[gradsusr] ECMWF Data
CW Weather
weatherstu at chorleyweather.com
Sat Feb 5 06:22:44 EST 2022
Hello Wesley,
I downloaded the latest wgrib from here
https://www.ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/wgrib2/ .....
Regards,
Stuart.
On 03-02-2022 14:15, Wesley Ebisuzaki - NOAA Federal wrote:
> Stuart,
>
> You are making an inventory by
>
> wgrib2 ecmwf_grib.grib2 > 1ecmwf.inv
>
> The inventory looks like
>
> 1:0:d=2022020200:var discipline=0 master_table=27 parmcat=0
> parm=17:surface:anl:
> 2:609046:d=2022020200:var discipline=2 master_table=27 parmcat=0
> parm=2:0-0.07 m below ground:anl:
> 3:1218092:d=2022020200:var discipline=0 master_table=27 parmcat=3
> parm=5:250 mb:anl:
> ...
>
> Normally "var discipline=X ...parm=Z" would have a name like SKINT for
> the 1st line. TSOIL
>
> for the second name. Not having the variable name is very strange. Did
> you get a development
>
> version from https://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wd51we/tmp/? This version
> is for moving files
>
> between developer environments. Maybe you are using a version when
> "-name ECMWF"
>
> was being developed. Did the wgrib2 source code come from github?
> There is more than
>
> one github repository with wgrib2 source code. Can you send me the
> build configuration?
>
> $ wgrib2 -config
>
> Wesley
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 4:32 PM CW Weather
> <weatherstu at chorleyweather.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Wesley,
>
> I've done as requested and run code as follows to inv the data with
> wgrib (windows user btw):
>
> @ECHO Please wait, concentrating grb files...
> cat *.grb > ecmwf_grib.grib2
> @ECHO Please wait, creating ctl file...
> perl g2ctl.pl [1] -verf ecmwf_grib.grib2 > ecmwf_grib.ctl
> @ECHO Please wait, creating idx file...
> gribmap -i ecmwf_grib.ctl -e
>
> wgrib2 ecmwf_grib.grib2 > 1ecmwf.inv
> wgrib2 ecmwf_grib.grib2 -set_metadata 1ecmwf.inv -grib 1ecmwf_new.grib2
> @ECHO Please wait, creating ctl file...
> perl g2ctl.pl [1] -verf 1ecmwf_new.grib2 > 1ecmwf_new_grib.ctl
> @ECHO Please wait, creating idx file...
> gribmap -i 1ecmwf_new_grib.ctl -e
>
> However i get error creating the new ctl & new.grib2 with the inv,
> error - ***fatal error set_var: could not find var discipline=0
> master_table27 parmcat=0 parm17***
>
> Inv attached as a text file, struggling to see why its an error tbh.
>
> regards,
>
> stu.
>
> On 02-02-2022 18:48, Wesley Ebisuzaki - NOAA Federal wrote:
>
> Hi Stuart,
>
> | but as you can see on the attached image the control file hasn't got
> the variable
> | names or values correct and TP (total precip) isn't possible to
> fathom on the file.
> | Ive managed to guess most variable like pressure, t2m wind ect.
>
> You probably are using an old version of wgrib2 which doesn't include a
> copy of the ECMWF grib tables. Try to get wgrib2 v3.1.0 which includes
> more of the ECMWF table.
>
> Wgrib2 v3.1.0 can use the ECMWF grib names (-names ECMWF) with some
> limitations which are given in
>
> https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib2/names.html
>
> However, g2ctl and alt_g2ctl haven't been updated to use ecmwf or dwd
> names.
> So you will have to use the ncep names or change the .ctl to use other
> names.
>
> Wesley
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 11:10 AM CW Weather
> <weatherstu at chorleyweather.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Yes i've scrolled through the page and that's where I found out you can
> call for single parameters but through the bytes in the idx file, which
> is useless unless you use python i suspect.
>
> Thanks all the same,
>
> Stu
>
> On 02-02-2022 15:19, Bill Reilly wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I had a look and tried using the data as well but had problems, so I
> checked out the User Documentation page for this data:
>
> https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/UDOC/ECMWF+Open+Data+-+Real+Time
>
> Maybe something on that page is useful to you.
>
> Bill
>
> --
>
> Bill Reilly
>
> (+34) 686-110-748
>
> bill at passageweather.com
> www.passageweather.com [2]
>
> On 02/02/2022 11:49, CW Weather wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> ECMWF have made some data freely available on top of the WMO data sets.
> The link is here https://data.ecmwf.int/forecasts/. I have downloaded
> via wget for exmaple -
> https://data.ecmwf.int/forecasts/20220202/00z/0p4-beta/oper/20220202000000-6h-oper-fc.grib2
> and then run a simple perl command as follows;
>
> @ECHO Please wait, concetenating grb files...
> cat *.grb > ecmwf_grib.grib2
> @ECHO Please wait, creating ctl file...
> perl g2ctl.pl [1] -verf ecmwf_grib.grib2 > ecmwf_grib.ctl
> @ECHO Please wait, creating idx file...
> gribmap -i ecmwf_grib.ctl -e
>
> but as you can see on the attached image the control file hasn't got
> the variable names or values correct and TP (total precip) isn't
> possible to fathom on the file. Ive managed to guess most variable like
> pressure, t2m wind ect.
>
> There is a way to download single variable per time step but you would
> have to input the length and/or bytes from the idx file for example -
> |wget https://data.ecmwf.int/forecasts
> <https://data.ecmwf.int/forecasts/20220202/00z/0p4-beta/oper/20220202000000-6h-oper-fc.grib2>/||20220125||/00z/0p4-beta/oper/||20220125000000||-24h-oper-fc.grib2
> --header=||"Range: bytes=17459800-18068845"|
>
> However the range values will change on every time step and every
> forecast and as such wont be viable to run automatically. I know its
> possible in python but like others I dont use python so my question is,
> is there a way to use wgrib or maybe .inv to breakdown the gribs into
> readable format using a perl code?
>
> -- Kind regards,
>
> *Stuart Markham*
>
> //
>
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>
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