NOAA / NCEP GRIB2 files: Syntax Error: Invalid Date/Time value. Hour = 24 -- greater than 23

[Wesley Ebisuzaki]

Stefan,

   It's a strange wgrib2 bug.  Evidently with the compile options given,

         floor(24/24.0) == 0.0

Fixed the problem last month but not ready for a new wgrib2 release.
Try removing "-ffast-math" option in the makefile or edit the ctl
file by hand.

     Wesley Ebisuzaki

Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to work with GRIB2 fies from NOAA and ran into the
> following error:
>
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.a0
> Copyright (c) 1988-2008 by Brian Doty and the
> Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
> GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information
>
> Config: v2.0.a0 little-endian readline printim grib2
> Issue 'q config' command for more information.
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
> Running in Batch mode
> Syntax Error:  Invalid Date/Time value.
>   Hour = 24 -- greater than 23
> Open Error:  Invalid start time in tdef card starting value
>   --> The invalid description file record is:
>   --> tdef 2 linear 24Z08feb2008 3hr
>   The data file was not opened.
>
> Is this a bug in GrADS or in the NOAA datasets?
>
>
> Tervehdys Suomesta,
> Stefan Gofferje
>
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