Kevin,
Thanks, but it's the GFS I am looking for, not the NAM.
Thanks,
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin W. Thomas [mailto:kwthomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 5/22/2008 10:13 AM
To: Robert Mullenax; ldm-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ldm-users] GFS GRID 212 on NWS/NCEP ftp servers?
>I need a backup for some model data that is on NOAAport, and I cannot =
>seem to find it on tgftp or ftpprd. What I am looking for is this:
>
>GRIB2 GFS
># Grid #212 CONUS 40km: ^[LM].R... KWBC
>
>I just need the raw grib files that I can download and then decode into =
>GEMPAK format.
>
>I know what you are thinking, why doesn't he just use the 1 deg or 0.5 =
>deg GFS..the problem is neither have the 825mb forecast level like the =
>212 grid does. That level is critical for us when we are working here =
>in New Mexico.
>
>Until we get our single T-1 upgraded out here (maybe next year) the IDD =
>just isn't feasible.
>
>Thanks,
>Robert Mullenax
>
>NMSU/CSBF
Robert...
On ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov, go to /pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.20080522.
Substitute the correct date. GRIB2 files of the NAM 40km look like:
nam.t##z.awip3d##.tm00.grib2
The first ## are the runs, as in 00, 06, 12, and 18. The second ## are the
times into the forecast, as in 00, 03, ..., 84.
The are the same size as the files that via LDM, though I suspect the order
of the individual records are different.
Kevin W. Thomas
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Email: kwthomas@xxxxxx
