GEMPAK 6.8.0 Released

GEMPAK 6.8.0 is now available from the Unidata download page:

https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/gempak/

GEMPAK is provided as a source tarball package and as pre-built binaries for 32-bit linux, 64-bit linux, and 32-bit SunOS (x86). 

Updates to 6.8.0 include:

• Major fix for GDPVSF, see the latest man page for updated instructions: https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/gempak/manual/programs_index?gdpvsf
• SSF ASCII maps have been removed (previously located in $GEMPAK/maps/ascii/) and are available as a separate download for users who wish to use them.
• Unidata programs have been merged into the $GEMPAK/source/ hierarchy.
• Updated zlib 1.2.0-->1.2.7
• Updated netCDF 4.1.2-->4.2.11
• Updated HDF5 1.8.5-->1.8.10
• Updated tables and maps

Tables for 6.8.0 can be download as a separate package at https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/gempak/

As the source code is now maintained on github at https://github.com/Unidata/gempak/, users who wish to develop GEMPAK programs can now fork and branch within git/github to manage their code.

You can clone the full gempak source repo to your machine with git clone git://github.com/Unidata/gempak.git GEMPAK6.8.0

Comments about this release, support requests and bug fixes should be directed to support-gempak@unidata.ucar.edu