PARAMETER	( MXSTNS = 60000 )
C*					Maximum number of stations
C*					in a HYDRO data file
C*
	PARAMETER	( NVAR = 8 )
C*					Number of HYDRO variables
C*					to retrieve for each station
C*
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 	( NRSLMN = 28 )
C*					Number of real single-level
C*					interface mnemonics
C*
	PARAMETER	( NRIMN = NRSLMN )
C*					Number of real interface
C*					mnemonics
	COMMON	/ RINTFP /
     +	   iryear  , irmnth  , irdays  , irhour  , irminu  , 
     +	   irslat  , irslon  , irselv  ,
     +	   irrflo  , irrstg  ,      
     +	   irpcp5m , irpcp5qa, irpcp5qr, irpcp1h , irpcp1qa, irpcp1qr, 
     +	   irpcp3h , irpcp3qa, irpcp3qr, irpcp6h , irpcp6qa, irpcp6qr, 
     +	   irpcp12h, irpcp12qa, irpcp12qr, irpcp24h , irpcp24qa, irpcp24qr 
C*					Pointers to relative locations of
C*					real interface mnemonics within
C*					rimnem ( ).  These pointers will
C*					be set by HY_IFSP and then used as
C*					indices into the real interface
C*					values array rivals ( ).
C*
	REAL		rivals ( NRIMN )
C*
	COMMON	/ RINTFV /	rivals
C*					Real interface values 
C*
	PARAMETER 	( NCIMN = 8 )
C*					Number of character interface
C*					mnemonics
C*
	COMMON	/ CINTFP /
     +	   ichyid  , icprvid , 
     +	   icpcp5qd, icpcp1qd, icpcp3qd, icpcp6qd, icpcp12qd,
     +	   icpcp24qd
C*					Pointers to relative locations of
C*					character interface mnemonics within
C*					cimnem ( ).  These pointers will be
C*					set by HY_IFSP and then used as
C*					indices into the character
C*					interface values array civals ( ) 
C*
	CHARACTER	civals ( NCIMN )*11
C*
	COMMON	/ CINTFV /	civals
C*					Character interface values