20051108: Gempak - GARP forecast soundings crash

David,

This "new" bug in model soundings is caused by gcc's handling of string 
constants
when passed to a Fortran routine. The code hasn't changed in many years, but 
now 
gcc is having trouble. I have patched this routine for the upcoming 5.8.4 
release
but you can update your current version as needed. It you want to patch the 
source code,
I can send you the reference to our site where I posted the fix. If you are 
running
a binary release, I can send you the new executable.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support



>From: "David Nolan" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200511081743.jA8HhDCs014535

>Institution: University of Miami
>Package Version: 2.1
>Operating System: Linux
>Hardware Information: x86
>Inquiry: Greetings from Miami.
>
>I'm using GARP to teach a course on Weather Analysis here at the University of
>  Miami. The program works quite well, but I just discovered that it crashes e
> very time I try to plot a model forecast sounding - either Skew-T or Stuve. I
> t works if I choose Linear or Logarithmic vertical coordinates - but those ar
> e hard to infer stability from.
>
>When it crashes, it gives the "Segmentaion Error" message.
>
>Do you have any suggestions?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Dave Nolan
>
>
>
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