<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PostalCode"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="Street"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="City" downloadurl="http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="address"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="place" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceName"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="PlaceType"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
name="country-region"/>
<!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;
color:#FFFFCC;
mso-believe-normal-left:yes;}
p.MsoEnvelopeAddress, li.MsoEnvelopeAddress, div.MsoEnvelopeAddress
{margin-top:0in;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:2.0in;
mso-element:frame;
font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#FFFFCC;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Helvetica;
color:#FFFFCC;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
color:#FFFFCC;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<![if mso 9]>
<style>
p.MsoNormal
{margin-left:18.75pt;}
</style>
<![endif]><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.gif@01C518D0.FDB970A0" lang=EN-US
link=blue vlink=purple style='margin-left:18.75pt;margin-top:18.75pt'>
<img src="cid:image001.gif@01C518D0.FDB970A0"
v:src="cid:image001.gif@01C518D0.FDB970A0" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0
height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>Hello
all, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>I am looking for someone who can
help with a problem I am having <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>with the software package
PCGrads. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>I am attempting to use the module
'gribscan' from the DOS command <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>line to decode the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">NAM</st1:place></st1:country-region> model grib
files as found on the NCEP <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>web server
ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>An example
command: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>c:\grads>gribscan -i
nam.t00z.awip3d06.tm00 -o test <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>but gribscan exits immediately with
a stack fault file<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>gribscan.exe.stackdump <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>Has anyone successfully used
gribscan to decode these <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>NCEP files? Do I need to specify
certain command line options? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'>Your help is appreciated. Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-autospace:
none'><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#ffffcc" face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#ffffcc" face=Helvetica><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004080" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#004080'>Richard H Grant</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004080" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#004080'>Prof. Applied
Meteorology</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004080" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#004080'>Dept of Agronomy, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Purdue</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#004080" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#004080'>915 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">W. State St</st1:address></st1:Street>.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
color="#004080" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:#004080'>W. Lafayette</span></font></st1:City><font color="#004080"
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#004080'>, <st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47907-2054</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#ffffcc" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu">http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu</a></span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>