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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hi wrfhelp, <BR> <BR>I am confused reg the wrf_cntr_parm file. <BR>the WPP/UPP Doc says that if U want the o/p of a variable, then one has to Change <BR> <BR>(SFC WIND GUST ) SCAL=( 3.0)<br> L=(00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000)<br><BR>TO the following. <BR>(SFC WIND GUST ) SCAL=( 3.0)<br> L=(10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000)<br><BR> <BR>bash-3.2$ cat wrf_cntrl.parm | egrep "L=\(" | wc -l<br> 482<br>bash-3.2$ cat wrf_cntrl.parm | egrep "L=\(1" | wc -l<br> 107<br>bash-3.2$<br><br>so what I want to know is, when I run run_wrfpost, how many variables will I get in my o/p, ie. in the WRFPRS files. <BR> <BR> <BR>In my present case, I am getting <BR> <BR>1-318 RECORDS. <BR> <BR> <BR>rec 318:925136:date 2013052112 WTMP kpds5=80 kpds6=1 kpds7=0 levels=(0,0) grid=255 sfc 12hr fcst:<br> WTMP=Water temp. [K]<br> timerange 10 P1 0 P2 12 TimeU 1 nx 45 ny 42 GDS grid 1 num_in_ave 0 missing 0<br> center 7 subcenter 0 process 89 Table 2<br> Mercator: lat 4.810000 to 20.929000 by 45.000000 km nxny 1890<br> long 68.595000 to 86.405000 by 45.000000 km, (45 x 42) scan 64 mode 129 Latin 0.000000 bdsgrid 1<br> min/max data 290.758 308.431 num bits 15 BDS_Ref 290758 DecScale 3 BinScale 0<br> <br> <br>Can u pls clarify?????<br>geeta<BR>                                            </div></body>
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