NEXRAD.TXT

The NexRad report is a fixed-length summary listing of current radar stations,
including identifiers and the latest known location information.
The included identifiers are the NCDC id number, the ICAO id, and the WBAN id number.
The location information includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and time zone.
The file is sorted by the ICAO id.

FIELD    LENGTH   FORMAT        POSITION        DESCRIPTION
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NCDCID   8        99999999      001-008         Unique identifier used by the NCDC.

ICAO     4        XXXX          010-013		International Civil Aeronautics Organization id.

WBAN     5        99999         015-019         Used at NCDC for digital data storage and general station 
                                                identification purposes.

NAME     30       X(30)         021-050         Name of station,upper case may contain characters, numbers or symbols.

COUNTRY  20       X(20)         052-071         Name of country,upper case.

ST       2        XX            073-074         USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state,uppercase.

COUNTY   30       X(30)         076-105         Name of county,upper case.

LAT      9        x99.99999     107-113         Latitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

LON      10       x999.99999    115-127         Longitude in decimal degrees, where "x" is blank or "-".

ELEV     6        999999        129-134         Station elevation,in feet.

TIME     2        +X            136-137         Time zone,adjustment factor to get to GMT.

STNTYPE  50       X(50)         139-188         Type of observing programs associated with the station.
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