wafs datasets and grads

[Josh Rovero]

Marck Oduber wrote:
> Hi I am having problems with the WAFS datasets (Octant L) and pcgrads.
> Seems like grib2ctl.pl is not recognizing the grib.
> ex. wafsgfs_L_t12z_intdsk00
>     from ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov
>      /pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2006050912
> ouput:
> perl grib2ctl.pl gfs.grb>gfs.ctl
> ****scripts need to be modified****
> unkown user defined grid
> os=winxp home sp2
> grads 1.8sl11
> grib2ctl.pl vers 0.9.12.5p34c
> Any other WAFS user out there?
> Marck
Aren't those "thinned" grids, with fewer points per latitude as
one goes north?  I thought there were
GrADS issues with thinned grids