Hi Kevin,
Thank you for responding. This worked!
Thanks,
Rob
On May 11, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Kevin R. Tyle wrote:
> Hi Rob,
>
> Out of curiousity, use the MDGDEC grib packing method in your dcgrib2 command:
>
> e.g.
>
> dcgrib2 -e MDMETH=MDGDEC ...
>
> I have run into strange values in the v component of the wind before, when
> using the default (MDGRB2) grib packing method, although I've only seen this
> happen with global grids of v-wind on the -2 PVU surface.
>
> The resulting GEMPAK file will be much larger than with the MDGRB2 method.
>
> Let us know if this helps ...
>
> --Kevin
>
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> On Thu, 10 May 2012, Robert Seigel wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am having difficulty correctly converting the new NAM conus nest into
>> GEMPAK using DCGRIB2. Most of the grids are converting correctly, however
>> the v-wind fields are bogus. This results in a lot of spurious calculations,
>> including WND. Is anyone else having this problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Rob
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