Download McIDAS-XCD v. 2019.1

Since May 2009 SSEC has been distributing McIDAS-XCD updates as fully supported Fastrack releases. This means that the software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software has been tested on all of the supported system configurations. Prior upgrade versions were distributed once a year, normally in late-May.

The SSEC McIDAS Help Desk provides full assistance for McIDAS software questions pertaining to the current or previous issue. The Help Desk will still assist those sites that are two issues behind the current issue at a reduced capability. A complete description of your MUG support is detailed in the SSEC McIDAS Users’ Group Policy Document.  Also note that if you plan to upgrade to 2019.1 from a version earlier than the previous release (2018.2), you must first read and perform any required actions in the release documents for each of the versions you skipped so you know about their major changes and any required actions in the interim. For example, if you are upgrading from version 2017.1 to 2019.1, you must first read and perform the required actions in the release documents for versions 2017.2, 2018.1 and 2018.2 before proceeding to 2019.1. See the past versions page for links to those and other materials from past versions.

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McIDAS-XCD 2019.1 – released 10 Sep 2019

McIDAS-XCD Software & Installation

2019.1 McIDAS-XCD Installation Instructions

As user oper download the following files to the ~oper/mcidas directory on your McIDAS‑XCD workstation.

System Requirements

If you are upgrading from an older version, please see the past versions page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.

What's New in McIDAS-XCD 2019.1

  • Updated TEMP SHIP data decoder and configuration files. Some issues were uncovered with the initial 2018.2 release of the TEMP SHIP decoder, including an adjustment to the wind speed calculations and error messages resulting from incorrect information contained in the ITSHPDEC.CFG file.
  • Updated McIDAS-XCD code and configuration files to accommodate the updated McIDAS-X station database file STNDB.CORE that was released in McIDAS-X  2019.1. This includes a change to the maximum number of stations for surface METAR data increasing to 12500 from 10000. The updates are detailed in McIDAS-X Inquiries 16728 and 16854.
  • Updated PIREP data decoder to recognize CONS (continuous) and INTMT (intermittent) turbulence categories.