McIDAS-X
and -XCD Fastrack Version 2009.1
Now Available
22 May 2009 McIDAS Help Desk email notification to McIDAS Site Coordinators
and the mcidas-users list:
McIDAS-X Fastrack version 2009.1 was recently added to the McIDAS
Website.
The significant changes for McIDAS-X version
2009.1 include the following:
- added support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.0;
programmers who do local McIDAS development must see the excerpt about RHEL
5 and the supported compilers in the Fastrack
2009.1 Programmer Notes
- removed references to Nested Grid Model (NGM) due to the NWS terminating
it effective 03 March 2009 (NWS TIN08-90); the changes are mostly
to the MOSRPT command (changed TYPE= keyword default from NGM to GFS)
and McIDAS User's Guide GRD* command examples
- added support for NOAA-19 in servers, ingestors, calibration
files and ancillary data files
- updated the McIDAS-X 2009.1 installation files and scripts to include
the McIDAS-XRD 2009.1 software package
Also, as noted in the McIDAS-X
Version 2008 Upgrade Procedure document, McIDAS User Services
is now issuing McIDAS-X software updates via fully-supported Fastrack releases
(including online documentation updates) rather than via formal upgrades
each May. 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
workstation configurations. Full system testing will occur at least once
on each platform during each calendar year. This step is being taken
so that the McIDAS programming, testing and documentation staff can focus
more of its future efforts on the McIDAS-V project.
If you have questions about this release, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608)
262-2455, or send
email to the Help Desk.
22 May 2009 McIDAS Help Desk email notification to McIDAS-XCD
Site Coordinators:
McIDAS-XCD Fastrack version 2009.1 was recently added to the McIDAS
Website.
Please note that during SSEC's in-house testing of the McIDAS-X and -XCD version
2009.1 packages, a bug was discovered that could affect users who run the PTCOPY
command to obtain real-time point data from newly updated -XCD servers. This
is not a new bug; it has existed for many years but was not discovered until
now because it requires a rare set of circumstances. We have decided
to release version 2009.1 with this problem, because there are ways to work-around
the problem and because it remedies itself after a few days of running -XCD. You
must read the "Important Note" on the -XCD
2009.1 Software and Instructions page, as well as the associated inquiry,
for information on how this bug could affect your site.
The significant changes for McIDAS-XCD version
2009.1 include the following:
- removed references to Nested Grid Model (NGM) due to the NWS terminating
it effective 03 March 2009 (NWS
TIN08-90); includes grid/GRIB data and Model Output Statistics (NGM MOS)
- added more entries for consistent identification of BUFR Version 4 files,
and added updates to improve scouring of BUFR files
- added Probabilistic Storm Surge (PSS), Non-hydrostatic Meso Model (NMM)
and Great Lakes Wave Model (GLW) data that is now available in GRIB2 format
on the NOAAPORT datastream
- expanded functionality of the weather text server to accommodate archived
weather text data as requested by the UW-SSEC Data Center
- added support for NOAA-19 satellite in the TIRDEC decoder
- fixed navigation bug in GFS-GLME GRIB1 data that also affected some GRIB2
data
- updated the station database file (STNDB.CORE) in McIDAS-X 2009.1 to correct
latitude and longitude of VOR station YXH, and to include the addition of
six Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) stations and removal of one TAF station
McIDAS User Services is now issuing McIDAS-XCD
software updates via fully-supported Fastrack releases (including
online documentation updates) rather than via formal upgrades each May.
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
workstation configurations. Full system testing will occur at least
once during each calendar year. This step is being taken so that the McIDAS
programming, testing and documentation staff can focus more of its future efforts
on the McIDAS-V project.
If you have questions about this release, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608)
262-2455, or send
email to the Help Desk.
