The *.cmp files are organized in the following way: -NAME OF METEO STATION -DAY OF START OF RECORD/MONTH/YEAR/HOUR/MINUTES -TYME STEP OF RECORD (MINUTES) -DAY OF YEAR/DATA/-9999(to end the line) (the -# indicate the number of time steps with value zero example: 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 will become 1 -3 5 -2 2) DATA ARE IN TENTHS OF MILLIMETER -10000 END OF FILE for more information see: http://www.diam.unige.it/~meteo/cambiaso http://www.dicat.unige.it/~meteo/cambiaso The FORTRAN programs giorno_a_1minuto.f leggicmp.f can be used to unpack the cmp format.