SFCRPT

Lists surface hourly observations.

Format

SFCRPT 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=1)

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/SFCHOURLY)
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 (default=current)
TYPe=	ALL	lists both hourly and special reports (default)
	H	lists only hourly reports
	S	lists only special reports

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 and do not use the TIME keyword, the search begins at the current hour on the specified day and works backwards.

Examples

SFCRPT KSTL

This entry lists all surface observations for St. Louis from the past hour.

SFCRPT KMIA KBTV VT 2

This entry lists all surface observations for Miami; Burlington, Vermont; and all stations in Vermont from the past two hours. Burlington's observations are listed only once.

SFCRPT KGRB 4 CO=BM BZ

This entry lists all surface observations for Green Bay, Wisconsin; Bermuda and Belize from the past four hours.

SFCRPT KZZV 13 TIME=4 TYPE=S

This entry lists only special surface observations for Zanesville, Ohio. SFCRPT lists observations starting with 4:00 UTC of the current day and ending with 16:00 UTC of the previous day.

SFCRPT NZCH 24 TIME=23 DAY=96300

This entry lists all surface observations for Christchurch, New Zealand, on day 96300.