@07@This is an information file for the file area "Precipitation Data from NCDC"
============================================================================
@8C@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 8/95
@0C@Preliminary hourly precipitation data for Honolulu is now available for 
the period from 1/1/95-7/31/95.
@0B@============================================================================
@82@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 3/95

@02@Hourly precipitation data from 3 stations on the island of Oahu are now
available for the period from January, 1991 through May, 1994.  The 3 stations
are Honolulu Int. Airport, Opaeula, and Waialua.  For each of the stations,
hourly data files  are available in delimited ASCII and dBase (dbf) format.
Each file is compressed into a "ZIP" file to reduce download time.
The "dbf" files have self-explanatory field names and the ASCII delimited files
have informative headers.  (Preliminary hourly precipitation data for Honolulu
for the period from 1/1/95 through 1/31/95 are also now available.)

END UPDATE NOTICE 3/95
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@8A@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 12/94

@0B@Files containing 1994 precipitation data (1/1/94 through 12/31/94) are also
available for downloads. Three formats are available as described below:

94PPT.WK1   Preliminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI
            in Lotus 123 format.
94PPT.TXT   Preliminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI
            in ASCII delimited format.
94PPT.DBF   PrelIminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI
            in dBase IV format.

For 94PPT.TXT and 94PPT.DBF, the following information apply:

Precipitation is measured in inches (in).
Data value of "-9999" denotes missing data.
"T" denote trace amount of rain.

All data originated from National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) BBS in Asheville,
NC (704-271-4286, N-8-1, upto 9600 bps). Voice phone # (704) 271-4800

The data included in these files are from the Preliminary Local Climatological
Data reports. The precipitation data was converted from hourly table originally
provided in ASCII text format. The data is subject to change after the QA/QC
procedures are done at NCDC. The finalized data will be available in the future
since there is a longer lag time in obtaining the finalized data in digital
format.

@8A@END UPDATE NOTICE: 10/94
@0B@============================================================================

@07@In this file area, there are precipitation data from 5 stations from island of
Oahu.  For each of the stations, hourly and daily average data files  are
available in delimited ASCII and dBase (dbf) format.  Each file is compressed
into "ZIP" file to reduce download time.  The "dbf" files have
self-explanatory field names and the ASCII delimited files have informative
headers.

The five stations are as follows:

Name                         Lat.            Long.            Elevation (ft)
----------------------    ---------       ----------          --------------
Honolulu Int. Airport     N21:20:00       W157:55:00           7
Kii-Kahuku                N21:41:00       W157:58:00          20
Opaeula                   N21:34:00       W158:02:00          1060
Waiahole                  N21:28:00       W157:53:00          750
Waialua                   N21:35:00       W157:07:00          30




FILE DESCRIPTIONS
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Zipped            Un-zipped
File Name         File Name        File Description
------------      ------------     --------------------------------------------
HA6290DA.ZIP      HA6290DA.TXT     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Honolulu International Airport between
                                   10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited
                                   format.
HA6290DD.ZIP      HA6290DD.DBF     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Honolulu International Airport between
                                   10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF format.
HA6290HA.ZIP      HA6290HA.TXT     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Honolulu
                                   International Airport between 10/1/62 -
                                   12/27/90 in ASCII delimited format.
HA6290HD.ZIP      HA6290HD.DBF     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Honolulu
                                   International Airport between 10/1/62 -
                                   12/27/90 in dBase DBF format.
KK7990DA.ZIP      KK7990DA.TXT     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Kii-Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in ASCII
                                   delimited format.
KK7990DD.ZIP      KK7990DD.DBF     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Kii-Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in dBase
                                   DBF format.
KK7990HA.ZIP      KK7990HA.TXT     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Kii-
                                   Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in ASCII
                                   delimited format.
KK7990HD.ZIP      KK7990HD.DBF     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Kii-
                                   Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in dBase DBF
                                   format.
OP6590DA.ZIP      OP6590DA.TXT     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in ASCII
                                   delimited format.
OP6590DD.ZIP      OP6590DD.DBF     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in dBase
                                   DBF format.
OP6590HA.ZIP      OP6590HA.TXT     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Opaeula
                                   between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in ASCII delimited
                                   format.
OP6590HD.ZIP      OP6590HD.DBF     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Opaeula
                                   between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in dBase DBF
                                   format.
PPTASCII.ZIP                       All ASCII delimited files in this file area
                                   (10 files)
PPTDBF.ZIP                         All dBase (dbf) files in this file area (10
                                   files)
WH6590DA.ZIP      WH6590DA.TXT     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in ASCII
                                   delimited format.
WH6590DD.ZIP      WH6590DD.DBF     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in dBase
                                   DBF format.
WH6590HA.ZIP      WH6590HA.TXT     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waiahole
                                   between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited
                                   format.
WH6590HD.ZIP      WH6590HD.DBF     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waiahole
                                   between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF
                                   format.
WL6590DA.ZIP      WL6590DA.TXT     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in ASCII
                                   delimited format.
WL6590DD.ZIP      WL6590DD.DBF     Daily average precipitation data (in) from
                                   Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in dBase
                                   DBF format.
WL6590HA.ZIP      WL6590HA.TXT     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waialua
                                   between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in ASCII delimited
                                   format.
WL6590HD.ZIP      WL6590HD.DBF     Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waialua
                                   between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in dBase DBF
                                   format.



