Re: Creating a sfc data file

Hi Daryl,

Here's my sfcfil settings...

Dave

Daryl Herzmann wrote:


On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, David Novak wrote:


Hi,
I am trying to create/populate a surface data file. I have used sfcfil to create the empty .gem file, and I have an ascii text file with the station data. However, when I run sfedit I get the following errors: 

[SFEDIT -8]  Parameter HOUR is not in the data set.
[SFEDIT -8]  Parameter DRCT is not in the data set.
[SFEDIT -8]  Parameter SKNT is not in the data set.
[SFEDIT -9]  SFEDIT cannot continue with invalid parameters.
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I've attached the station table I used, the data file, and the error messages. 


Good morning,
What did you use set as 'SFPRMF' for sfcfil? If you created a parameter file, can you include that here? 

daryl


gempak@sac1-> sfcfil
 SFOUTF    Output surface file               profiler.gem
 SFPRMF    Surface parameter packing file    
HOUR/0-24-1;DRCT/0-360-1;SKNT/0-200-1
 STNFIL    Station information file          profilertbl.txt
 SHIPFL    Ship data file flag               NO
 TIMSTN    Times/additional stations         1/0
 SFFSRC    Surface file source               TEXT
 Parameters requested: SFOUTF,SFPRMF,STNFIL,SHIPFL,TIMSTN,SFFSRC.
 GEMPAK-SFCFIL>