<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All<br>I am trying to create Meteograms using GrADS and I am facing enomous challenegs. Here is what I did and the errors. Is there another way of doing it?<br>___________________________________________________________<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteograms.gfs.gs">meteograms.gfs.gs</a><br>Unknown command: <a href="http://meteograms.gfs.gs">meteograms.gfs.gs</a><br>ga-> <a href="http://meteograms_gfs.gs">meteograms_gfs.gs</a><br>Unknown command: <a href="http://meteograms_gfs.gs">meteograms_gfs.gs</a><br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Chileka<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600<br>Enter longitude --> 34.97<br>Enter latitude --> -15.78<br>Metric units? [y/n] --> y<br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>curl error details:<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015">http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015</a><br>062600<br>NetCDF: I/O failure<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600<br>Enter longitude --> 35.62<br>Enter latitude --> -16.07<br>Metric units? [y/n] --> y<br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>syntax error, unexpected WORD_STRING, expecting WORD_WORD<br>context: Error { code = 0; message = "/gfs/gfs.2015062600 is not an available da<br>taset"^;};<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015">http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015</a><br>062600<br>NetCDF: Malformed or inaccessible DAP DDS<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600<br>Enter longitude --> 35.62<br>Enter latitude --> -16.07<br>Metric units? [y/n] --> y<br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>curl error details:<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/</a><br>gfs.2015062600<br>NetCDF: I/O failure<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> 2015062600<br>Enter longitude --> 35.62<br>Enter latitude --> -16.07<br>Metric units? [y/n] --> y<br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>syntax error, unexpected WORD_STRING, expecting WORD_WORD<br>context: Error { code = 0; message = "/gfs/gfs.2015062600 is not an available da<br>taset"^;};<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015">http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2015</a><br>062600<br>NetCDF: Malformed or inaccessible DAP DDS<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram.gs">meteogram.gs</a><br><br>Check the URL <a href="http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/">http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/</a><br>for a list of all available forecasts.<br><br>Enter forecast model (avn, avni, avnb, eta) --> eta<br>Enter forecast date (mmddhh) --> 062600<br>Enter longitude --> 35.62<br>Enter latitude --> -16.07<br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Metric units? [y/n] --> y<br>Include stability indices? [y/n] --> y<br>No hardcopy metafile open<br>All files closed; all defined objects released;<br>All GrADS attributes have been reinitialized<br>curl error details:<br>Error: nc_open failed to open file <a href="http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/eta062600">http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/eta062600</a><br>NetCDF: I/O failure<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-><br>___________________________________________________<br></div>Charles vanya<br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div>Meteorological Services<br>P.O.Box 1808,<br>Blantyre,<br>Malawi<br>Cell:+265-888-980 545</div>
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