#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
## Copyright (c) 2007 
#

my $pkgdoc = <<'EOD';


#/**--------------------------------------------------
# @ file               radiosondeparcer.pl
# This scirpt parces the fetched radiosonde data from
# the plymoth website.
#
# @ussage              radiosondeparcer.pl ddd.hh.yyyy.index.txt
# date:                Jan 18, 2007
#---------------------------------------------------*/
EOD

# $Log$

use strict;
use warnings;
use Getopt::Long;


if (@ARGV <1) {
        print $pkgdoc;
        exit -1;
}

my $txtfile = shift;

my $lat;
my $long;

open (DATA, $txtfile)||die "cannot open $txtfile for reading";

# First seek location line
while (<DATA>) {
     next unless /(-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?)\s+ (-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?)\s+ \d+\s \d+/
+x;
     ($lat, $long) = ($1, $2);
     last;
}

# print "$lat, $long\n";

# Skip to data lines
while (<DATA>) {last if /^-+$/};
while (<DATA>) {last if /^-+$/};

open (OUT, ">$txtfile.redo");

# Skip to data lines to get scf data
while (<DATA>) {
     my ($LEV, $PRES, $HGHT,  $TEMP, $DEWP, $RH, $DD, $WETB, $DIR, $SP
+D, $THETA, $THEV, $THEW) = split ' ';
        if ($LEV && $LEV =~ /SFC/) {
                last unless defined $SPD;
                print OUT "$lat  $long  $PRES  $HGHT  $TEMP  $DEWP  $D
+IR  $SPD\n";
        }
        if ($PRES && $PRES =~ /850|500|250/)  {
                last unless defined $SPD;
                print OUT "$lat  $long  $PRES  $HGHT  $TEMP  $DEWP  $D
+IR  $SPD\n";
        }

        last unless defined $THEW;
}

close (DATA);
close (OUT);
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I keep getting these error messages:

Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at ./radiosondeparce
+r.pl line 59, <DATA> line 60.
Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at ./radiosondeparce
+r.pl line 63, <DATA> line 60.
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can you help me correct these two errors PROBLEM SOLVED THANKS Don't forget its  $LEV && $LEV not  $LEV the first intiallizes the variable