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[IDV #KUH-661833]: Missing winds

Hi Walt-

> I noticed that on some stations (42002) the wind direction is missing in
> the raw message, but IDV is coding the wind direction as 0 degrees and
> then plotting the wind barb as north. I was wondering if there was a
> decoding issue on the server or something with IDV itself.
> 
> KWBC 251900
> BBXX
> 42002 46/// ///10

It's the decoder.  If the wind is missing, it gets set to 0.  Does the wind 
ever get reported as 0 instead of 360?  If not, we could catch that in the IDV. 
 But, then you'd never know the wind speed was 10 m/s. ;-)

Don

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KUH-661833
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open