<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thank you Ryan and Jennifer for your prompt replies. I will try the new scripts because I don't have an idea where I can get a link to correct the base for the old scripts.<br></div>Thank once again<br></div>Charles<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 June 2015 at 18:51, Ryan Hickman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ryan@allisonhouse.com" target="_blank">ryan@allisonhouse.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">It looks like the GrADS Script (<a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteogram_gfs.gs</a>) that you are using contains incorrect base URLs for seeking on the GrADS server.<div><br>You could modify the GrADS Script to point to the correct Base URL, or use the scripts created by Jennifer Adams (COLA) at <a href="ftp://cola.gmu.edu/pub/jma/meteograms/" target="_blank">ftp://cola.gmu.edu/pub/jma/meteograms/</a>. These scripts were updated recently, support the GFS 0.25º and appear to have the correct base URLs to retrieve the GFS datasets.</div><div><br></div><div>NOMADS Base URL: <a href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_0p25" target="_blank">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_0p25</a></div><div>Monsoon Data Base URL: <a href="http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs0p25" target="_blank">http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs0p25</a></div><div><br></div><div>You can always view the available datasets on the server by removing "gfs_0p25 / "gfs0p25" from the URL and visiting it in your browser to get a listing.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Charles Langton Vanya <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dolesibeni@gmail.com" target="_blank">dolesibeni@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><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" target="_blank">meteograms.gfs.gs</a><br>Unknown command: <a href="http://meteograms.gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteograms.gfs.gs</a><br>ga-> <a href="http://meteograms_gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteograms_gfs.gs</a><br>Unknown command: <a href="http://meteograms_gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteograms_gfs.gs</a><br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Chileka<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> <a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a><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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> <a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a><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.<a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a> 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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> <a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a><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/" target="_blank">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/</a><br>gfs.<a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a><br>NetCDF: I/O failure<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-> <a href="http://meteogram_gfs.gs" target="_blank">meteogram_gfs.gs</a><br>Enter location name --> Mimosa<br>Enter forecast date (yyyymmddhh) --> <a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a><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.<a href="tel:2015062600" value="+12015062600" target="_blank">2015062600</a> 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" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">meteogram.gs</a><br><br>Check the URL <a href="http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">http://cola8.iges.org:9090/dods/eta062600</a><br>NetCDF: I/O failure<br>gadsdf: Couldn't ingest SDF metadata.<br>ga-><br>___________________________________________________<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">Charles vanya<br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br><div><div>Meteorological Services<br>P.O.Box 1808,<br>Blantyre,<br>Malawi<br>Cell:+265-888-980 545</div>
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