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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am trying to run a case from the 1953 with NNRP data. &nbsp;In
generating the scripts for grib_prep and wrf_prep (hinterp/vinterp) the
preparation scripts are trying to force the data to be for the year 2053.&nbsp;
I can dig through the WRFSI directory structure to manually get the
grib_prep.exe program to work and produce working MM5 Pregridder-style but I am
not having the same luck with that last step (wrfprep). &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here&#8217;s the&nbsp; text output of the PL script for
wrf_prep (the same error that happens with grib_prep.pl).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Command:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>/projects/WRFSI/wrfsi/etc/wrfprep.pl -d
/projects/WRFSI/wrfsi/domains/NorthSea -l 72 -t 6 -s 1953013000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Routine: wrfprep.pl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>INSTALLROOT = /projects/WRFSI/wrfsi<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>MOAD_DATAROOT = /projects/WRFSI/wrfsi/domains/NorthSea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Day too big - 30345 &gt; 24855<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sec too small - 30345 &lt; 74752<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Sec too big - 30345 &gt; 11647<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cannot handle date (0, 0, 00, 30, 0, 2053) at
/projects/WRFSI/wrfsi/etc/wrfprep.pl line 317<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This is happening well before we get to anything that starts
looking for the actual grib files. &nbsp;When working with more contemporary data
of the same dataset, both scripts work.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Opulent><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cheers
and Thanks</span></font><font face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-family:
"Lucida Console"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>================================================================
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>Bill Capehart
&lt;William.Capehart@sdsmt.edu&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp; Associate Professor <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>Institute of Atmospheric
Sciences&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Land Surface Processes
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>213 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Mineral</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Industries</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hydrometeorology <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=2
 face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>South
 Dakota</span></font></st1:State><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
 w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mines</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
and Technology Ph:&nbsp; +1-605-394-1994 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
 w:st="on"><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
  font-family:"Lucida Console"'>501 East Saint Joseph Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Fax: +1-605-394-6061 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
 face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>Rapid
 City</span></font></st1:City><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>, <st1:State w:st="on">SD</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">57701-3995</st1:PostalCode>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:City>:
+1-605-484-5692 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>=================== </span></font><a
href="http://capehart.sdsmt.edu/"><font size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>http://capehart.sdsmt.edu</span></font></a><font
size=2 face="Lucida Console"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"'>
================== <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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