20010918: 20010918: dcgrib decoding

Mike,

send me your pqact.conf entries so that we can make sure you aren't duplicating
any writing to files.

Steve

>From: Mike Trexler <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200109181842.f8IIgW112443

>Steve,
>
>There's plenty of disk space, and no 0 length files.  So, unfortunately
>it seems to be not that easy.  Any other ideas?
>
>trex
>
>
>Unidata Support wrote:
>
>> Mike,
>>
>> The grid navigation block cannot be read message seems to indicate:
>>
>> 1) The file previously created is corrupt
>>
>> 2) you were possibly out of disk space
>>
>> To see if either of these is the case, check for 0 length files
>> in your $MODEL directory and/or remove the files creating the log messages.
>>
>> Your comment that other grids are missing may indicate a disk space problem.
>>
>> Steve Chiswell
>> Unidata User SUpport
>>
>> >From: Mike Trexler <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> >Keywords: 200109181715.f8IHFT108264
>>
>> >Hi Steve (presumably),
>> >
>> >I'm having trouble decoding model data into gempak.  We had "opened
>> >the flood gates" before and were receiving just about everything with
>> >something like:
>> >
>> >HDS|NMC2|NOGAPS ^(/u/ftp/gateway|[HOYZ]|US058).*
>> >        PIPE    /gemexe/dcgrib2 -d /data/realtime/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log
>> >
>> >        -e GEMTBL=/fs/measol0/pkg/nawips/gempak/tables
>> >
>> >
>> >Ok on Friday I changed to selectively get certain grids.  So now my
>> >pqact.conf looks just like the example (with appropriate tabs) like:
>> >
>> ># NOAAport ETA grids
>> ># Grid #211 80km CONUS:    ^[YZ].Q.*/mETA
>> ># Grid #212 40km CONUS:    ^[YZ].R.*/mETA
>> ># Grid #215 20km CONUS:    ^[YZ].U.*/mETA
>> ># Grid #214 47.5km Alaska: ^[YZ].T.*/mETA
>> ># Select any/all grids desired from [QRUT]
>> >HRS     ^[YZ].[QRU].*/mETA
>> >        PIPE    /gemexe/dcgrib2
>> >        -d /data/realtime/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log
>> >        -e GEMTBL=/fs/measol0/pkg/nawips/gempak/tables
>> >#
>> ># NOAAport MRF grids
>> ># Grid #201 N. Hemisphere 381km: ^Y.A... KWBH
>> ># Grid #202 CONUS         190km: ^Y.I... KWBH
>> ># Grid #203 Alaska        190km: ^Y.J... KWBH
>> ># Grid #204 Hawaii        160km: ^Y.K... KWBH
>> ># Grid #205 Puerto Rico   190km: ^Y.L... KWBH
>> ># Select any/all grids desired from [AIJKL]
>> >HRS     ^Y.[I]... KWBH
>> >        PIPE    /gemexe/dcgrib2
>> >        -d /data/realtime/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log
>> >        -e GEMTBL=/fs/measol0/pkg/nawips/gempak/tables
>> >#
>> >#
>> ># RUC/MAPS model output
>> ># Grid #211 CONUS   80km: ^[YZ].Q.*/mRUC
>> ># Currently, only grid #211
>> >HRS     ^[YZ].[Q].*/mRUC
>> >        PIPE    /gemexe/dcgrib2
>> >        -d /data/realtime/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log
>> >        -e GEMTBL=/fs/measol0/pkg/nawips/gempak/tables
>> >
>> >So, my problem is that ever since then some of the grids from
>> >most all the models come in with really strange values.  Others
>> >grids just come in missing.  Other grids seem fine.  In the log file
>> >I get errors like the following....
>> >
>> >6848] 010918/1237 [DC 3]  Starting up.
>> >[6789] 010918/1249 [GD -8]  Grid navigation block cannot be read.
>> >[6789] 010918/1249 [DCGRIB 1] Grid navigation 201 incompatible with file
>> >/data/realtime/gempak/model/2001091812_avn201.gem
>> >[6789] 010918/1249 [GD -8]  Grid navigation block cannot be read.
>> >[6789] 010918/1249 [DCGRIB 1] Grid navigation 213 incompatible with file
>> >/data/realtime/gempak/model/2001091812_avn213.gem
>> >[6848] 010918/1251 [DC 5]  Normal termination.
>> >[6848] 010918/1251 [DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 5
>> >
>> >This usually indicates a problem with the some reference table, right?
>> >What's confusing is that there's really nothing different between
>> >specifying
>> >the whole lot of models all together and specifying certain models.
>> >
>> >thanks for your help
>> >trex
>> >
>> >
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