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20000229: RUC grids on OSO server

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  • Subject: 20000229: RUC grids on OSO server
  • Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:54:40 -0700 (MST)
John,
   
I sent the NCEP message regarding generation of Feb 30 grids
to the ldm-users and gembud lists.

They are working on the problem at the source.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, john horel wrote:

> 
> As far as I can tell, there may be a problem with the date in the RUC grids
> from the OSO server. When running nagrib, the date is Feb 30 instead of
> March 1. This appears to be in the raw data as I've output the time as the
> PDS info is read from the grib file. Eta grids processed fine.
> 
> Before I spend any time trying to resolve this, I'd be curious if this is a
> problem with all the RUC grids or another hidden feature of the leap year
> problem.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John
>