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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello Tabish,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you so much for your reply. It has started to save my nerve having tried a number of reinstallations of NCAR Graphics versions without success, as well as putting a number of different gcc versions on the workstation. The NCAR Graphics have worked fine with the test command ‘ncargex cpex08 -clean’, and so the missing plotgrids.exe and plotfmt.exe has been a mystery…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>However, I do not yet know how to use the plotgrids.ncl and plotfmt.ncl. Could you recommend, or give a hint, please?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Vanisa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><img width=126 height=61 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CF1364.42E169C0"></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Vanisa Surapipith, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Atmospheric Modeller, Atmosphere Initiative, Water and Air Theme<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>GPO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Tel</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> +977-1-5003222 Ext 415 <b>Fax</b> +977-1-5003277 <b>Web</b> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><a href="http://www.icimod.org/"><span lang=EN-GB style='line-height:115%;color:gray'>www.icimod.org</span></a></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Connect to ICIMOD: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/icimod"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF1364.42E169C0" alt=facebook16x16></span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/icimod"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF1364.42E169C0" alt=twitter16x16></span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/icimod"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF1364.42E169C0" alt=youtube16x16></span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Tabish Ansari [mailto:tabishumaransari@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2014 10:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> Vanisa Surapipith<br><b>Cc:</b> wrf-users@ucar.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Wrf-users] missing plotgrids.exe and plotfmt.exe<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'>Hello Vanisa<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'>This is no bad news. plotgrids.exe often has issues with the compiler. WRF developers are almost going to discontinue with this facility now. In any case it is not necessary for your simulations. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'>the plotgrids.ncl script does it all for you. It will read in your namelist.wps and plot the domain graphically. That should be enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#45818E'>Good luck with your wrfing!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 16 January 2014 16:44, Vanisa Surapipith <<a href="mailto:vsurapipith@icimod.org" target="_blank">vsurapipith@icimod.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I try to install WPS on Ubuntu 12.04, after WRF was through. However, I cannot get plotgrids.exe and plotfmt.exe, and have difficulty proceeding with geogrid.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Could you help looking at my attached configure file, please, and I will appreciate any suggestion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Thank you for your kind attention.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal 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style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Wrf-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Wrf-users@ucar.edu">Wrf-users@ucar.edu</a><br><a href="http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/wrf-users" target="_blank">http://mailman.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/wrf-users</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Thanks & Regards<br>Tabish Umar Ansari</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#073763'>MS Research Scholar<br>Environmental & Water Resources Engineering Division</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#073763'>Department of Civil Engineering</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p 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