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Hail
Thunder
Tornado/Funnel Cloud
For details on the contents of the dataset, see the format
documentation shown below.
The data are available via:
1) WWW -- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/res40.pl?page=gsod.html
2) FTP -- ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod via browser
3) Command line ftp:
a) Enter:
open ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov
b) Login is:
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POSITION
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
STN---
1-6
Int.
WBAN
8-12
Int.
YEAR
15-18
Int.
The year.
MODA
19-22
Int.
TEMP
25-30
Real
Count
32-33
Int.
DEWP
36-41
Real
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Count
43-44
Int.
SLP
47-52
Real
Count
54-55
Int.
STP
58-63
Real
Count
65-66
Int.
VISIB
69-73
Real
Count
75-76
Int.
WDSP
79-83
Real
Count
85-86
Int.
MXSPD
89-93
Real
GUST
96-100
Real
MAX
103-108
Real
Flag
109-109
Char
MIN
111-116
Real
Flag
117-117
Char
PRCP
119-123
Real
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Flag
124-124
Char
SNDP
126-130
Real
FRSHTT
133-138
Int.
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fax number.
Telephone Number:
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Neal Lott
NCDC/DAB
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