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class=364420523-01092013>Hi Ben and all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=364420523-01092013>Yep I've tried that but it still comes up
with:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=364420523-01092013>Syntax Error: Invalid Operand<BR> 'gustsfc'
not a variable or function name</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Ken.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org
[mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ben
Quinn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, 2 September 2013 9:01 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
gradsusr@gradsusr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [gradsusr] Displaying GFS wind gust
speeds [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Hi Ken,<BR><BR>There doesn't seem to be any direction data in the
GUSTsfc variable, only the wind gust speed itself. On the page that you
link to the associated grads script simply displays the GUSTsfc variable
by<BR><BR>'d GUSTsfc * 1.9438449'<BR><BR>Kind regards,<BR><BR>Ben<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>On 2/09/2013 8:50 AM, Ken Kato wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>Hi
all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=616331222-01092013></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>Does anyone know
how to display surface wind gust speeds using the GFS datasets
(self-describing format, high definition) from either the NOMAD or
monsoondata servers?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>For example, if I
use the script below:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=616331222-01092013></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>'sdfopen <A
href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z%27"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z'</A><BR>'set
LAT -47 -8'<BR>'set LON 105 160'<BR>'set lev 1000'<BR>'set t
5'</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>'d
mag(ugrd10m,vgrd10m,gustssfc)'</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=616331222-01092013></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>... it just
results in:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=616331222-01092013></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>Error from
MAG: Too many or too few
args<BR>
Two arguments expected<BR>Operation Error: Error from mag
function<BR> Error ocurred at column 1<BR>DISPLAY error: Invalid
expression</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=616331222-01092013></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=616331222-01092013>I've tried all
sorts of different combinations such as "d mag(ugrd10m;vgrd10m;gustssfc)", "d
gustssfc", etc as well as the GFS data from monsoondata but no
luck. However, some websites offer GFS wind gust speed charts (e.g. <A
href="http://forecasts.bsch.com.au/stormcast.html?ops=gfs:2013090106:2013090606:aus:gustssfc:null#sc"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://forecasts.bsch.com.au/stormcast.html?ops=gfs:2013090106:2013090606:aus:gustssfc:null#sc</A>)
and I've seen the "gustssfc" variable mentioned in past discussions but
doesn't appear in the datasets' </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=616331222-01092013>variables list.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=616331222-01092013>Ken.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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