<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">You need to run meteogram_subset_GDS.gs first; this creates a local data set that is used to generate the graphic. Please read the comments at the top of each script. <div>—Jennifer</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 26, 2015, at 1:24 PM, Charles Langton Vanya <<a href="mailto:dolesibeni@gmail.com">dolesibeni@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear All,<br></div> My attempts to use Jennifer's scripts have failed. Everytime I try to run the script, GrADS is freezing and shut by itself without any error being indicated. What could this be?<br></div>This is how I did it:<br><br>Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 2.0.2.oga.2<br>Copyright (c) 1988-2011 by Brian Doty and the<br>Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)<br>GrADS comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY<br>See file COPYRIGHT for more information<br><br>Config: v2.0.2.oga.2 little-endian readline printim grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds hdf5 o<br>pendap-grids,stn athena geotiff shapefile<br>Issue 'q config' command for more detailed configuration information<br>Loading User Defined Extensions table </cygdrive/c/OPENGR~1/Contents/Cygwin/Vers<br>ions/202OGA~1.2/i686/gex/udxt> ... ok.<br><b>Landscape mode? ('n' for portrait): n</b><br>GX Package Initialization: Size = 8.5 11<br>Command line history in \Users\vanya/.grads.log<br><b>ga-> meteogram_GDS.gs<br></b><br><br></div>the second attempt I tried to use the following;<br><b>ga-> </b><b>grads -a 1 meteogram_GDS.gs</b> <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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