[wrfems] ems_prep fail using 3.2.1.5.34.beta release

[Robert Rozumalski]

Hello Barrett,

Support for the NCEP tiled data set has been dropped. I strongly 
recommend that you use the EMS personal tiles,
namptiles, gfsptiles, etc.

Bob



On 8/22/2011 8:37 AM, Barrett Smith wrote:
> Bob and/or list,
>
> Testing with what believe is the most recent beat release, we get the 
> error below when ems_prep fails.  It seems odd that  an extra "grb1" 
> is appended to the grib files when they are converted from grib2 to 
> grib1, but it's not clear whether or not that is the issue.
>
>  We've installed the Prep_util.pm file that Bob sent out a while back, 
> but even with that my understanding was that the prep routine was just 
> trying to download data repeatedly, not convert it??
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Barrett
>
>
>
>             Initiating FTP connection to ftp.ncep.noaa.gov
>
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.15.grib2  
> - Success (0.17 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.16.grib2  
> - Success (0.18 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.17.grib2  
> - Success (0.17 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.24.grib2  
> - Success (0.19 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.25.grib2  
> - Success (0.20 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.26.grib2  
> - Success (0.17 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.33.grib2  
> - Success (0.14 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.34.grib2  
> - Success (0.22 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21800.35.grib2  
> - Success (0.18 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.15.grib2  
> - Success (0.15 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.16.grib2  
> - Success (0.16 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.17.grib2  
> - Success (0.13 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.24.grib2  
> - Success (0.19 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.25.grib2  
> - Success (0.16 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.26.grib2  
> - Success (0.18 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.33.grib2  
> - Success (0.19 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.34.grib2  
> - Success (0.17 mb/s)
>               -> Attempting to acquire 
> /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20110822/tiles.t12z/nam.t12z.awip21803.35.grib2  
> - Success (0.14 mb/s)
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.15.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.15.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.16.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.16.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.17.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.17.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.24.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.24.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.25.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.25.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.26.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.26.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.33.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.33.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.34.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.34.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.35.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.35.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.15.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.15.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.16.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.16.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.17.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.17.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.24.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.24.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.25.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.25.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.26.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.26.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.33.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.33.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.34.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.34.grb.grb1
>
>             *  Converting 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.35.grb to GRIB 1 
> format - 11082212.nam.t12z.awip21803.35.grb.grb1
>
>      !  The EMS_file::filetype says "If in doubt, blame it on the tool!"
>
>         EMS BUMMER: File problem 
> (/usr1/wrfems/runs/4km_nmm/grib/11082212.nam.t12z.awip21800.15.grb) - 
> No such
>         file or directory
>
>
>
>   WRF EMS Program EMS_file::filetype died at Mon Aug 22 14:28:37 2011 
> UTC - Stuff happens
>
>
>

-- 
Robert A. Rozumalski, PhD
NWS National SOO Science and Training Resource Coordinator

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