[gradsusr] New WAVEWATCH III data file changes

[Bill Reilly]

Stephen:

Yes, the WW3 wave data is now part of the new GFSv16 upgrade... 
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf2/scn21-20_gfsv16.0_aac.pdf

Specific to the wave model is this: 
https://polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/Waves_Changes.pdf

All URLs and filenames have been changed, and some of the grids have 
been discontinued (ak_4m, at_4m and wc_4m) which is a disaster.

I don't know what they were thinking but this isn't an upgrade in my case.

Regards,

Bill

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On 03/25/2021 20:54, Stephen Woodbridge wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Wondering if anyone was using the WAVEWATCH III Multigrid data files 
> with Grads and noticed that they changed the model and data files on 
> March 22nd, so things like plotting wave forecast maps and ensembles 
> are now broken.
>
> I have to rewrite a bunch of our code the downloads and processes the 
> data some of which is GrADS scripts.
>
> -Steve
>