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Lewis, Sample data files are found under gempak/data in the source tarfile tree. (lower case file names for those data sets). If you downloaded a binary distribution (executables and tables only), they will not be included. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: "Poulin,Lewis [CMC]" <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200209131914.g8DJEF128405 >Hello Unidata. > >My colleague downloaded Gempak5.6h Linux software from the Unidata software >download site and installed it on his Linux machine. > >Everything appears to be o.k. except: > >We are trying to go through the tutorial as described in appendix D but we >cannot seem to find the necessary data files such as: > >HRCBOB.GRD >HRCBOB.SND >NMCBOB.sfc > >etc.. > >Would it be possible to tell us if these files are included in our >downloaded version of Gempak? We have not been able to find them. > >Many thanks > >Lewis Poulin >Meteorologist >Canadian Meteorological Center >Dorval, Quebec >Canada >