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>From: Anthony James Wimmers <address@hidden> >Organization: UVa >Keywords: 200004091534.JAA08082 XCD DMGRID ETA MRF FTP backup RTMODELS.CFG NO GRIB.CFG GRIBDEC.CFG HRS.CFG RESOLV.SRV DECINFO Tony, Well, I thought that the last email would be the final one on the ETA decoding debacle, but... After chatting with Don, and following Don's recommendation, I did the following for the McIDAS Addendum that I just finished: SCRATCH=5001 NGM= 3 5051 120000 240000 480000 MRF= 1 5101 120000 240000 960000 MAPS= 0 5201 30000 MDR= 2 5301 AVN= 3 5401 120000 240000 720000 ETA= 1 5501 60000 240000 480000 These RTMODELS.CFG lines: o leave NGM grids right where they were o moves ETA GRID files to start at 5501 and extend to 5620 Each ETA run now has its own set of GRID files (0 Z, 6 Z, 12 Z, and 18 Z). The namespace for the ETA GRID files now uses 120 GRID numbers! The main reasons for the change were: o storing ETA grids in files that contain individual model runs mirrors what has always been done for other models o there are only two changes needed in RESOLV.SRV: N1=RTGRIDS,N2=ALL,TYPE=GRID,RT=Y,K=GRID,R1=5001,R2=5620,C=All XCD Real-Time Grids, N1=RTGRIDS,N2=ETA,TYPE=GRID,RT=Y,K=GRID,R1=5501,R2=5620,C=Real-Time ETA Grids, This setup has been running here at the UPC for six ETA model cycles, so I am confident that everything is working correctly. By the way, the information on the Addendum that I will be announcing tomorrow can be found in: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcx/addenda_000417.html Tom