Subject: ARCHIVE DATA for JUNE and JULY 2008
From: Robert Weir <Robert.Weir@noaa.gov>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:19 -0500
To: Steven Rutz <Steven.Rutz@noaa.gov>, Alan Hall <Alan.Hall@noaa.gov>, 
    Alan Cialone <Alan.Cialone@erdc.usace.army.mil>, Thomas Ryan 
    <Thomas.Ryan@noaa.gov>, Eric Freeman <Eric.Freeman@noaa.gov>, 
    Richard Thayer <Richard.Thayer@noaa.gov>, Robert Weir 
    <Robert.Weir@noaa.gov>, Rex Hervey <Rex.Hervey@noaa.gov>

To all:

Thanks to Thomas Ryan who discovered a glitch in our ARCH file
extraction process. We have reworked the files for JUN2008 and JUL2008
and believe that all is well. The cause of this glitch is not known, so
(going forward) I will have to keep a close eye on the individual file
sizes and each composite ARCH file before posting them to our FTP/COMMS
servers.

Thomas also noted a problem with station 42002 in the MAR2008_ARCH1
file. It is a complicated story of trying to merge several files into
one. Bottom line, I blew it. I have re-extracted the single station file
and along with the new JUN and JUL ARCH files. They are available on our
COMMS servers.

If any additional problems are identified, please let me know. Like
others elsewhere, we have had to endure changes to our systems and
processes that can (and probably do) affect the extraction and creation
of these files. If I can stay vigilant, I should be able to keep these
files clean. If not, please let me know ASAP.

Thanks again,

Bob
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