PSU Bufkit page

[david diehl]

Hey all,
has anyone been having trouble loading data from PSU bufkit page?

I have tried several sites in the NAM runs and every time I always get Denvers data, I have been looking at the southern states today, but I can't look anthing up when I am just getting Denver.

Just wanted to know if it was a problem with there site, or my connection.

Thanks

 

[Jason Boggs]

I downloaded the KAMA site today with no problem at all. Seems kind of weird that you get Denver's data when downloading sties from the southern states.

 

[Bob Hartig]

I've never been able to make the PSU site work, Dave. You've got to use Bufget for that, and I've never figured out how to make it work, not that I haven't tried my darndest.

When I want to use Bufkit, I go to to data sources other than PSU--i.e. Grand Rapids, Northern Indiana, Chicago, etc.--and download their current Bufkit codes. That's not the most convenient approach, which is why I don't use Bufkit that much. It's a great program and I love what it does, but I haven't found it to be very quick or easy to use. I guess I'm spoiled--I like to be able to just point and click.

 

[Phil Kurimski]

I have used Bufget for some time now. You have to make sure you have Tcl installed on your computer in order to get it to work. Once you have the program running you have to input the full URLs for the site that has the Bufkit Data you are looking for. So if you are trying to get the NAM sounding for Albany you would put:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/bufkit/profiles/namm_kalb.buf

into the Bufget program. This is really handy if you want to download several sites at once and do not want to have to right click and save for each site.

 

[david diehl]

I have mine set up to a point where I click on the data point, and it downloads into a temp folder, and automatically opens Bufkit.
Doing this way eliminates the Bufget program, and I can get data from specific points, not all over.

I am looking today, and all the data points are loading perfectly, it might be my internet conection, then again, who knows.