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Important NDBC Web Site Changes Dial-A-Buoy is working, but occasionally requires the phone to ring six or seven rings before answering. We're working on the solution to this technical difficulty. Sorry for the inconvenience. How are the 5 day data files formated and how can the files be used?Standard Meteorological FilesThe files are named: STATION_5day.txt (where STATION is the uppercase station id) The files have a one line header of the form: The data that follows the header line are the measurement data for that station for the last 5 days (provided data exists). Data description Continuous Wind FilesThe files are named: STATION_5day.cwind (where STATION is the uppercase station id) The files have a one line header of the form: The data that follows the header line are the measurement data for that station for the last 5 days (provided data exists). Data description Spectral Wave FilesThe files are named: STATION_5day.spectral (where STATION is the uppercase station id) The files have a two line header of the form: The data that follows the header lines are the measurement data for that station for the last 5 days (provided data exists). Please notice that each reported hour has a date/time line followed by the number of data lines specified by the "bands" value on the date/time line. Data description Important: The format of these spectral data files are not position dependent due to the variable field width of the "energy" (C11) value.
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