McIDAS User's Guide
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RAOBRPT

Lists upper-air (RAOB) observations.


Format

RAOBRPT id1 . . idN nhours [keywords]


Parameters

id1 . . idN

station IDs or states to list; use the two-character state P.O. abbreviation for states

nhours

number of hours to search for observations starting from DAY and TIME (default=12)


Keywords

CO=

co1 . . coN

lists observations for all stations in these countries; use the CCODE command to list valid country codes

DATaset=

ADDE dataset name; specify as group/descriptor or alias (default=RTWXTEXT/UPPERAIR)

DAY=

Julian date to start search; use either the 5- or 7-digit format, for example, 99300 or 1999300 (default=current)

TIMe=

UTC time to start search; valid times are 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 21 (default=current)

TYPe=

type1 . . typeN

list the upper-air data by type

 

ALL

all types of upper-air data (default)

 

PPAA

mandatory-level wind data between the surface and 100 mb

 

PPBB

significant-level wind data between the surface and 100 mb

 

PPDD

significant-level wind data above 100 mb

 

TTAA

mandatory temperature and wind data

 

TTBB

significant-level temperature data between the surface and 100 mb

 

TTCC

mandatory-level temperature data above 100 mb

 

TTDD

significant-level temperature data above 100 mb


Remarks

You must specify at least one station ID, state, or country.

If you use the DAY keyword to specify a day other than the current day, you must also use the TIME keyword.


Examples

RAOBRPT 72435

This entry lists the latest upper-air observations of all types for Paducah, Kentucky, from the past 12 hours.

RAOBRPT SC 18 CO=FR TYPE=TTAA

This entry lists all TTAA upper-air observations for South Carolina and France from the past 18 hours.

RAOBRPT 72645 72201 LA 12 DAY=96300 TIME=12 TYPE=TTAA TTBB

This entry lists all TTAA and TTBB upper-air observations for Green Bay, Wisconsin; Key West, Florida; and Louisiana from 12 hours prior to 12:00 UTC on day 96300.


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