[Met_help] Running pb2nc on NCEP precip data

[Joe Galewsky]

Hello:

I have successfully used MET on my forecasts using the NDAS prepbufr 
data provided by NCEP.  However, I can't get it to run successfully on 
the NCEP Stage II precipitation data.  I pull the data from:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/hourly/prod/nam_pcpn_anal.20080723/

and I can use the g1print utility to see that the precipitation data is 
in the file (GRIB code 61).  After I re-block the data using cwordsh, I 
get the error message:

  ~/METv1.1/bin/pb2nc ST2ml2008072203.Grb_block ST2ml2008072203.nc 
PB2NCConfig_default
Reading Config File:    PB2NCConfig_default
Creating NetCDF File:   ST2ml2008072203.nc
Reading PrepBufr File:  ST2ml2008072203.Grb_block

  +++++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++++
  BUFRLIB: OPENBF - INPUT BUFR FILE IN UNIT           11  IS EMPTY
  +++++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++++

***WARNING*** process_pbfile() -> No PrepBufr messages to process in 
file: ST2ml2008072203.Grb_block


ERROR: write_netcdf_hdr_data() -> No PrepBufr messages retained. 
Nothing to write.

I get this message regardless of the use of cwordsh - (i.e. it doesn't 
seem to matter if I apply cwordsh to the data from NCEP).

Any suggestions on how to get this data processed by pb2nc?

thx,

Joe Galewsky


-- 
----------
Joseph Galewsky
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Northrop Hall Room 222
MSC 03 2040
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
phone: 505-277-2361
fax: 505-277-8843
email: galewsky at unm.edu