Re: 20041202: GEMPAK 5.7.4 available

Clint,

The GUIs and all GEMPAK programs know to open all the forecast hour
files when you are using a file template (such as the GUIs do).

NCEP has been doing this for some time operationally as it tends to
match the way the GRIB files are delivered to their servers.

Chiz


On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Clint Rowe wrote:

> Chiz,
> I have a question about the last item you mentioned in your message.
> If each forecast hour from a model run is stored in a separate file
> are the GUIs (nmap2, garp, etc.) able to handle this so that it the user
> can select a model run and plot forcast fields as before or are
> we limited to viewing only one forecast time from a model run?
> Clint
>
> On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 18:30, Steve Chiswell wrote:
> > 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
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