<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm using the control file below (I don't feel like going through the procedure of downloading a text file off a protected supercomputer and transferring it over just to attach it here, so my choice is simply to copy+paste the text directly here):</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">dset /lfs1/BMC/wrfruc/jdduda/GEFS_35day/20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f%f3.grib2<br>index /lfs1/BMC/wrfruc/jdduda/GEFS_35day/GEFS_all_mem.idx<br>options template<br>dtype grib2<br>undef 9.999E+20<br>title all GEFS members - thinned<br>ydef 361 linear -90.000000 0.5<br>xdef 720 linear 0.000000 0.500000<br>tdef 2 linear 00Z09dec2020 06hr<br>* PROFILE hPa<br>zdef 12 levels 100000 92500 85000 70000 50000 40000 30000 25000 20000 10000 5000 1000<br>options pascals<br>vars 35<br>APCPsfc 0,1,0 0,1,8,1 ** surface Total Precipitation [kg/m^2]<br>CAPE180_0mb 0,108,18000,0 0,7,6 ** 180-0 mb above ground Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg]<br>CFRZRsfc 0,1,0 0,1,193,0 ** surface Categorical Freezing Rain [-]<br>CICEPsfc 0,1,0 0,1,194,0 ** surface Categorical Ice Pellets [-]<br>CIN180_0mb 0,108,18000,0 0,7,7 ** 180-0 mb above ground Convective Inhibition [J/kg]<br>CRAINsfc 0,1,0 0,1,192,0 ** surface Categorical Rain [-]<br>CSNOWsfc 0,1,0 0,1,195,0 ** surface Categorical Snow [-]<br>DLWRFsfc 0,1,0 0,5,192,0 ** surface Downward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]<br>DSWRFsfc 0,1,0 0,4,192,0 ** surface Downward Short-Wave Radiation Flux [W/m^2]<br>HGTprs 12,100 0,3,5 ** (1000 925 850 700 500.. 250 200 100 50 10) Geopotential Height [gpm]<br>ICETKsfc 0,1,0 10,2,1 ** surface Ice Thickness [m]<br>LHTFLsfc 0,1,0 0,0,10,0 ** surface Latent Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]<br>PRESsfc 0,1,0 0,3,0 ** surface Pressure [Pa]<br>PRMSLmsl 0,101,0 0,3,1 ** mean sea level Pressure Reduced to MSL [Pa]<br>PWATclm 0,200,0 0,1,3 ** entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer) Precipitable Water [kg/m^2]<br>RHprs 12,100 0,1,1 ** (1000 925 850 700 500.. 250 200 100 50 10) Relative Humidity [%]<br>RH2m 0,103,2 0,1,1 ** 2 m above ground Relative Humidity [%]<br>SHTFLsfc 0,1,0 0,0,11,0 ** surface Sensible Heat Net Flux [W/m^2]<br>SNODsfc 0,1,0 0,1,11 ** surface Snow Depth [m]<br>SOILW0_10cm 0,106,0,0.1 2,0,192 ** 0-0.1 m below ground Volumetric Soil Moisture Content [Fraction]<br>TCDCclm 0,10,0 0,6,1,0 ** entire atmosphere Total Cloud Cover [%]<br>TMAX2m 0,103,2 0,0,4,2 ** 2 m above ground Maximum Temperature [K]<br>TMIN2m 0,103,2 0,0,5,3 ** 2 m above ground Minimum Temperature [K]<br>TMPprs 12,100 0,0,0 ** (1000 925 850 700 500.. 250 200 100 50 10) Temperature [K]<br>TMP2m 0,103,2 0,0,0 ** 2 m above ground Temperature [K]<br>TSOIL0_10cm 0,106,0,0.1 2,0,2 ** 0-0.1 m below ground Soil Temperature [K]<br>UGRDprs 12,100 0,2,2 ** (1000 925 850 700 500.. 250 200 100 50 10) U-Component of Wind [m/s]<br>UGRD10m 0,103,10 0,2,2 ** 10 m above ground U-Component of Wind [m/s]<br>ULWRFsfc 0,1,0 0,5,193,0 ** surface Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]<br>ULWRFtoa 0,8,0 0,5,193,0 ** top of atmosphere Upward Long-Wave Rad. Flux [W/m^2]<br>USWRFsfc 0,1,0 0,4,193,0 ** surface Upward Short-Wave Radiation Flux [W/m^2]<br>VGRDprs 12,100 0,2,3 ** (1000 925 850 700 500.. 250 200 100 50 10) V-Component of Wind [m/s]<br>VGRD10m 0,103,10 0,2,3 ** 10 m above ground V-Component of Wind [m/s]<br>VVEL850mb 0,100,85000 0,2,8 ** 850 mb Vertical Velocity (Pressure) [Pa/s]<br>WEASDsfc 0,1,0 0,1,13 ** surface Water Equivalent of Accumulated Snow Depth [kg/m^2]<br>ENDVARS</span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">EDEF 30<br>Ep7 1 00Z09dec2020 3,7<br>Ep22 1 00Z09dec2020 3,22<br>Ep14 1 00Z09dec2020 3,14<br>Ep27 1 00Z09dec2020 3,27<br>Ep13 1 00Z09dec2020 3,13<br>Ep16 1 00Z09dec2020 3,16<br>Ep11 1 00Z09dec2020 3,11<br>Ep29 1 00Z09dec2020 3,29<br>Ep28 1 00Z09dec2020 3,28<br>Ep24 1 00Z09dec2020 3,24<br>Ep1 1 00Z09dec2020 3,1<br>Ep5 1 00Z09dec2020 3,5<br>Ep23 1 00Z09dec2020 3,23<br>Ep17 1 00Z09dec2020 3,17<br>Ep26 1 00Z09dec2020 3,26<br>Ep18 1 00Z09dec2020 3,18<br>Ep6 1 00Z09dec2020 3,6<br>Ep4 1 00Z09dec2020 3,4<br>Ep19 1 00Z09dec2020 3,19<br>Ep10 1 00Z09dec2020 3,10<br>Ep25 1 00Z09dec2020 3,25<br>Ep3 1 00Z09dec2020 3,3<br>Ep30 1 00Z09dec2020 3,30<br>Ep2 1 00Z09dec2020 3,2<br>Ep8 1 00Z09dec2020 3,8<br>Ep9 1 00Z09dec2020 3,9<br>Ep21 1 00Z09dec2020 3,21<br>Ep12 1 00Z09dec2020 3,12<br>Ep15 1 00Z09dec2020 3,15<br>Ep20 1 00Z09dec2020 3,20<br>ENDEDEF</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The individual files in this template group were created by concatenating all of the GEFS member GRIB2 files together at each forecast lead time. I then constructed the control file using g2ctl and made only the necessary changes to reflect the template structure, adding 'options template', and modifying the TDEF line accordingly.</div><div><br></div><div>When I run gribmap, I get this output:</div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">[Jeffrey.Duda@fe6 GEFS_35day]$ gribmap -e -i GEFS_det_thin.ctl<br>gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file: /lfs1/BMC/wrfruc/jdduda/GEFS_35day/20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f000.grib2<br>gribmap: scanning GRIB2 file:<br>gribmap: Warning! could not open GRIB file:<br>gribmap: reached end of files<br>gribmap: Writing out the GRIB2 index file (version 3)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">What is happening? All the files are certainly present:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:monospace">[Jeffrey.Duda@fe6 GEFS_35day]$ du -sh 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f*grib2<br>397M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f000.grib2<br>438M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f006.grib2<br>436M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f012.grib2<br>436M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f018.grib2<br>438M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f024.grib2<br>435M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f030.grib2<br>428M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f036.grib2<br>429M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f042.grib2<br>430M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f048.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f054.grib2<br>429M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f060.grib2<br>432M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f066.grib2<br>430M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f072.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f078.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f084.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f090.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f096.grib2<br>429M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f102.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f108.grib2<br>434M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f114.grib2<br>433M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f120.grib2<br>430M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f126.grib2<br>431M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f132.grib2<br>430M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f138.grib2<br>428M 20201209/GEFS_all_mem_f144.grib2<br></span>...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">...<br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Jeff Duda<br></span></div><div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span>Jeff Duda, Research Scientist</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span></span></font>University of Colorado Boulder</div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span></span></font>Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences</div><div dir="ltr">NOAA/OAR/ESRL/Global Systems Laboratory<br><font size="2"><span>
<span>Boulder, CO<br></span></span></font>
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