[GEMPAK #PXI-851132]: Formatting SN data for SNEDIT/SNPROF

Marica,

Just noticed something - we're over-thinking this!

You're going to need to specify the absolute path without the home directory 
tilde - it won't work in GEMPAK.

Change 

~/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/data/GEM_609071959.txt

to 

/home/username/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/data/GEM_609071959.txt



Michael

> Hi Michael,
> 
> Thank you for getting back to me.
> 
> I tried again, without using sncfil, and it still did not work.
> 
> I had a little trouble getting the binary to work when I first
> downloaded it, so I thought I would start over. I was a bit unclear on
> some of the setup steps, as I am just downloading it for my own use on
> my personal laptop and only for the SN series. Perhaps I skipped an
> important step.  Needless to say:
> 1) I downloaded a fresh version of the binary.
> 2) I changed the line in Gemenviron from it's default to work with my system:
> setenv NAWIPS ~/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1
> 3) I typed source Gemenviron from the GEMPAK5.11.1 directory
> 4) I opened SNEDIT (successfully), and tried again, with no success.
> 
> Am I missing some other crucial steps?
> 
> Many thanks for your help.
> 
> Best regards,
> Marcia
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Unidata GEMPAK Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Marcia,
> >
> > I was able to create a working GEM file using the text file that you 
> > attached.  I'm not exactly sure why you were unable to do so.
> >
> > You mentioned that you're creating a GEM file with SNCFIL before running 
> > SNEDIT.  You may try running SNEDIT alone, since if SNFILE does not already 
> > exist, a new file will be created - this is what I did to create the GEM 
> > file.
> >
> > Other than that, I'd say it may be an issue with the binary release, but I 
> > don't know of any previous issues like this with the OS X binary.
> >
> > I've attached the GEM file I was able to create for you.  Try the above 
> > simplified method and let me know if the results are any different.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Michael James
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >> Full Name: Marcia DeLonge
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: University of Virginia
> >> Package Version: GEMPAK5.11.1
> >> Operating System: Mac OS X (10.4.11)
> >> Hardware:
> >> Description of problem: Dear GEMPAK support,
> >>
> >> I would like to use GEMPAK to analyze upper air data from radiosondes from 
> >> a field project in Senegal.
> >>
> >> I have just downloaded the binary for Mac OS of GEMPAK5.11.1 onto my 
> >> personal computer, and it seems to be working.  However, I am having 
> >> trouble getting GEMPAK to open my files.
> >>
> >> My understanding from the documentation and user help files was that I 
> >> just needed to reformat the radiosonde data to a simple ascii text file 
> >> and use SNEDIT to fill a gempak-formatted file (made with SNCFIL).  I 
> >> tried several versions of the txt file attached (currently, the station 
> >> information is just there as a place-holder, none of it is correct to my 
> >> site).
> >>
> >> from SNEDIT, I have done the following:
> >> GEMPAK-SNEDIT>
> >> SNEFIL   = ~/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/data/GEM_609071959.txt
> >> SNFILE   = ~/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/data/tester.gem
> >> TIMSTN   = 1/1
> >>
> >> but keep getting the following response:
> >> GEMPAK-SNEDIT>r
> >> [FL -1]  Cannot open file 
> >> ~/gempak/GEMPAK5.11.1/gempak/data/GEM_609071959.txt.
> >> [SNEDIT -3]  The edit file cannot be opened.
> >> Parameters requested: SNEFIL,SNFILE,TIMSTN.
> >>
> >> I have checked the permissions on the files.  I'm not sure what the 
> >> problem is.
> >>
> >> Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thank you so much!
> >>
> >> Marcia
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: PXI-851132
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Open
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: PXI-851132
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open