20000105: pqact y2k problem

David,

Sounds like you have an old version of dcgrib. I fixed this problem
in the pl12 distribution made available in July.
If you don't want to upgrade that mush just yet, you can download the
current dcgrib distribution from:

~gbuddy/nawips-5.4/patches/dcgrib_Jan4_2000.tar.Z

Unpack theis from your $NAWIPS directory with:
zcat dcgrib_Jan4_2000.tar.Z | tar xvf -

then build with:

cd $NAWIPS/unidata/ldmbridge/dcgrib
make clean
make all
make install
make clean


I will be tarring up a complete gempak distribution with the pl1, pl14
and imar2gm.f fixes soon- working around getting machines shipped to the AMS
currently.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport





>From: David Fitzgerald <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 200001051722.KAA12133

>Hi guys,
>
>I'm finding what seems to be a y2k problem with my model data.  Not sure if th
> e 
>problem is in pqact itself or in dcgrib since I did apply the 19991230 y2k bug
>  
>fix for pqact.   Here is what I'm seeing, instead of the model data being 
>decoded into a file with the name /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_model.gem, 
>it seems that a subdirectory was created in /var/data/gempak/hds with the name
>  
>100010, and within that subdirectory, the model data is being written in files
>  
>with forshortened names, such as 0_avn.gem, 1_avn.gem, 0_eta.gem, 1_eta.gem et
> c. 
>
>Here is the model part of my pqact.conf file:
>
># NMC GRIB products
># ETA 80 km model output for continental US on Lambert conformal grid (#211 
>grid)
># decode into into yymmddhh_eta.gem
>
>HRS     ^Y.Q... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/mETA
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_eta.gem
>
>#
># RUC MAPS model output decoded into yymmddhh_ruc.gem (#211 grid)
>#
>HRS     ^[YZ]..... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/mRUC
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ruc.gem
>#
># NGM model output decoded into yymmddhh_ngm.gem (#211 grid)
>#
>HRS     ^[YZ].[Q]... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/mNGM
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ngm.gem
>#
># AVN model output decoded into yymmddhh_avn.gem (#211 grid)
>#
>HRS     ^[YZ]..... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN)
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_avn.gem
>              
># Global AVN (Spectral) Thinned grids
>#
>HRS     ^H.[I-P]... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                -q"lin,dlat=2.5,dlon=2.5"
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_thin.gem
>#
>#  MRF grids - Extended range grids E and F
>#
>HRS     ^H[HPUV][EF][A-Z][0-9][0-9] KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])..
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_mrf.gem
>
># Northern Hemisphere MRF (grid #201)
>#
>HRS     ^Y.A... KWBH
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_nhmrf.gem
>#
>#  Oceanic products - Analysis (surf tmp) & Forecasts (wind & waves)
>#
>HRS     ^H[HKLTUV][A-D][ACEIK]93 KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ocn.gem
>#
># Bitmap ocean
>#
>HRS     ^H[HKLTUV][T-W][ACEIK]93 KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ocn2.gem
>#
># ECMWF GRIB products, decode into yymmdd_ecmf#.gem (e1=global,e2=+/-35lat)
>#
>HRS     ^H[HPT][A-L][A-Z][0-9][0-9] ECMF ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ecmwf1.gem
>HRS     ^H[UV][A-L][A-Z][0-9][0-9] ECMF ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>        PIPE    /software/nawips-5.4/bin/sol/dcgrib
>                -g /software/nawips-5.4/gempak5.4/tables
>                PACK /var/data/gempak/hds/YYMMDDHH_ecmwf2.gem
>                
>                
>Do you know what is causing this and how I can fix it?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Dave
>
>                
>                
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>David Fitzgerald   
>System Administrator            Phone: (717) 871-2394  
>Millersville University        Fax: (717) 871-4725 
>Millersville, PA 17551                 E-mail: address@hidden
>