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[GEMPAK #HRA-565908]: Ruc236 grid in Gempak

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #HRA-565908]: Ruc236 grid in Gempak
  • Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:38:02 -0600
Frank,

How are your RUC236 file named?
It appears that you are storing all analysis into one day's file-
The datatype.tbl configuration by default used hourly files
(eg the rucs names for the SCAT_ANL are YYYYMMDDHH_rucs.gem).

Could you verify for me the file name as
well as the datatype.tbl template you are using?

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

> Steve,
> 
> Thanks for your suggestion, but I must be doing something stupid,
> because I still can't get it to work.  I tried setting the subcategory
> to SCAT_ANL for the ruc236 grids, then for all the ruc grids, but the
> menu in Garp still only shows the 2300 time.  I also tried renaming one
> of the files to _rsas.gem, and again. the menu only showed the 2300
> time.  Any other suggestions?
> 
> Frank
> Unidata GEMPAK Support wrote:
> >> Dear Support,
> >>
> >> I'm having issues with looking at RUC gempak files in Garp.  I can use
> >> gdinfo to list all the times in the file, and as they are all analysis
> >> files, they look like 050301/0000F000, 050301/0001F000, etc.all the way
> >> to 050301/2300F000.  When I try to load this into Garp, all I see in the
> >> date/time section is the last time, 2300.  I know there must be a simple
> >> explanation for this, but I'm really stuck.  I have looked in the
> >> support archives, and didn't see a similar problem.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Frank
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > The $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl file defines 2 different subcategoried for 
> > grids:
> > !*      SCAT_FCT        Grid forecast                                   *
> > !*      SCAT_ANL        Grid analysis                                   *
> >
> > If a grid file is expected to have forecast times, then the SCAT_FCT is 
> > used. If
> > the grid files are analysis files, then SCAT_ANL is used.
> >
> > The purpose is to provide intelligent time selection and matching by file 
> > template
> > (eg matching obs with analysis times or model times with forecast times).
> >
> > Generally the RUC template is used for the model forecasts, and the RUCS 
> > (some use RSAS)
> > template is used for analyses as configured in the datatype.tbl file.
> >
> > If you only have RUC analyses and not forecast files, you can either change 
> > the
> > subcategory in datatype.tbl for RUC to SCAT_ANL, or you can use the RUCS 
> > template
> > in datatype.tbl as your modelkey in $GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults 
> > (optionally create
> > an RSAS template in datatype.tbl from the RUCS template since I believe the 
> > Garp_defaults
> > file is already configured to add rsas to the modelkeys).
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: HRA-565908
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: HRA-565908
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed