>From: weather <address@hidden> >Organization: NMSU/NSBF >Keywords: 199909242206.QAA23500 McIDAS-XCD Robert, >I might have been having bad data days when I pointed wxmcidas (I am in >New Mexico at wxmcidas,. leaving for Palestine Monday) towards psnldm. >Everything looks okay now, but I will will watch it to see if I need to >increase the variable as you suggested. On the other hand, wxmcidas >seems to be really messed up. I checked the .av1 file and it is the >same as on psnldm. If I do GRDLIST RTGRIDS/AVN NUM=50, this is the >result: > >GRDLIST RTGRIDS/AVN NUM=50 >Dataset position 9 Directory Title= G213 12Z AVN 48 HR< VT<=72 HR >PAR LEVEL DAY TIME SRC FHOUR FDAY FTIME GRID PRO >---- --------- ------------ -------- ---- ----- ------------ -------- ---- ---- >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 1 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 2 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 3 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 4 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 5 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 6 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 7 MERC >T 700 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 8 MERC >T 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 9 MERC >T 700 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 10 MERC >T 500 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 11 MERC >T 700 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 12 MERC >T 700 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 13 MERC >T 700 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 AVN 12 26 SEP 99269 12:00:00 14 MERC >As you can see there appears to be duplicate grids The thinned AVN grids are global ones that come in in 8 octets that are stiched together by DMGRID. The listing above looks like the individual pieces are not being stitched together. I would guess that if you plotted any one of the duplicates that you would find that they cover only an eighth of the earth. Yup, I just did this and verify the results are only an eighth: DATALOC ADD RTGRIDS WXMCIDAS.NSBF.NASA.GOV GRDDISP RTGRIDS/AVN LEV=850 PAR=T DAY=1999269 FHOUR=12 >and it is labeled G213 12Z AVN..etc, when it is not. Strange indeed. The times that I have seen the stitching together fail are typically indicative of more than one copy of DMGRID running. >Even stranger when I do the same thing for the ETA: > >GRDLIST RTGRIDS/ETA NUM=50 >Dataset position 9 Directory Title= G213 12Z AVN 48 HR< VT<=72 HR >PAR LEVEL DAY TIME SRC FHOUR FDAY FTIME GRID PRO >---- --------- ------------ -------- ---- ----- ------------ -------- ---- ---- >W 200 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 1 LAMB >W 250 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 2 LAMB >W 300 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 3 LAMB >W 350 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 4 LAMB >W 400 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 5 LAMB >W 450 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 6 LAMB >W 500 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 7 LAMB >W 550 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 8 LAMB >W 150 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 9 LAMB >W 600 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 10 LAMB >W 100 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 11 LAMB >W 650 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 12 LAMB >W 800 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 13 LAMB >W 850 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 14 LAMB >W 750 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 15 LAMB >W 900 MB 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 ETA 0 26 SEP 99269 00:00:00 16 LAMB >I see it is labeled the same. This could also happen if more than one copy of DMGRID is running. >It seems that I am getting all of the world, but it is broken into >small pieces by all these multiple grids. When I plot one of the AVN T >files, it will cover a small part of Asia, then another same time and >variable will cover a small part of South America. OK, so you have done the same thing as above. The reason is because the data comes in in pieces. >I am completely confused. RTMODELS.CFG is the same on both machines >and the entries in dsserve.k LIST match RTMODELS.CFG but everything >seems fine on psnldm (at least now) but all fouled up on wxmcidas. I >can still get all of the grids that McIDAS produces for the RUC, ETA, >NGM, and MRF but the AVN is messed up and every directory label seems >to be the same. Check to see what processes are running. If there is more than one copy of DMGRID, shut the LDM down; make sure that all copies of DMGRID exit; prehaps delete the bad files (they will fill up anyway); and restart the LDM. >Thanks for the help, No problem. Tom
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