[gradsusr] Problem creating Meteograms for specific locations in Malawi

Fri Jun 26 13:28:42 EDT 2015

You need to run meteogram_subset_GDS.gs first; this creates a local data set that is used to generate the graphic. Please read the comments at the top of each script. 
—Jennifer

On Jun 26, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Charles Langton Vanya <dolesibeni at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>  My attempts to use Jennifer's scripts have failed. Everytime I try to run the script, GrADS is freezing and shut by itself without any error being indicated. What could this be?
> This is how I did it:
> 
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.2.oga.2
> Copyright (c) 1988-2011 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: v2.0.2.oga.2 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 o
> pendap-grids,stn athena geotiff shapefile
> Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information
> Loading User Defined Extensions table </cygdrive/c/OPENGR~1/Contents/Cygwin/Vers
> ions/202OGA~1.2/i686/gex/udxt> ... ok.
> Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait):  n
> GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11
> Command line history in \Users\vanya/.grads.log
> ga-> meteogram_GDS.gs
> 
> 
> the second attempt I tried to use the following;
> ga-> grads -a 1 meteogram_GDS.gs 
> 
> On 26 June 2015 at 18:51, Ryan Hickman <ryan at allisonhouse.com> wrote:
> It looks like the GrADS Script (meteogram_gfs.gs) that you are using contains incorrect base URLs for seeking on the GrADS server.
> 
> You could modify the GrADS Script to point to the correct Base URL, or use the scripts created by Jennifer Adams (COLA) at ftp://cola.gmu.edu/pub/jma/meteograms/. These scripts were updated recently, support the GFS 0.25º and appear to have the correct base URLs to retrieve the GFS datasets.
> 
> NOMADS Base URL: http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_0p25
> Monsoon Data Base URL: http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs0p25
> 
> You can always view the available datasets on the server by removing "gfs_0p25 / "gfs0p25" from the URL and visiting it in your browser to get a listing.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Charles Langton Vanya <dolesibeni at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
> ___________________________________________________________
> 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->
> ___________________________________________________
> Charles vanya
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