[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #95420] History for METplus 3.0.2 INIT string error

[John Halley Gotway via RT]

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Hi MET help desk,

I am configuring and running METplus 3.0.2 for our cases and am coming across an issue when specifying the “init” time string in the config file. When I run, I get the following “KeyError” message:

KeyError: 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
05/29 16:25:19Z run-METplus-CRITICAL:  PCPCombine  failed: 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'

I have attached a copy of the example config file that I am using to run METplus (just PcpCombine for now) as a reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,

-Brian
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Brian Matilla
Research Fellow— Warn-on-Forecast Team
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies — The University of Oklahoma
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory



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Subject: METplus 3.0.2 INIT string error
From: Brian Matilla - NOAA Affiliate
Time: Mon Jun 01 10:16:50 2020

Hi again,

I just wanted to follow up to say I was able to fix the issue I
encountered on Friday. It turns out I was specifying an incorrect
variable in the config file. It has been corrected and I am able to
run METplus with my config file successfully.

-Brian
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> Hi MET help desk,
>
> I am configuring and running METplus 3.0.2 for our cases and am
coming across an issue when specifying the “init” time string in the
config file. When I run, I get the following “KeyError” message:
>
> KeyError: 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
> 05/29 16:25:19Z run-METplus-CRITICAL:  PCPCombine  failed:
'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
>
> I have attached a copy of the example config file that I am using to
run METplus (just PcpCombine for now) as a reference. Any help would
be greatly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -Brian
> —————————————————————
> Brian Matilla
> Research Fellow— Warn-on-Forecast Team
> Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies — The
University of Oklahoma
> NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
>
>


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Subject: METplus 3.0.2 INIT string error
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Mon Jun 01 22:42:22 2020

Hi Brian,

I'm assigning this ticket to George McCabe, our lead engineer on the
METplus wrappers.

Thanks,
John Halley Gotway

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 3:52 PM Brian Matilla - NOAA Affiliate via RT
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met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:

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> Fri May 29 15:52:55 2020: Request 95420 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by brian.matilla at noaa.gov
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: METplus 3.0.2 INIT string error
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: brian.matilla at noaa.gov
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=95420 >
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>
> Hi MET help desk,
>
> I am configuring and running METplus 3.0.2 for our cases and am
coming
> across an issue when specifying the “init” time string in the config
file.
> When I run, I get the following “KeyError” message:
>
> KeyError: 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
> 05/29 16:25:19Z run-METplus-CRITICAL:  PCPCombine  failed:
> 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
>
> I have attached a copy of the example config file that I am using to
run
> METplus (just PcpCombine for now) as a reference. Any help would be
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -Brian
> —————————————————————
> Brian Matilla
> Research Fellow— Warn-on-Forecast Team
> Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies — The
> University of Oklahoma
> NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
>
>
> Hi MET help desk,
>
> I am configuring and running METplus 3.0.2 for our cases and am
coming
> across an issue when specifying the “init” time string in the config
file.
> When I run, I get the following “KeyError” message:
>
> KeyError: 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
> 05/29 16:25:19Z run-METplus-CRITICAL:  PCPCombine  failed:
> 'init?fmt=%Y%m%d?shift=-25200'
>
> I have attached a copy of the example config file that I am using to
run
> METplus (just PcpCombine for now) as a reference. Any help would be
greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> -Brian
> —————————————————————
> Brian Matilla
> Research Fellow— Warn-on-Forecast Team
> Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies — The
> University of Oklahoma
> NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
>
>

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