[gradsusr] gradsusr Digest, Vol 30, Issue 50

Jeff Lake admin at michiganwxsystem.com
Wed Aug 29 10:43:23 EDT 2012


The NCEP has been experiencing super computer problems,
the NAM, GFS and SHREF models have been coming out late, or in the case of
the SHREF they stopped one run in order to complete the GFS

-Jeff Lake
MichiganWxSystem.com
AllisonHouse.com
TheWeatherCenter.net
GRLevelXStuff.com

On 8/29/2012 5:43, Zilore Mumba wrote:
> Excuse me if am posting to the wrong list, but I am assuming many of 
> the people on this list run the WRF model. I have been having problems 
> lately with data to run WRF
> The model was running very well with data from 
> http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/gfs/rotating-grb2/ (alternative being
> http://nomad3.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/gfs/rotating-0.5/). However, since 7th 
> August
> the data on these addresses were updated  no more.
> Then I tried http://nomad5.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/gfs/gfs20120820/ where
> the date changes daily, but from 20th there is no more update.
> Claudio kindly gave 
> meftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2012082800/ but 
> as of 29th there is no more update. I wonder what is happening. would 
> someone have some idea?
> Thanks
>
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> >    1. Make monthly subset from forecast output using lats4d (Midhun M)
> >    2. Re: Unusual map displacement (Dan Leins)
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> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:36:03 +0530
> > From: Midhun M <midhun.ndr at gmail.com <mailto:midhun.ndr at gmail.com>>
> > Subject: [gradsusr] Make monthly subset from forecast output using
> >         lats4d
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> > Dear users,
> > I want to re-grid 6-hourly forecast outputs from a global model to a 
> single
> > monthly mean netcdf file. Here I am attaching the grads control file 
> (ctl)
> > of forecast outputs.
> > If anybody knows this, please help me..
> >
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> > -midhun
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> > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 07:27:04 -0700
> > From: Dan Leins <theedge981 at gmail.com <mailto:theedge981 at gmail.com>>
> > Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Unusual map displacement
> > To: GrADS Users Forum <gradsusr at gradsusr.org 
> <mailto:gradsusr at gradsusr.org>>
> > Message-ID:
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> <CA+Z5f8Gd5OLAuTXsE501x9H+5JONYcCc+pTgQA5BveKtrEq2qQ at mail.gmail.com 
> <mailto:CA%2BZ5f8Gd5OLAuTXsE501x9H%2B5JONYcCc%2BpTgQA5BveKtrEq2qQ at mail.gmail.com>>
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> > List,
> >
> > Just wanted to see if anyone can point me in the right direction 
> with this
> > problem. I've read through the documentation but it's still unclear 
> to me
> > how to proceed with lcc grids that cross the equator. I've verified the
> > data in the grib file indeed stretches well below the equator and 
> that this
> > is an issue isolated to GrADS.
> >
> > Thanks for any help!
> > Dan
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:06 AM, Dan Leins <theedge981 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:theedge981 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >> Jennifer,
> >>
> >> Yes, the data is on a lambert projection that crosses the equator. 
> If pdef
> >> lcc isn't the appropriate option, what else can I try? I've looked 
> through
> >> the pdef documentation but I don't see anything that stands out as the
> >> obvious solution.
> >>
> >> For reference, here is how my pdef line is currently defined in my 
> control
> >> file:
> >>
> >> *pdef 269 169 rotllr -10.242000 -88.026000 1 1 25.118000 25.118000
> >> -46.680000 40000 40000*
> >>
> >> Here's some metadata about the grib file itself:
> >>
> >> *      File Name                :  201207240600_arw_wrfout_d01.grb*
> >> *      File Format              :  GRIB 1*
> >> *      Model ID                 :  116*
> >> *      Center ID                :  7*
> >> *      Sub Center ID            :  0*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *      Grid Projection          :  Lambert Conformal*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *      Grid Dimensions  NX x NY :  269 x 169*
> >> *      Grid Spacing      DX, DY :  40.000km, 40.000km*
> >> *      Standard Latitude        :  25.118*
> >> *      Standard Longitude       :  -46.680*
> >> *      Latitude, Longitude (1,1):  -10.242,  -88.026*
> >> *      True Lat1, Lat2          :  25.118,  25.118*
> >> *      Pole                     :  North Pole*
> >> *      Scan                     :  WE:SN*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *      Corner Lat-Lon points of the domain:*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *         43.14, -111.83             43.15, 18.45*
> >> *        *                            **
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *                       * 24.75, -47.09*
> >> *
> >> *
> >> *        *                            **
> >> *         -10.24, -88.03             -10.24, -5.35*
> >>
> >>
> >> Any advice on how to proceed?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Dan
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org 
> <mailto:jma at cola.iges.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If the native grid is on a lambert projection that crosses the 
> equator?
> >>> If so, then the pdef lcc won't work properly. --Jennifer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 10, 2012, at 6:14 PM, Dan Leins wrote:
> >>>
> >>> List,
> >>>
> >>> I have a grib1 file from a WRF model which is displaying improperly in
> >>> GrADS. The domain is fairly large and crosses the equator as well 
> as the
> >>> prime meridian. Here is the output from q dims:
> >>>
> >>> X is varying   Lon = -88.026 to 11.0066   X = 1 to 269
> >>> Y is varying   Lat = -10.242 to 50.8489   Y = 1 to 169
> >>> Z is fixed     Lev = 1013  Z = 1
> >>> T is fixed     Time = 06Z24JUL2012  T = 1
> >>> E is fixed     Ens = 1  E = 1
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I'm attaching an image of the 'landsfc' field from the grib file, it's
> >>> obvious that the field is displaced too far north.
> >>>
> >>> Any idea what could be going on here? I've tried setting different map
> >>> projections in GrADS but that doesn't resolve the problem.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any help!
> >>> Dan
> >>> <landsfc.png>_______________________________________________
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> >>> Jennifer M. Adams
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