[Fwd: Re: [Met_help] ERROR: read_pds() -> unexpected time range indicator of 10]

[John Halley Gotway]

MET_HELP folks,

We had unintentionally been copying Jeff Zielonka on all of the met_help emails, but Lacey fixed the problem this morning.

I wanted to forward Jeff's message below about how it would be nice to a have searchable archive of the met_help questions, with the commonly asked questions discussed somewhere - sounds like a FAQs
page to me.

John

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Met_help] ERROR: read_pds() -> unexpected time range indicator of	10
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:26:39 -0400
From: Jeff Zielonka <zielonka at meteo.psu.edu>
To: John Halley Gotway <johnhg at rap.ucar.edu>
References: <cf3ff70709291446w505fe21ev368e1430207c2cee at mail.gmail.com> <47011741.20407 at rap.ucar.edu> <47011863.3040304 at meteo.psu.edu> <47011B86.9050303 at rap.ucar.edu>

John,

I wondered why I got an unsubscribe e-mail from the list!  I think a
searchable archive would be very useful, with the most common
questions/problems discussed on the front page.  Personally, I don't
mind getting all of the e-mails, but I don't get that much e-mail at
this account, so maybe that's why.

- Jeff

John Halley Gotway wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Sure, I'd be happy to send along that fix for the PDS time range indicator of 10 once I straighten it out.  And please let us know of any error messages you encounter or warning messages that don't
> make sense.  It's going to take a while to work out all the bugs and issues in taking the code we've used internally on our datasets and generalizing it to work in the broader community.  So we're
> definitely looking for feedback.
>
> I was very surprised to see that you received a copy of the met_help email.  So we checked into it and realized that we'd unintentionally added you as someone who would get a copy of every message!
> Sorry for cluttering your inbox with all this junk!  We've now removed you from that list.  We're trying to decide how to manage the archive of met_help questions in the future.  We could potentially
> make them available as a searchable archive list via the MET website.  As a user, do you have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> Jeff Zielonka wrote:
>   
>> Hi John,
>>
>> I actually had this problem too, but I figured it was an issue with the
>> way we created our GRIB files.  If you find a solution that works, can
>> you send me the patch as well so I can keep our GRIB conversion software
>> the way it was before I started making modifications?  Thanks.
>> - Jeff Zielonka
>>
>> John Halley Gotway wrote:
>>     
>>> Luke,
>>>
>>> Your data uses a setting in Grib that we hadn't anticipated in the
>>> beta version.  The fix should involve just adding a few lines of code
>>> to one of the library files.
>>>
>>> Would you be able to send me that Grib file you're using
>>> (/fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/WRFV2/run/postprd/WRFPRS_d01.06.01.grb) as well
>>> as the NetCDF obs file
>>> (/fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/MET_9/METv0.9/data/PREPBEFR_DATA/OBS_00.nc)? 
>>> I'd like to make sure that the change I make really does fix the
>>> problem.  Once I'm sure of that, I'll send you an updated patch
>>> file with instructions for how to update your version of MET.  And
>>> I'll make sure the fix makes its way into subsequent versions of MET.
>>>
>>> If those 2 files are too large to send via email, you could post it on
>>> our anonymous FTP site:
>>> cp /fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/WRFV2/run/postprd/WRFPRS_d01.06.01.grb
>>> WRFPRS_d01.06.01.grb
>>> cp /fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/MET_9/METv0.9/data/PREPBEFR_DATA/OBS_00.nc
>>> OBS_00.nc
>>> ftp ftp.rap.ucar.edu
>>> Username = anonymous
>>> Password = "you email address"
>>> cd incoming/irap/johnhg
>>> bin
>>> put WRFPRS_d01.06.01.grb
>>> put OBS_00.nc
>>> bye
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>>
>>> Luke Peffers wrote:
>>>  
>>>       
>>>> Hello, I have made it to the point where I can now try using the
>>>> point_stat
>>>> tool.  I didn't make it very far however.  I received this error (ERROR:
>>>> read_pds() -> unexpected time range indicator of 10) when I entered the
>>>> command;
>>>>
>>>>  ./point_stat
>>>> /fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/WRFV2/run/postprd/WRFPRS_d01.06.01.grb
>>>> /fuelberg/r0/lpeffers/MET_9/METv0.9/data/PREPBEFR_DATA/OBS_00.nc     WRF
>>>>
>>>> Any advice as to where I should start looking for the solution to this
>>>> problem?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Luke Peffers
>>>> FSU
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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