[gradsusr] Problem creating Meteograms for specific locations in Malawi

[Charles Langton Vanya]

Dear All
I am trying to create Meteograms using GrADS and I am facing enomous
challenegs. Here is what I did and the errors. Is there another way of
doing it?
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ga-> meteograms.gfs.gs
Unknown command: meteograms.gfs.gs
ga-> meteograms_gfs.gs
Unknown command: meteograms_gfs.gs
ga-> meteogram_gfs.gs
Enter location name --> Chileka
Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600
Enter longitude --> 34.97
Enter latitude --> -15.78
Metric units? [y/n] --> y
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
curl error details:
Error: nc_open failed to open file
http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015
062600
NetCDF: I/O failure
gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
ga-> meteogram_gfs.gs
Enter location name --> Mimosa
Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600
Enter longitude --> 35.62
Enter latitude --> -16.07
Metric units? [y/n] --> y
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
syntax error, unexpected WORD_STRING, expecting WORD_WORD
context: Error { code = 0; message = "/gfs/gfs.2015062600 is not an
available da
taset"^;};
Error: nc_open failed to open file
http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015
062600
NetCDF: Malformed or inaccessible DAP DDS
gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
ga-> meteogram_gfs.gs
Enter location name --> Mimosa
Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600
Enter longitude --> 35.62
Enter latitude --> -16.07
Metric units? [y/n] --> y
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
curl error details:
Error: nc_open failed to open file
http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/
gfs.2015062600
NetCDF: I/O failure
gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
ga-> meteogram_gfs.gs
Enter location name --> Mimosa
Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600
Enter longitude --> 35.62
Enter latitude --> -16.07
Metric units? [y/n] --> y
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
syntax error, unexpected WORD_STRING, expecting WORD_WORD
context: Error { code = 0; message = "/gfs/gfs.2015062600 is not an
available da
taset"^;};
Error: nc_open failed to open file
http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015
062600
NetCDF: Malformed or inaccessible DAP DDS
gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
ga-> meteogram.gs

Check the URL http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/
for a list of all available forecasts.

Enter forecast model (avn, avni, avnb, eta) --> eta
Enter forecast date (mmddhh) --> 062600
Enter longitude --> 35.62
Enter latitude --> -16.07
Enter location name --> Mimosa
Metric units? [y/n] --> y
Include stability indices? [y/n] --> y
No hardcopy metafile open
All files closed; all defined objects released;
All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized
curl error details:
Error: nc_open failed to open file http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/eta062600
NetCDF: I/O failure
gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.
ga->
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Charles vanya

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