[Xastir] extract_multipoints: invalid value in (filtered) "Center of MaxConcern }d0`N M K M RAL {6JmAI": 0, -177

[Gerry Creager]

Lots of WFOs put out a point in the center of their CWA as the area of 
max concern with the equivalent of "Nothing going on here.  Nothing to 
see.  Move along" which may still give us something to look at.  If 
_anyone_ spots anything please send it along and I'll try to look at it.

gerry

Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> In checking the SPC forecasts for the next couple of days, testing 
> fodder may be few and far between. Even then, stuff can still slip 
> through. I can put BigBox to record all day and see what I pick up in 
> the nets.
> 
> 73 from 807,
> 
> Richard, N6NKO
> 
> 
> Gerry Creager wrote:
>> I watched it for a couple of more days after it last came up and it 
>> started calming down.  I'll try to carve some time out on Monday.  
>> What I need to identify if this is something with the latest build of 
>> AWIPS or WarnGen being fed into the system.
>>
>> gerry
>>
>> Tom Russo wrote:
>>> On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 02:12:09PM -0700, we recorded a 
>>> bogon-computron collision of the <r.polivka at sbcglobal.net> flavor, 
>>> containing:
>>>> Here is the offending line:
>>>>
>>>> JSJSMW>APRS,qAS,WXSVR:;JSJM1948z*062145z1851.60NM05606.00WWCenter of 
>>>> MaxConcern 
>>>> }d0`N&#65533;M&#65533;K&#65533;M&#65533;R&#65533;L&#65533;{6JmAI
>>>>
>>>> The commas near the end were appearing as '?' but in black 
>>>> (unprintable character?).
>>>> Is this an issue with WXSVR or with whomever JSJ is?
>>>
>>> This is happening all over the place.  I see it dozens of times a 
>>> day.  The
>>> weather services are obviously using some new program that is generating
>>> invalid characters in the multipoints.  Gerry was going to look into 
>>> it, but
>>> got busy.
>>>
>>> The wxsvr.net pages documenting the protocol haven't changed, but 
>>> obviously
>>> these weather sites are generating objects with multipoints that 
>>> don't conform
>>> to the published protocols.
>>>
>>

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