Monthly log files: Difference between revisions

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* (from version 1.9.3) update the [[monthlyalltime.ini]] by choosing ''all time records'' from the '''Edit''' menu.  This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions.
* (from version 1.9.3) update the [[monthlyalltime.ini]] by choosing ''all time records'' from the '''Edit''' menu.  This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions.
* create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors, click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics calculated from processing the monthly log files, and finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report. (Note: You can generate a NOAA report for a period without a monthly log, if data for that period is present on [[dayfile.txt]].  Generation of complete NOAA reports requires information in dayfile.txt, and the monthly logs for period in question).
* create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors, click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics calculated from processing the monthly log files, and finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report. (Note: You can generate a NOAA report for a period without a monthly log, if data for that period is present on [[dayfile.txt]].  Generation of complete NOAA reports requires information in dayfile.txt, and the monthly logs for period in question).
==Editing within Cumulus===
Highs and lows and the daily summaries (dayfile.txt) can all be edited within Cumulus, and the editors allow you to fetch the data from the monthly log files and dayfile.txt so that you can select data to replace the current ones. So once you have corrected the data in the monthly log files and dayfile.txt, you can correct the highs and lows using the editors.


===Manipulation outside Cumulus===
===Manipulation outside Cumulus===