PARAMETER	( MXSTNS = 60000 )
C*					Maximum number of stations
C*					in a SNOW data file
C*
	PARAMETER	( NVAR = 7 )
C*					Number of SNOW 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 	( NRSIMN = 27 )
C*					Number of real single-level
C*					interface mnemonics
C*
	PARAMETER	( NRIMN = NRSIMN )
C*					Number of real interface
C*					mnemonics
	COMMON	/ RINTFP /
     +	   iryear  , irmnth  , irdays  , irhour  , irminu  , 
     +	   irslat  , irslon  , irselv  , irsrmk  , 
     +	   irtosd  , irtosdqa , irtosdqr , irswem , irswemqa , irswemqr, 
     +	   irdofs6 , irdofs6qa , irdofs6qr , irswem6 , irswem6qa ,  
     +	   irswem6qr , irdofs24 , irdofs24qa , irdofs24qr , irswem24 , 
     +     irswem24qa , irswem24qr 
C*					Pointers to relative locations of
C*					real interface mnemonics within
C*					rimnem ( ).  These pointers will
C*					be set by SN_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 /
     +	   icsnid  , icsprvid ,
     +	   ictosdqd, icswemqd, icdofs6qd, icswem6qd, icdofs24qd,
     +	   icswem24qd
C*					Pointers to relative locations of
C*					character interface mnemonics within
C*					cimnem ( ).  These pointers will be
C*					set by SN_IFSP and then used as
C*					indices into the character
C*					interface values array civals ( ) 
C*
	CHARACTER	civals ( NCIMN )*8
C*
	COMMON	/ CINTFV /	civals
C*					Character interface values