggested. Starting first with KXVG, and later on with XVG. It doesn't seem to have made a difference on my machine. Even so, your suggestion is appreciated. I'll just stick with the QC function for the time being.

Pat

[Weasel]

Wally,

If it is indeed from Violet Grove, I wonder why the temp, pressure etc are so way of the beaten path??? Whatever country this belongs to, they need to do a little maintenance on the sensors for this, no doubt, automated (i.e. garbage) system.

Pat

[texsky]

It's not just XVG, either. It seems that just about every station in Canada that starts with an X ends up with spurious data. I just went ahead and deleted all of them from the station file.

While we're discussing stations, I keep getting obs showing up that aren't even in the digatmos.stn file and they invariably contain bogus data that I have to delete. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

thanks,
Bob