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20040518: bug in GEMPAK dcaft decoder



Devin,

What version of GEMPAK are you running?

Steve CHiswell
Unidata User Support


>From: Devin Eyre <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200405181442.i4IEgStK009586

>The following pirep, I believe issued by Tokyo:
>       PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0408 90NM NE OF RUSAR F310 REPORTED BY B747
>is decoded by dcacft as being over Modesto, CA (MOD).  It also doesn't pick
>up the flight level or the moderate turbulence.  Other similar pireps appear
>to have the location decoded correctly if the second word isn't MOD, and
>rarely the phenomena reported is decoded correctly also.  Here's the ones
>we've received for the last twelve hours that are in the same format:
>
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0800 30NM SW OF GNE F390 REPORTED BY B772
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 1215 10NM E OF HK F310 REPORTED BY B744
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0912 SUC F390 REPORTED BY A330
>PIREP JAC3713 TAE AT 0840 F150 HIGH CLD EXIST SMTH BY SF34
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0834 25NM E OF BASIL F310 REPORTED BY B763
>PIREP OVER KRE AT 1044 F250 SMTH BY MD87
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0602 FROM 87NM W OF ONIKU TO ONIKU F290 REPORTED BY
>B763
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0722 GNE F310 REPORTED BY MD11
>PIREP ANA119 GURAR FL310 AT 0322 LGT TURB INC BY B735
PIREP JAC3416 MPE 0150 A150 LGT ICE AND SMTH BY SF34
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 1015 IGOSO F410 REPORTED BY B763
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0704 JACKY F290 REPORTED BY B747
>PIREP MOD TURB OBSD AT 0408 90NM NE OF RUSAR F310 REPORTED BY B747
>
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