Hi all,<br><br>I am getting these few errors at my upper boundary.  Among other things, I have tried using the new damping option, diff_opt =2, because I am using running towards an LES in my inner domain. A solution seems easy but so far my attempts have not yielded success. below is my namelist.<br>
<br><br>3  points exceeded cfl=2 in domain d03 at time 2006-03-29_12:00:16 hours<br>  MAX AT i,j,k:  40 80 4  vert_cfl,w,d(eta)= 2.263442993 -80.54151917 0.2999961376E-02<br>
  3  points exceeded cfl=2 in domain d03 at time 2006-03-29_12:00:16 hours<br>  MAX AT i,j,k:  40 80 4  vert_cfl,w,d(eta)= 2.485260963 13.09560013 0.2999961376E-02<br>  3  points exceeded cfl=2 in domain d03 at time 2006-03-29_12:00:16 hours<br>

  MAX AT i,j,k:  41 80 4  vert_cfl,w,d(eta)= 2.567909241 -117.0119095 0.2999961376E-02<br>  22  points exceeded cfl=2 in domain d03 at time 2006-03-29_12:00:16+08/09 hours<br>  MAX AT i,j,k:  40 80 4  vert_cfl,w,d(eta)= 6.311451435 -170.4623871 0.2999961376E-02<br>

  36  points exceeded cfl=2 in domain d03 at time 2006-03-29_12:00:16+08/09 hours<br>  MAX AT i,j,k:  40 80 3  vert_cfl,w,d(eta)= 6.109247208 -223.6106720 0.2799987793E-02<br>      AVOST IN VILKA<br>~<br>~<br>~<br><br> &amp;time_control<br>
 run_days                            = 2,<br> run_hours                           = 36,<br> run_minutes                         = 0,<br> run_seconds                         = 0,<br> start_year                          = 2006, 2006, 2006,<br>
 start_month                         = 03,   03,   03,<br> start_day                           = 29,   29,   29,<br> start_hour                          = 12,   12,   12,<br> start_minute                        = 00,   00,   00,<br>
 start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,<br> end_year                            = 2006, 2006, 2006,<br> end_month                           = 03,   03,   03,<br> end_day                             = 31,   31,   31,<br>
 end_hour                            = 00,   00,   00,<br> end_minute                          = 00,   00,   00,<br> end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,<br> interval_seconds                    = 10800<br>
 input_from_file                     = .true.,.true.,.true.,<br> history_interval                    =  60,  60,   60,<br> frames_per_outfile                  = 1000, 1000, 1000,<br> restart                             = .false.,<br>
 restart_interval                    = 720,<br> io_form_history                     = 2<br> io_form_restart                     = 2<br> io_form_input                       = 2<br> io_form_boundary                    = 2<br>
 debug_level                         = 0<br> /<br><br> &amp;domains<br> time_step                           = 8,<br> time_step_fract_num                 = 0,<br> time_step_fract_den                 = 1,<br> max_dom                             = 3,<br>
 e_we                                = 121,   169,  241,<br> e_sn                                = 121,   169,  241,<br> e_vert                              = 61,    61,   61,<br> p_top_requested                     = 5000,<br>
 num_metgrid_levels                  = 40,<br> num_metgrid_soil_levels             = 4,<br> dx                                  = 4500, 1500, 500,<br> dy                                  = 4500, 1500, 500,<br> grid_id                             = 1,     2,     3,<br>
 parent_id                           = 0,     1,     2,<br> i_parent_start                      = 1,    33,    53,<br> j_parent_start                      = 1,    33,    53,<br> parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,     3,     3,<br>
 parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,     3,     3,<br> feedback                            = 0,<br> smooth_option                       = 0,<br> eta_levels                          =  1.0000, .9976, .9948, .9920, .9890,<br>
.9858, .9825, .9790, .9754, .9718, .9679, .9637, .9590, .9538, .9480,<br>.9415, .9340, .9251, .9144, .9020, .8883, .8736, .8582, .8420, .8253,<br>.8079, .7900, .7714, .7523, .7326, .7124, .6915, .6699, .6477, .6248,<br>.6015, .5779, .5540, .5300, .5057, .4812, .4566, .4319, .4070, .3822,<br>
.3576, .3333, .3100, .2881, .2679, .2494, .2316, .2135, .1936, .1707,<br>.1445, .1159, .0863, .0569, .0282, .0000,<br> /<br><br><br> &amp;physics<br> mp_physics                          = 8,     8,     8,<br> ra_lw_physics                       = 1,     1,     1,<br>
 ra_sw_physics                       = 2,     2,     2,<br> radt                                = 4,     4,     4,<br> sf_sfclay_physics                   = 4,     4,     4,<br> sf_surface_physics                  = 3,     3,     3,<br>
 bl_pbl_physics                      = 4,     4,     4,<br> bldt                                = 0,     0,     0,<br> cu_physics                          = 0,     0,     0,<br> cudt                                = 0,     0,     0,<br>
 isfflx                              = 1,<br> ifsnow                              = 0,<br> icloud                              = 1,<br> surface_input_source                = 1,<br> num_soil_layers                     = 6,<br>
 sf_urban_physics                    = 0,<br> maxiens                             = 1,<br> maxens                              = 3,<br> maxens2                             = 3,<br> maxens3                             = 16,<br>
 ensdim                              = 144,<br> slope_rad                           = 1,     1,     1,<br> topo_shading                        = 1,     1,     1,<br> shadlen                             = 25000.,<br> /<br>
<br> &amp;fdda<br> /<br><br> &amp;dynamics<br> w_damping                           = 1,<br> diff_opt                            = 2,<br> km_opt                              = 4,<br> diff_6th_opt                        = 2,      2,      2,<br>
 diff_6th_factor                     = 0.12,   0.12,   0.12,<br> base_temp                           = 290.<br> damp_opt                            = 3,<br> zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,<br>
 dampcoef                            = 0.2,    0.2,    0.2<br> khdif                               = 0,      0,      0,<br> kvdif                               = 0,      0,      0,<br> non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,<br>
 moist_adv_opt                       = 1,      1,      1,<br> scalar_adv_opt                      = 1,      1,      1,<br> /<br><br> &amp;bdy_control<br> spec_bdy_width                      = 5,<br> spec_zone                           = 1,<br>
 relax_zone                          = 4,<br> specified                           = .true., .false.,.false.,<br> nested                              = .false., .true., .true.,<br> /<br><br> &amp;grib2<br> /<br><br> &amp;namelist_quilt<br>
 nio_tasks_per_group = 0,<br> nio_groups = 1,<br><br><br clear="all"><br>
-- <br>Andre Pattantyus, Graduate Student Research Assistant<br>Marine and Environmental Systems, Florida Institute of Technology<br>150 W. University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901<br><br>Phone: (321) 674-8330 | Fax: (321) 674-7212 | Email: <a href="mailto:apattantyus2008@fit.edu" target="_blank">apattantyus2008@fit.edu</a><br>