[gembud] dcshef and dcshef_comet

[Arthur A. Person]

Daryl,

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Daryl Herzmann wrote:

> Good day!
>
> I recently upgraded a box from GEMPAK 5.10.2 to 5.10.4 and all of my
> dcshef pqact processes started bombing out with:
>
> [22855] 071130/1114[FL -1]  Cannot open file
> /mesonet/data/gempak/coop/YYMMDD_rtp.gem.
>
> Digging around, I see that dcshef's options are radically different and
> there is something called 'dcshef_comet' which seems to work like the old
> dcshef did.

dcshef_comet is apparently the old dcshef.  You also have to use the 
"shef_comet.pack" packing table when you run it.

> Did I miss something on the email lists about this?  The "What's New" with
> GEMPAK 5.10 page has no references to dcshef changes?

I don't recall seeing any notices... we just sort-of figured it out when 
we built/ran it.

                              Art


> Sorry if I am missing something obvious, thanks!
>
> daryl
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Arthur A. Person
Research Assistant, System Administrator
Penn State Department of Meteorology
email:  person at meteo.psu.edu, phone:  814-863-1563