REAL*8          r8bfms
	COMMON  / BFMISS /      r8bfms
C*					BUFR "missing" value
C************************************************************************
C*  / LOGMSG /								*
C*									*
C*  This common area contains a string used to hold messages that are	*
C*  to be written to the decoder log.					*
C************************************************************************
	CHARACTER	logmsg*200
C*
	COMMON	/ LOGMSG /	logmsg
C*					String to hold a message to be
C*					written to decoder log
C*
C************************************************************************
C*  / INTF /								*
C*									*
C*  This common area contains the interface arrays.			*
C************************************************************************
C*
	PARAMETER 	( NRIMN = 10 )
C*					Number of real interface
C*					mnemonics
C*
	PARAMETER 	( NR8IMN = 3 )
C*					Number of real*8 interface
C*					mnemonics
C*
	COMMON	/ RINTFP /
     +	   iryear  , irmnth  , irdays  , irhour  , irminu  , 
     +	   ircyln  , irorbn  , irsaid  , irsclf  , irobql  ,
     +	   irslat  , irslon  , irshd1
C*					Pointers to relative locations of
C*					interface mnemonics within
C*					rimnem ( ) and r8mnem ( ).
C*					These pointers will be set by
C*					AL_IFSP and then used as indices
C*					into the real interface values
C*					arrays rivals ( ) and r8vals ( ).
C*
	REAL		rivals ( NRIMN )
C*
	REAL*8		r8vals ( NR8IMN )
C*
	COMMON	/ RINTFV /	rivals
C*					Real*4 interface values 
C*
	COMMON	/ R8NTFV /	r8vals
C*					Real*8 interface values