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Re: question about NCEP model data from NOAAport (fwd)


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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:09:34 +0000
From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
To: Chad Johnson <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: question about NCEP model data from NOAAport

I did make some changes to NOGRIB.CFG, but all I did was to comment
out the lines for the Alaskan projections.  Maybe I did something
to mess it up, (athough I don't see where I changed anything) as I
changed NOGRIB.CFG after the first test of NOAAport and before
the final switch.


At 02:34 PM 12/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>> 
>> Robert,
>> 
>> I am CC'ing your excellent questions over to ldm-users, since I do not
>> know the answer to this.
>> 
>> On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Robert Mullenax wrote:
>> 
>> > Gilbert,
>> >
>> > The thing is, during the initial test of NOAAport I received 3-hourly
>> > output of the ETA and AVN.  When the final switch occurred, just 6-hour
>> > output again.  I am running McIDAS-XCD, so the decoding is transparent,
>> > no long list of headers like GEMPAK.  I know the 3-hour output is
available
>> > as I have seen it on other sites.  Are you getting 3-hour output, and
is it
>> > XCD that is only decoding XCD for me?  That would not make a whole lot
>> > of sense as on 15 Dec, I received the 3-hour output and did not change
>> > anything.
>
>At SSEC, our NOAAPORT ingestor is receiving 3-hourly forecasts grids
>from the MRF in projection 213 out to 24 hours and 3-hourly forecast
>grids from the ETA in projections 212 and 215. We are also receiving the
>RUC 3-hourly runs. -XCD is decoding all of them just fine. Perhaps you
>are not receiving the grid projections that contain 3-hourly forecasts.
>
>Chad
>
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