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> Thanks folks @ unidata - that is progress (and following your suggestion I > get the same image as you do now from my files - thanks!). > > Sadly the date of the output you have, and the ones I get, are a single frame > time step in 1970. In fact the wrfout.nc has around 122 time steps for a date > in 2008 - which IDV 4.1 correctly brings in for me - but not 5.1. > > > My thanks, > > Michael Hewson CSC PhD - Research Fellow > The University of Queensland | 35-416g > Brisbane Q 4072 Australia > Skype: mighew | +61 (0) 408 379 373 | address@hidden | profile | group > This should be fixed in the 5.1u1 release. Yuan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 March 2015 2:15 AM > To: Michael Hewson > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [IDV #YKA-948619]: WRF and IDV Ver 5.1 > > Michael, > > I have no trouble opening your data with the latest IDV. > > See attached figure. > > You may want to try this: Shut down your IDV. > > Move (or delete) your .unidata directory in your home folder. > > Restart the IDV. > > Best, > > Unidata IDV Support > > > Many thanks - I have uploaded w1d1.nc. > > > > Michael Hewson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2015 2:04 AM > > To: Michael Hewson > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #YKA-948619]: WRF and IDV Ver 5.1 > > > > Michael, > > > > Please upload sample data here: > > > > http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload > > > > And let us know when it is uploaded. > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > Full Name: Michael Hewson > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > Organization: Climate Research Group The Universtiy of Queensland > > > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC Operating System: > > > Windows 7 > > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_4.1\jre version: 1.6.0_43 > > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) Description of problem: Friends, > > > > > > I have been using IDV 4.1 and 5.0u2 on Windows 7 (teh former for soem > > > time) - both open some WRF nc files I use downloaded from a Linux WRF > > > host I use - these file have been segmented by ncks - but just for > > > parameter and time - they all read fine in ncview. > > > > > > But I've downloaded IDV 5.1 today - and that version does not read any of > > > my WRF files - it just doesn't recognise them "lucky" or not! > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: YKA-948619 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > Many thanks - I have uploaded w1d1.nc. > > > > Michael Hewson > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Saturday, 14 March 2015 2:04 AM > > To: Michael Hewson > > Cc: address@hidden > > Subject: [IDV #YKA-948619]: WRF and IDV Ver 5.1 > > > > Michael, > > > > Please upload sample data here: > > > > http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload > > > > And let us know when it is uploaded. > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > Full Name: Michael Hewson > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > Organization: Climate Research Group The Universtiy of Queensland > > > Package Version: 4.1 build date:2013-08-02 18:38 UTC Operating System: > > > Windows 7 > > > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_4.1\jre version: 1.6.0_43 > > > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) Description of problem: Friends, > > > > > > I have been using IDV 4.1 and 5.0u2 on Windows 7 (teh former for soem > > > time) - both open some WRF nc files I use downloaded from a Linux WRF > > > host I use - these file have been segmented by ncks - but just for > > > parameter and time - they all read fine in ncview. > > > > > > But I've downloaded IDV 5.1 today - and that version does not read any of > > > my WRF files - it just doesn't recognise them "lucky" or not! > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: YKA-948619 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: YKA-948619 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YKA-948619 Department: Support IDV Priority: Critical Status: Closed