[gradsusr] CFS Pratesfc

[Chorley Weather]

Hi all, 

Using the cfsv2 45 daily, how would one go about breaking down the
pratesfc in to 6hr charts? Sample of scrips and ctr file below: 

CTR File: 

title CFS_grib.grib2
* produced by g2ctl v0.0.8.8
* command line options: -verf CFS_grib.grib2
* griddef=1:0:(360 x 181):grid_template=0:winds(N/S): lat-lon grid:(360
x 181) units 1e-06 input WE:NS output WE:SN res 48 lat 90.000000 to
-90.000000 by 1.000000 lon 0.000000 to 359.000000 by 1.000000
#points=65160:winds(N/S) 

dtype grib2
ydef 181 linear -90.000000 1
xdef 360 linear 0.000000 1.000000
tdef 180 linear 06Z10may2016 6hr
* PROFILE hPa
zdef 3 levels 85000 50000 25000
options pascals
vars 12
HGT500mb 0,100,50000 0,3,5 ** 500 mb Geopotential Height [gpm]
PRATEsfc 0,1,0 0,1,7 ** surface Precipitation Rate [kg/m^2/s]
PRMSLmsl 0,101,0 0,3,1 ** mean sea level Pressure Reduced to 

Script: 

function main(args) 

* Parse the arguments: date, hour
 if (args = '')
 prompt 'Enter forecast date (example, 20110717) --> ' 
 pull date
 prompt 'Enter forecast hour (example, 00 or 06 or 12 or 18) --> ' 
 pull hour
 else 
 date = subwrd(args,1)
 hour = subwrd(args,2)
 endif 

'reinit'
'open CFS_grib.ctl' 

* Get info from the descriptor file
'q ctlinfo'
_ctl = result
_undef = getctl(undef)
_tdef = getctl(tdef)
_zdef = getctl(zdef) 

maps = 181 

* Get the Time axis info 

_t1 = 1 ;* 2nd half of timeseries
_t2 = 45
tsize = _t2 - _t1 + 1
'set t '_t1' '_t2
'q dims'
times = sublin(result,5)
_time1 = subwrd(times,6) 
_time2 = subwrd(times,8)
_tdim = _time1' '_time2 

tincr = subwrd(_tdef,5)
_tdef = 'tdef 'tsize' linear '_time1' 'tincr 

huh = subwrd(_tdef,4) 

****************************************
* PRECIP & SLP
****************************************
 i = 2
 while ( i<maps ) 

* Set up a few preliminary characteristics
setmap(0)
setPRECIPcols(1) 

'set t 'i 

'set gxout shaded'
'set csmooth on'
'set clevs 0 0.05 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
25 30 35 40 45 50'
'set ccols 95 95 95 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85' 

'd PRATEsfc' 
-- 

Regards, 

Stuart Markham 

 
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