[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #92099] History for Back with more questions
Julie Prestopnik via RT
met_help at ucar.edu
Tue Oct 29 10:20:35 MDT 2019
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Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need to get
METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at the online
resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call would be faster
for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed below.
Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the preferred
directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET directory I
missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to install it
(do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or provide a
profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing things in a
lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the envVar
exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic preference for
Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm pretty
confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures out there
from error codes.
I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish these
serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them both work
together.
Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm trying to
work off the tutorial at
https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
Thanks
Gerry
--
Gerry Creager
NSSL/CIMMS
405.325.6371
++++++++++++++++++++++
*The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
* Walt Disney*
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Subject: Back with more questions
From: Julie Prestopnik
Time: Mon Sep 16 13:57:10 2019
Hi Gerry.
I'm glad we had an opportunity to talk briefly and get you set up with
the
changes to the metplus_system.conf file. It sounds like you'll
proceed
with getting wgrib2 installed and getting the correct version of
Python,
along with getting the sample data.
Here is an example you can run as a test case:
To test the installation, create a test_install.conf file with the
> following contents:
>
> ## This is a METplus .conf file to test the QPF and Feature relative
use
> cases for a METplus installation
>
> #
>
> # DIRECTORIES
>
> #
>
> [dir]
>
> PROJ_DIR = <path to>METplus/METplus-2.1_sample_data
>
> INPUT_BASE = {PROJ_DIR}
>
> OUTPUT_BASE = <path to wherever the user wants to put their output>
>
> After creating the test_install.conf file, you can do a test run
using the
> following command, filling in <path to> with the appropriate
directory:
>
> master_metplus.py -c <path
> to>METplus-2.1/parm/use_cases/qpf/examples/ruc-vs-s2grib.conf -c
<path to
> user’s area>/test_install.conf
>
>
If you do want to create a modulefile for users, I'll paste in a
sample
modulefile that we are using on a machine, so that you can use it as
guidance:
#%Module######################################################################
> ##
> ## METplus
> ##
> proc ModulesHelp { } {
> puts stderr "Sets up the paths and environment variables to use
the
> METplus-2.1.
> *** For help see the official MET webpage at
> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users ***"
> }
> module use /usrx/local/dev/modulefiles
> module load met/8.1
> module load nco
> module load grib_util
> setenv METPLUS_PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1
> prepend-path PYTHONPATH
> /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-
2.1/ush:/usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/parm
> prepend-path PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/ush
Please follow up with any questions or problems you may have.
Thanks,
Julie
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:31 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate via RT
<
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> Mon Sep 16 12:31:20 2019: Request 92099 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> Queue: met_help
> Subject: Back with more questions
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099 >
>
>
> Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need to get
> METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at the
online
> resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
>
> We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call would be
faster
> for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed below.
>
> Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the preferred
> directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET
directory I
> missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to
install it
> (do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or provide
a
> profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing things
in a
> lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the
envVar
> exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic
preference for
> Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
>
> I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm pretty
> confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures out
there
> from error codes.
>
> I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish these
> serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them both
work
> together.
>
> Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm
trying to
> work off the tutorial at
>
> https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-
code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-
20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
>
> Thanks
> Gerry
> --
> Gerry Creager
> NSSL/CIMMS
> 405.325.6371
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
> * Walt Disney*
>
>
--
Julie Prestopnik
Software Engineer
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Applications Laboratory
Phone: 303.497.8399
Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
------------------------------------------------
Subject: Back with more questions
From: Julie Prestopnik
Time: Tue Sep 17 09:04:12 2019
Hi Gerry.
One of my colleagues brought to my attention that PROJ_DIR is no
longer
used in METplus. The minimum that needs to be set to run METplus is
OUTPUT_BASE, INPUT_BASE, TMP_DIR and MET_INSTALL_DIR (all in the dir
section).
I hope that helps. Please let us know what questions you have.
Thanks!
Julie
On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:56 PM Julie Prestopnik <jpresto at ucar.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Gerry.
>
> I'm glad we had an opportunity to talk briefly and get you set up
with the
> changes to the metplus_system.conf file. It sounds like you'll
proceed
> with getting wgrib2 installed and getting the correct version of
Python,
> along with getting the sample data.
>
> Here is an example you can run as a test case:
>
> To test the installation, create a test_install.conf file with the
>> following contents:
>>
>> ## This is a METplus .conf file to test the QPF and Feature
relative use
>> cases for a METplus installation
>>
>> #
>>
>> # DIRECTORIES
>>
>> #
>>
>> [dir]
>>
>> PROJ_DIR = <path to>METplus/METplus-2.1_sample_data
>>
>> INPUT_BASE = {PROJ_DIR}
>>
>> OUTPUT_BASE = <path to wherever the user wants to put their output>
>>
>> After creating the test_install.conf file, you can do a test run
using
>> the following command, filling in <path to> with the appropriate
directory:
>>
>> master_metplus.py -c <path
>> to>METplus-2.1/parm/use_cases/qpf/examples/ruc-vs-s2grib.conf -c
<path to
>> user’s area>/test_install.conf
>>
>>
> If you do want to create a modulefile for users, I'll paste in a
sample
> modulefile that we are using on a machine, so that you can use it as
> guidance:
>
>
>>
#%Module######################################################################
>> ##
>> ## METplus
>> ##
>> proc ModulesHelp { } {
>> puts stderr "Sets up the paths and environment variables to use
the
>> METplus-2.1.
>> *** For help see the official MET webpage at
>> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users ***"
>> }
>> module use /usrx/local/dev/modulefiles
>> module load met/8.1
>> module load nco
>> module load grib_util
>> setenv METPLUS_PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1
>> prepend-path PYTHONPATH
>> /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-
2.1/ush:/usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/parm
>> prepend-path PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/ush
>
>
> Please follow up with any questions or problems you may have.
>
> Thanks,
> Julie
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:31 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate via
RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Mon Sep 16 12:31:20 2019: Request 92099 was acted upon.
>> Transaction: Ticket created by gerry.creager at noaa.gov
>> Queue: met_help
>> Subject: Back with more questions
>> Owner: Nobody
>> Requestors: gerry.creager at noaa.gov
>> Status: new
>> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099 >
>>
>>
>> Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need to
get
>> METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at the
online
>> resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
>>
>> We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call would be
faster
>> for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed below.
>>
>> Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the
preferred
>> directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET
directory I
>> missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to
install it
>> (do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or provide
a
>> profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing things
in a
>> lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the
envVar
>> exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic
preference
>> for
>> Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
>>
>> I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm pretty
>> confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures out
there
>> from error codes.
>>
>> I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish these
>> serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them both
work
>> together.
>>
>> Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm
trying to
>> work off the tutorial at
>>
>> https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-
code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-
20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gerry
>> --
>> Gerry Creager
>> NSSL/CIMMS
>> 405.325.6371
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
>> * Walt Disney*
>>
>>
>
> --
> Julie Prestopnik
> Software Engineer
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> Research Applications Laboratory
> Phone: 303.497.8399
> Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
>
> My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
> reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
>
--
Julie Prestopnik
Software Engineer
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Applications Laboratory
Phone: 303.497.8399
Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
------------------------------------------------
Subject: Back with more questions
From: Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
Time: Fri Sep 20 12:58:59 2019
Julie,
That certainly helps. I'll see what I can do with that. I've been out
for 3
days doing some FEMA training, trying to catch up now.
Gerry
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:04 AM Julie Prestopnik via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Gerry.
>
> One of my colleagues brought to my attention that PROJ_DIR is no
longer
> used in METplus. The minimum that needs to be set to run METplus is
> OUTPUT_BASE, INPUT_BASE, TMP_DIR and MET_INSTALL_DIR (all in the dir
> section).
>
> I hope that helps. Please let us know what questions you have.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:56 PM Julie Prestopnik <jpresto at ucar.edu>
wrote:
>
> > Hi Gerry.
> >
> > I'm glad we had an opportunity to talk briefly and get you set up
with
> the
> > changes to the metplus_system.conf file. It sounds like you'll
proceed
> > with getting wgrib2 installed and getting the correct version of
Python,
> > along with getting the sample data.
> >
> > Here is an example you can run as a test case:
> >
> > To test the installation, create a test_install.conf file with the
> >> following contents:
> >>
> >> ## This is a METplus .conf file to test the QPF and Feature
relative use
> >> cases for a METplus installation
> >>
> >> #
> >>
> >> # DIRECTORIES
> >>
> >> #
> >>
> >> [dir]
> >>
> >> PROJ_DIR = <path to>METplus/METplus-2.1_sample_data
> >>
> >> INPUT_BASE = {PROJ_DIR}
> >>
> >> OUTPUT_BASE = <path to wherever the user wants to put their
output>
> >>
> >> After creating the test_install.conf file, you can do a test run
using
> >> the following command, filling in <path to> with the appropriate
> directory:
> >>
> >> master_metplus.py -c <path
> >> to>METplus-2.1/parm/use_cases/qpf/examples/ruc-vs-s2grib.conf -c
<path
> to
> >> user’s area>/test_install.conf
> >>
> >>
> > If you do want to create a modulefile for users, I'll paste in a
sample
> > modulefile that we are using on a machine, so that you can use it
as
> > guidance:
> >
> >
> >>
>
#%Module######################################################################
> >> ##
> >> ## METplus
> >> ##
> >> proc ModulesHelp { } {
> >> puts stderr "Sets up the paths and environment variables to use
the
> >> METplus-2.1.
> >> *** For help see the official MET webpage at
> >> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users ***"
> >> }
> >> module use /usrx/local/dev/modulefiles
> >> module load met/8.1
> >> module load nco
> >> module load grib_util
> >> setenv METPLUS_PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1
> >> prepend-path PYTHONPATH
> >>
> /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-
2.1/ush:/usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/parm
> >> prepend-path PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/ush
> >
> >
> > Please follow up with any questions or problems you may have.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julie
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:31 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
via RT <
> > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Mon Sep 16 12:31:20 2019: Request 92099 was acted upon.
> >> Transaction: Ticket created by gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> >> Queue: met_help
> >> Subject: Back with more questions
> >> Owner: Nobody
> >> Requestors: gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> >> Status: new
> >> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099 >
> >>
> >>
> >> Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need to
get
> >> METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at
the
> online
> >> resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
> >>
> >> We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call would
be
> faster
> >> for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed below.
> >>
> >> Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the
preferred
> >> directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET
directory I
> >> missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to
install
> it
> >> (do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or
provide a
> >> profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing
things in a
> >> lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the
envVar
> >> exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic
preference
> >> for
> >> Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
> >>
> >> I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm
pretty
> >> confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures out
there
> >> from error codes.
> >>
> >> I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish
these
> >> serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them both
work
> >> together.
> >>
> >> Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm
trying to
> >> work off the tutorial at
> >>
> >>
> https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-
code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-
20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Gerry
> >> --
> >> Gerry Creager
> >> NSSL/CIMMS
> >> 405.325.6371
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
> >> * Walt Disney*
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Julie Prestopnik
> > Software Engineer
> > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > Research Applications Laboratory
> > Phone: 303.497.8399
> > Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
> >
> > My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged
> to
> > reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
> >
>
>
> --
> Julie Prestopnik
> Software Engineer
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> Research Applications Laboratory
> Phone: 303.497.8399
> Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
>
> My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
> reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
>
>
--
Gerry Creager
NSSL/CIMMS
405.325.6371
++++++++++++++++++++++
*The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
* Walt Disney*
------------------------------------------------
Subject: Back with more questions
From: Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
Time: Mon Sep 23 12:36:20 2019
Do you recommend I keep a local copy of the config for this system
available for users to copy to their home directory (or their personal
METplus directory)?
Thanks
Gerry
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:04 AM Julie Prestopnik via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:
> Hi Gerry.
>
> One of my colleagues brought to my attention that PROJ_DIR is no
longer
> used in METplus. The minimum that needs to be set to run METplus is
> OUTPUT_BASE, INPUT_BASE, TMP_DIR and MET_INSTALL_DIR (all in the dir
> section).
>
> I hope that helps. Please let us know what questions you have.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julie
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:56 PM Julie Prestopnik <jpresto at ucar.edu>
wrote:
>
> > Hi Gerry.
> >
> > I'm glad we had an opportunity to talk briefly and get you set up
with
> the
> > changes to the metplus_system.conf file. It sounds like you'll
proceed
> > with getting wgrib2 installed and getting the correct version of
Python,
> > along with getting the sample data.
> >
> > Here is an example you can run as a test case:
> >
> > To test the installation, create a test_install.conf file with the
> >> following contents:
> >>
> >> ## This is a METplus .conf file to test the QPF and Feature
relative use
> >> cases for a METplus installation
> >>
> >> #
> >>
> >> # DIRECTORIES
> >>
> >> #
> >>
> >> [dir]
> >>
> >> PROJ_DIR = <path to>METplus/METplus-2.1_sample_data
> >>
> >> INPUT_BASE = {PROJ_DIR}
> >>
> >> OUTPUT_BASE = <path to wherever the user wants to put their
output>
> >>
> >> After creating the test_install.conf file, you can do a test run
using
> >> the following command, filling in <path to> with the appropriate
> directory:
> >>
> >> master_metplus.py -c <path
> >> to>METplus-2.1/parm/use_cases/qpf/examples/ruc-vs-s2grib.conf -c
<path
> to
> >> user’s area>/test_install.conf
> >>
> >>
> > If you do want to create a modulefile for users, I'll paste in a
sample
> > modulefile that we are using on a machine, so that you can use it
as
> > guidance:
> >
> >
> >>
>
#%Module######################################################################
> >> ##
> >> ## METplus
> >> ##
> >> proc ModulesHelp { } {
> >> puts stderr "Sets up the paths and environment variables to use
the
> >> METplus-2.1.
> >> *** For help see the official MET webpage at
> >> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users ***"
> >> }
> >> module use /usrx/local/dev/modulefiles
> >> module load met/8.1
> >> module load nco
> >> module load grib_util
> >> setenv METPLUS_PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1
> >> prepend-path PYTHONPATH
> >>
> /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-
2.1/ush:/usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/parm
> >> prepend-path PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/ush
> >
> >
> > Please follow up with any questions or problems you may have.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Julie
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:31 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
via RT <
> > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Mon Sep 16 12:31:20 2019: Request 92099 was acted upon.
> >> Transaction: Ticket created by gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> >> Queue: met_help
> >> Subject: Back with more questions
> >> Owner: Nobody
> >> Requestors: gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> >> Status: new
> >> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099 >
> >>
> >>
> >> Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need to
get
> >> METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at
the
> online
> >> resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
> >>
> >> We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call would
be
> faster
> >> for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed below.
> >>
> >> Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the
preferred
> >> directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET
directory I
> >> missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to
install
> it
> >> (do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or
provide a
> >> profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing
things in a
> >> lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the
envVar
> >> exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic
preference
> >> for
> >> Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
> >>
> >> I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm
pretty
> >> confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures out
there
> >> from error codes.
> >>
> >> I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish
these
> >> serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them both
work
> >> together.
> >>
> >> Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm
trying to
> >> work off the tutorial at
> >>
> >>
> https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-
code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-
20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Gerry
> >> --
> >> Gerry Creager
> >> NSSL/CIMMS
> >> 405.325.6371
> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
> >> * Walt Disney*
> >>
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Julie Prestopnik
> > Software Engineer
> > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > Research Applications Laboratory
> > Phone: 303.497.8399
> > Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
> >
> > My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged
> to
> > reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
> >
>
>
> --
> Julie Prestopnik
> Software Engineer
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> Research Applications Laboratory
> Phone: 303.497.8399
> Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
>
> My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
> reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
>
>
--
Gerry Creager
NSSL/CIMMS
405.325.6371
++++++++++++++++++++++
*The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
* Walt Disney*
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Subject: Back with more questions
From: Julie Prestopnik
Time: Mon Sep 23 15:10:15 2019
Yes, that would be great. Thank you for asking.
Julie
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate via RT
<
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099 >
>
> Do you recommend I keep a local copy of the config for this system
> available for users to copy to their home directory (or their
personal
> METplus directory)?
>
> Thanks
> Gerry
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 10:04 AM Julie Prestopnik via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Gerry.
> >
> > One of my colleagues brought to my attention that PROJ_DIR is no
longer
> > used in METplus. The minimum that needs to be set to run METplus
is
> > OUTPUT_BASE, INPUT_BASE, TMP_DIR and MET_INSTALL_DIR (all in the
dir
> > section).
> >
> > I hope that helps. Please let us know what questions you have.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Julie
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 1:56 PM Julie Prestopnik
<jpresto at ucar.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Gerry.
> > >
> > > I'm glad we had an opportunity to talk briefly and get you set
up with
> > the
> > > changes to the metplus_system.conf file. It sounds like you'll
proceed
> > > with getting wgrib2 installed and getting the correct version of
> Python,
> > > along with getting the sample data.
> > >
> > > Here is an example you can run as a test case:
> > >
> > > To test the installation, create a test_install.conf file with
the
> > >> following contents:
> > >>
> > >> ## This is a METplus .conf file to test the QPF and Feature
relative
> use
> > >> cases for a METplus installation
> > >>
> > >> #
> > >>
> > >> # DIRECTORIES
> > >>
> > >> #
> > >>
> > >> [dir]
> > >>
> > >> PROJ_DIR = <path to>METplus/METplus-2.1_sample_data
> > >>
> > >> INPUT_BASE = {PROJ_DIR}
> > >>
> > >> OUTPUT_BASE = <path to wherever the user wants to put their
output>
> > >>
> > >> After creating the test_install.conf file, you can do a test
run using
> > >> the following command, filling in <path to> with the
appropriate
> > directory:
> > >>
> > >> master_metplus.py -c <path
> > >> to>METplus-2.1/parm/use_cases/qpf/examples/ruc-vs-s2grib.conf
-c <path
> > to
> > >> user’s area>/test_install.conf
> > >>
> > >>
> > > If you do want to create a modulefile for users, I'll paste in a
sample
> > > modulefile that we are using on a machine, so that you can use
it as
> > > guidance:
> > >
> > >
> > >>
> >
>
#%Module######################################################################
> > >> ##
> > >> ## METplus
> > >> ##
> > >> proc ModulesHelp { } {
> > >> puts stderr "Sets up the paths and environment variables to
use the
> > >> METplus-2.1.
> > >> *** For help see the official MET webpage at
> > >> http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users ***"
> > >> }
> > >> module use /usrx/local/dev/modulefiles
> > >> module load met/8.1
> > >> module load nco
> > >> module load grib_util
> > >> setenv METPLUS_PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1
> > >> prepend-path PYTHONPATH
> > >>
> >
> /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-
2.1/ush:/usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/parm
> > >> prepend-path PATH /usrx/local/dev/met/METplus/METplus-2.1/ush
> > >
> > >
> > > Please follow up with any questions or problems you may have.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Julie
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:31 PM Gerry Creager - NOAA Affiliate
via RT
> <
> > > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Mon Sep 16 12:31:20 2019: Request 92099 was acted upon.
> > >> Transaction: Ticket created by gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> > >> Queue: met_help
> > >> Subject: Back with more questions
> > >> Owner: Nobody
> > >> Requestors: gerry.creager at noaa.gov
> > >> Status: new
> > >> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=92099
> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Looks like the MET installation here worked well. Now, I need
to get
> > >> METplus and METviewer going for the team. I've been looking at
the
> > online
> > >> resources, and will admit to a bit of confusion.
> > >>
> > >> We can handle this by email, or perhaps a brief phone call
would be
> > faster
> > >> for all of us; that's your call. My phone number's listed
below.
> > >>
> > >> Regarding METplus, I've done the git clone action into the
preferred
> > >> directory (unless there's a dependency to reside in the MET
directory
> I
> > >> missed?). We are not running modules, so I either will have to
install
> > it
> > >> (do-able) and learn to write module files (more tedious) or
provide a
> > >> profile script for my users, which is how they've been doing
things
> in a
> > >> lot of instances. My extant profile for METplus encompasses the
envVar
> > >> exports listed, but I've a question: Is there a programmatic
> preference
> > >> for
> > >> Gnu python, or is Anaconda 3.0 preferable... or do you care?
> > >>
> > >> I've started looking at the METplus config scripts, and I'm
pretty
> > >> confident I'm either in the ball park, or can figure failures
out
> there
> > >> from error codes.
> > >>
> > >> I've other questions on METviewer but I'd like to accomplish
these
> > >> serially, unless you've a quick'n'dirty method to make them
both work
> > >> together.
> > >>
> > >> Please let me know where I need to look for more guidance. I'm
trying
> to
> > >> work off the tutorial at
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> https://dtcenter.org/sites/default/files/community-
code/met/docs/presentations/metplus-tutorial-
20181001/03_METplus_Oct2018_Installing-Config.pdf
> > >>
> > >> Thanks
> > >> Gerry
> > >> --
> > >> Gerry Creager
> > >> NSSL/CIMMS
> > >> 405.325.6371
> > >> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
> > >> * Walt Disney*
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > --
> > > Julie Prestopnik
> > > Software Engineer
> > > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > > Research Applications Laboratory
> > > Phone: 303.497.8399
> > > Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
> > >
> > > My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged
> > to
> > > reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Julie Prestopnik
> > Software Engineer
> > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > Research Applications Laboratory
> > Phone: 303.497.8399
> > Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
> >
> > My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged
> to
> > reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
> >
> >
>
> --
> Gerry Creager
> NSSL/CIMMS
> 405.325.6371
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> *The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.*
> * Walt Disney*
>
>
--
Julie Prestopnik
Software Engineer
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Applications Laboratory
Phone: 303.497.8399
Email: jpresto at ucar.edu
My working day may not be your working day. Please do not feel
obliged to
reply to this email outside of your normal working hours.
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