[ncl-talk] Question on ncl_filedump on grib files

[Andrew Kren - NOAA Federal]

Hi there,

I'm trying to extract and read HRRR smoke variables, such as fire radiative
power, 1000 m smoke, etc. When I do an ncl_filedump on my hrrr grib2 file,
I get the following message:

warning: Entry (204) not found in code table file
/opt/miniconda3/envs/ncl_stable/lib/ncarg/grib2_codetables/ncep/4/4.2.0.7.table


I've had other errors in the past reading other grib files where ncl says
that it cannot differentiate certain variables.


My question is, is there an updated grib table that NCL has released that
can deal with updated/newly added grib messages? Or is it best to move to
python to deal with this issue? When I do the ncl_filedump on my hrrr file,
there are several variables which simply say:


float VAR_0_16_201_P0_L10_GLC0 ( ygrid_0, xgrid_0 )

         center :       US National Weather Service - NCEP (WMC)

         production_status :    Operational products

         long_name :    unknown variable name

         units :        unknown

         _FillValue :   1e+20

         coordinates :  gridlat_0 gridlon_0

         grid_type :    Lambert Conformal can be secant or tangent, conical
or bipolar

         parameter_discipline_and_category :    Meteorological products,
Forecast radar imagery

         parameter_template_discipline_category_number :        ( 0, 0, 16,
201 )

         level_type :   Entire Atmosphere

         level :         0

         forecast_time :        1

         forecast_time_units :  hours

         initial_time : 06/14/2021 (00:00)


Appreciate all the help!

-- 

Andrew Kren
Meteorologist
NOAA's National Weather Service
Raleigh Forecast Office
1005 Capability Drive, Suite 300
Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
voice: 919-326-1035
mailto: andrew.kren at noaa.govhttp://www.weather.gov/rah
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