McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2016.1

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SYNRPT

Lists synoptic observations.


Format

SYNRPT 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=3)


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/SYNOPTIC)

DAY=

Julian date to start search; use either the 5- or 7-digit format, for example, 96300 or 1996300 (default=current)

TIMe=

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


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

SYNRPT 03772

This entry lists all synoptic reports for London, England, from the past three hours.

SYNRPT MS 72793 8 CO=AT

This entry lists all synoptic reports for Austria, Mississippi, and Seattle, Washington, from the past eight hours.

SYNRPT MB 9 DAY=96300 TIME=12

This entry list all synoptic reports for Manitoba, Canada, from nine hours prior to 12:00 UTC on day 96300.


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