[Wrf-users] Error opening restart file for ARSC WRF Benchmark Suite

[Bart Willems]

Dear All,

I 'm encountering a problem running the 9km case of the
http://weather.arsc.edu/BenchmarkSuite/ WRF benchmark suit. I modified
some of the variables in namelist.input to get wrf.exe to start up,
but it exits quickly with an error opening the restart file:

-------------- FATAL CALLED ---------------
 FATAL CALLED FROM FILE:  <stdin>  LINE:     211
 program wrf: error opening   wrfrst_d01_2009-12-20_00:00:00 for reading
 -------------------------------------------

The restart file is present and accessible on the file system. This
happens both with and without MPI and for WRF versions 3.1.1 and
3.3.1. My namelist.input file is included below. Any guidance on how
to get past this would be most appreciated.

Thanks!
Bart


 &time_control
 run_days                            = 0,
 run_hours                           = 0,
 run_minutes                         = 5,
 run_seconds                         = 0,
 start_year                          = 2009, 2000, 2000,
 start_month                         = 12,   01,   01,
 start_day                           = 20,   24,   24,
 start_hour                          = 00,   12,   12,
 start_minute                        = 00,   00,   00,
 start_second                        = 00,   00,   00,
 end_year                            = 2009, 2000, 2000,
 end_month                           = 12,   01,   01,
 end_day                             = 20,   25,   25,
 end_hour                            = 03,   12,   12,
 end_minute                          = 00,   00,   00,
 end_second                          = 00,   00,   00,
 interval_seconds                    = 21600
 input_from_file                     = .true.,.false.,.false.,
 history_interval                    = 180,  60,   60,
 frames_per_outfile                  = 1, 1000, 1000,
 restart                             = .true.,
 restart_interval                    = 18000,
 io_form_history                     = 2
 io_form_restart                     = 2
 io_form_input                       = 2
 io_form_boundary                    = 2
 debug_level                         = 0
 /

 &domains
 time_step                           = 30,
 time_step_fract_num                 = 0,
 time_step_fract_den                 = 1,
 max_dom                             = 1,
 s_we                                = 1,     1,     1,
 e_we                                = 675,    112,   94,
 s_sn                                = 1,     1,     1,
 e_sn                                = 675,    97,    91,
 s_vert                              = 1,     1,     1,
 e_vert                              = 28,    28,    28,
 num_metgrid_levels                  = 27
 dx                                  = 9000, 10000,  3333,
 dy                                  = 9000, 10000,  3333,
 grid_id                             = 1,     2,     3,
 parent_id                           = 0,     1,     2,
 i_parent_start                      = 1,     31,    30,
 j_parent_start                      = 1,     17,    30,
 parent_grid_ratio                   = 1,     3,     3,
 parent_time_step_ratio              = 1,     3,     3,
 feedback                            = 1,
 nproc_x                             = -1,
 nproc_y                             = -1,
 smooth_option                       = 0
 /

 &physics
 mp_physics                          = 6,     3,     3,
 ra_lw_physics                       = 1,     1,     1,
 ra_sw_physics                       = 1,     1,     1,
 radt                                = 10,    30,    30,
 sf_sfclay_physics                   = 1,     1,     1,
 sf_surface_physics                  = 6,     1,     1,
 bl_pbl_physics                      = 1,     1,     1,
 bldt                                = 0,     0,     0,
 cu_physics                          = 1,     1,     0,
 cudt                                = 5,     5,     5,
 isfflx                              = 1,
 ifsnow                              = 0,
 icloud                              = 1,
 surface_input_source                = 1,
 num_soil_layers                     = 3,
 sf_urban_physics                    = 0,
 mp_zero_out                         = 0,
 maxiens                             = 1,
 maxens                              = 3,
 maxens2                             = 3,
 maxens3                             = 16,
 ensdim                              = 144,
 slope_rad                           = 0,
 topo_shading                        = 0,
 /

 &fdda
 /

 &dynamics
 w_damping                           = 0,
 diff_opt                            = 1,
 km_opt                              = 4,
 diff_6th_opt                        = 0,
 diff_6th_factor                     = 0.12,
 base_temp                           = 290.
 damp_opt                            = 0,
 zdamp                               = 5000.,  5000.,  5000.,
 dampcoef                            = 0.01,   0.01,   0.01
 khdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
 kvdif                               = 0,      0,      0,
 non_hydrostatic                     = .true., .true., .true.,
 moist_adv_opt                       = 1, 1, 1,
 scalar_adv_opt                      = 1, 1, 1,
 /

 &bdy_control
 spec_bdy_width                      = 5,
 spec_zone                           = 1,
 relax_zone                          = 4,
 specified                           = .true., .false.,.false.,
 nested                              = .false., .true., .true.,
 /

 &grib2
 /

 &namelist_quilt
 nio_tasks_per_group = 0,
 nio_groups = 1,
 /