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GEMPAK

GEMPAK GEMPAK, the GEneral Meteorology PAcKage, is an analysis, display, and product generation package for meteorological data.

See the GEMPAK package overview

GEMPAK Display Examples

GEMPAK northern hemisphere topographic display of AVN model data

GEMPAK wind display of North American Mesoscale model data

GEMPAK WRF/NMM forecast for objectively selected ROI

More display examples

GEMPAK News & Announcements

April 2013 AWIPS II Update
April 2, 2013
GEMPAK 6.8.0 Released
February 4, 2013
GEMPAK 6.7.0 Released
September 26, 2012

More GEMPAK news

GEMPAK Migration to AWIPS II

GEMPAK to AWIPS II Migration The National Weather Service (NWS) announced plans in 2007 to cease development of GEMPAK/NAWIPS in August 2008 and proceed with a migration of the functionality of that package to the new AWIPS II environment. Unidata has created a page to provide information to the Unidata community on the migration.

More about AWIPS II

Questions About GEMPAK?

Questions or comments about GEMPAK can be sent to: support-gempak@unidata.ucar.edu

GEMPAK Documentation & Training

GEMPAK software documentation contains a wealth of useful information. The training information and tutorials used during the GEMPAK training workshops are available online as a resource to our community.

GEMPAK Documentation

Download* current and previous releases of the GEMPAK. (*Read the provision of software.)
The GEMPAK installation guide provides instructions for installing and configuring GEMPAK.
The GEMPAK manual pages provide extensive documentation in the use of GEMPAK programs.
A guide for configuring the LDM is available for GEMPAK decoding of IDD data.
GEMPAK display capability examples show what is possible for data analysis.

GEMPAK Training

Unidata holds annual workshops in Boulder, Colorado to train users in Unidata-supported software.

The GEMPAK workshop tutorial covers GEMPAK package design, implementation and maintenance.

Next Training Workshop

The next Training Workshop for Unidata software is scheduled to take place in 2012. The specific dates will be posted when they become available.

Questions About GEMPAK Documentation & Training?

Questions or comments about GEMPAK documentation or training can be sent to: support-gempak@unidata.ucar.edu

GEMPAK Help & Support

GEMPAK-Related Support Requests

Request Support To submit a GEMPAK-related support reques, submit an email to one of the following addresses, or use the support request form to compose your queries.

Support Topic	Email Address (add `@unidata.ucar.edu`)
GEMPAK	`support-gempak`

Complete list of all Unidata support queues

Ways to Get Support

Review the existing GEMPAK documentation for information.
Use the GEMPAK mailing lists to query experts in the Unidata community.
Browse the archive of previously answered GEMPAK support questions.
Submit a request for support
to the GEMPAK developers.

GEMPAK Mailing Lists

GEMPAK-related mailing lists of general interest for discussing installation issues and troubleshooting, as well as general software announcments and bug fixes, etc.

List Name List Description

gembud
@unidata.ucar.edu

The gembud (GEMPAK buddy) mailing list is a special interest list for users of the GEneral Meteorological PAcKage (GEMPAK) developed by NASA and NCEP (formerly NMC). Subscribers to gembud include users at Unidata sites, government sites and commercial users, including the developers at NCEP, NASA, and Unidata. gembud is used primarily for discussions of intermediate to advanced GEMPAK issues (most beginner questions come directly to Unidata user support), including topics such as using research datasets, developing local extensions, and customizing for site specific uses. Additionally, gembud is the place to hear about software releases and updates, including new distributions, patches, contributed software, and bug fixes.

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