<div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>The GFS was upgraded at 12 UTC on the 19th. </div><div><br></div><div>When using the WRF/WPS with the new data, there is a problem with the snow cover mask along coastlines. There are nonsensical values at the sea/land interface grids. I hope that WRFHelp will provide an updated WPS to solve this problem. </div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime, if snow cover is present in your forecasts, here is simple fix to modify the wrfinput file after running real.exe</div><div><br></div><div>begin</div><div>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>filename="<a href="http://wrfinput_d01.nc">wrfinput_d01.nc</a>"</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>a = addfile(filename,"r")</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snowh= a->SNOWH</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snowc= a->SNOWC</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snow= a->SNOW</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snowh = 0.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snowc = 0.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>snow = 0.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>f = addfile(filename,"w")</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>f->SNOWH = snowh</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>f->SNOWC = snowc</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>f->SNOW = snow</span></p>
<p class="gmail-p1"><span class="gmail-s1">end</span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D<div><div>Senior Lecturer,</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Institute of the Earth Science, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Tel: 972 547 231 170</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Fax: (972)-25662581</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div>C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD<br>Weather and Climate Focus<br><a href="http://weather-it-is.com" target="_blank">http://weather-it-is.com</a><br>Jerusalem, Israel<br>Local: 02 930 9525<br>Cell: 054 7 231 170<br>Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525<br>US 914 432 3108<br></div></div></div>
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