Re: Missing accumulation fields in GRIB2

From: David Brown <dbrown_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:29:54 -0700

HI Richard,
Hmm, it sounds like a bug.
Can you tell me where I can find the
postwrf_d01_20081126_1500_f01200.gr2 file or a similar file?
Thanks,
  -dave

On Nov 26, 2008, at 2:02 PM, Richard Carpenter wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
>
> We are producing GRIB2 files containing multiple precipitation
> periods. If multiple periods are present, NCL seems miss the
> longest period.
>
>
>
> For instance, this 12-hour forecast file has 30 minute and 1, 3, 6,
> and 12-hour accumulations:
>
>
>
> wgrib2 postwrf_d01_20081126_1500_f01200.gr2 | grep PCP
>
> 129:21027689:d=2008112615:APCP:surface:0-12 hour acc:
>
> 130:21147071:d=2008112615:APCP:surface:690-720 min acc:
>
> 131:21195684:d=2008112615:APCP:surface:11-12 hour acc:
>
> 132:21254919:d=2008112615:APCP:surface:9-12 hour acc:
>
> 133:21335157:d=2008112615:APCP:surface:6-12 hour acc:
>
>
>
> NCL only recognizes 4 of the 5 fields. It fails to recognize the 12-
> hour accumulation:
>
>
>
> ncl_filedump postwrf_d01_20081126_1500_f01200.gr2.grb | grep PCP
>
> float APCP_P8_L1_GLC0_acc30min ( ygrid_0, xgrid_0 )
>
> float APCP_P8_L1_GLC0_acc6h ( ygrid_0, xgrid_0 )
>
> float APCP_P8_L1_GLC0_acc3h ( ygrid_0, xgrid_0 )
>
> float APCP_P8_L1_GLC0_acc1h ( ygrid_0, xgrid_0 )
>
>
>
> I am using version 5.0.1-beta. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Richard Carpenter
>
>
>
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