[IDV #RWS-889201]: Could not read ATCF file

["Unidata IDV Support" <support-idv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Description of problem: I downloaded a file from the ATCF database (attached) and got this
> error when I tried to open it.  The file was retrieved from:
> 
> ftp://ftp.tpc.ncep.noaa.gov/atcf/archive/2007
> 
> Error initializing ATCF data
> Could not read file: C:\data\point\aal012007.dat/storm.table
> 

The ATCF data source is expecting a directory not a file. The directory structure should mimic the ftp directory structure. It looks for a <dir>/storm.table file and then will read in the data files as:
<dir>/<year>/a<basin number><storm number><year>.dat.gz
      

We can look at modifying this class to support reading a .dat file directly.

-Jeff


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: RWS-889201
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed