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

[Janine Goldstein]

Hi all,

I am stumped.  I have a very simple (one station) test case that I can't 
get to run.  I run sfcfil and then sfedit, and get the above error.

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:
 >
 > New surface file:      
20020612.sfc                                           
 > Parameter file:        
P01M                                                   
 > Station 
file:                                                                 
 > Number of stations in STNFIL:       1
 > 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:
 >
 > Edit file:           
20020612.txt                                             
 > Output surface file: 
20020612.sfc                                             
 >
 > 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