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<DIV>Arlindo,</DIV>
<DIV>I can't download the .pl files from <A href="http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/" target=_blank>http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/</A><BR>Receive Windows IE error message about the files not being found. </DIV>
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<DIV>Can you just email them to me (less the extension)? </DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Thanks, <BR>Mark</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Arlindo da Silva <dasilva@ALUM.MIT.EDU> <BR>Mark,<BR><BR> Please download g2gdf/g2ctl, .pl and .exe versions, from:<BR><BR> <A href="http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/">http://opengrads.org/devel/win32/</A><BR><BR> Then grab a gfs forecast, say<BR><BR> <A href="ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2008041512/gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06">ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gfs.2008041512/gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06</A><BR><BR>and try this (.exe version):<BR><BR>g2gdf -verf gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06<BR><BR> I'd expect the attached .gdf/.inv files to be produced. Start grads and type<BR><BR>ga-> g2_open gfs.t12z.pgrb2bf06.gdf<BR>ga-> set lev 825<BR>ga-> d g2(tmpprs)<BR><BR> Does it work for you? The plot is attached. I tr
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is with Strawberry perl, another native Win32 build:<BR><BR> <A href="http://strawberryperl.com/">http://strawberryperl.com/</A><BR><BR> The same should work with ActiveState perl. Let me know if it doesn't, and I'll install it and give it a try. However, the .exe files were created with Strawberry perl and should work as is --- no need for perl to be installed on your machine at all.<BR><BR> Good Luck,<BR><BR> Arlindo<BR><BR><BR>-- <BR>Arlindo da Silva<BR><A href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>