20041202: GEMPAK 5.7.4 available

GEMPAK users,

I have posted the updated GEMPAK 5.7.4 distribution files on the Unidata
portal site (as of 12/2/2004) at:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=3

For release notes see:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/gempak/GEMPAK5.7/whats_new.html#5.7.4

Special notes:
LDM pqact entries for NWX include updates previously posted on Nov 4,
2004 for NWS-CID changes as noted here:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewsdownload&sid=22

The $MODEL directory file names have been modified for dcgrib2 (via
$GEMTBL/grid/gribkey.tbl ) and data set template access in
$GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl to to reflect the AVN --> GFS file
name changes, as well as now placing model files in seperate directories
according to model name (eg RUC in $MODEL/ruc, GFS in $MODEL/gfs, etc.).

To accomodate increasing numbers of forecast times, parameters, levels
and grid points (combined to mean large grid files), the file names for
ETA (aka NAM) 218 and .5 degree GFS use the FFF template to store each
forecast hour in a separate grid file. 

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support