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>From: "Kevin Polston" <address@hidden> >Organization: NOAA/NWS >Keywords: 200203050151.g251p7K03671 IDD Kevin, After some digging... >Finally, regarding the RUC data. In my pqact.conf file where I >configure the RUC to grab a certain grid....there is a commented line >that says "only the 211 grid is available for the RUC". I guess the >211 grid does not have CAPE or Helicity. Right. >I tried changing that to a >different grid (based on the examples for the ETA) and of course, no >new RUC data came in. So my question is this.....is it possible or will >it be possible in the near future to acquire another ruc grid that does >have cape and helicity on it? You should already be getting the grid 236 RUC grids. I think that you will need to make a mod to your pqact.conf file to decode the grid 236 RUC grids. >In the meantime I started up my >cronmaster again to just download the ruc until I can get the right >grid through ldm. There should be no difference in the datastream feeding the process creating the grid files you are FTPing and the one that you are getting. I just verified that your upstream host is requesting all grids from its upstream host AND, a few minutes ago, verified that its upstream feed site is getting all of the HRS data, AND that site is getting the data from motherlode, so your HRS data should be identical to that on motherlode where RUC grids with CAPE and Helicity are being produced. Here is your current pqact.conf action related to RUC grids: # # RUC/MAPS model output # Grid #211 CONUS 80km: ^[YZ].Q.*/mRUC # Currently, only grid #211 HRS ^[YZ].[Q].*/mRUC PIPE decoders/dcgrib2 -d data/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log -e GEMTBL=/usr1/nawips/gempak/tables /usr1/nawips/metdat/gempak/grids/YYMMDDHH_ruc_full.gem What I found on motherlode was that RUC grids come in as both the Q and W grids. Also, the W grids are RUC2 not RUC. You can verify that you are getting the RUC2 grids by using notifyme: notifyme -vxl- -f HRS -o 3600 -p "/mRUC" This interrogates your own LDM for any HRS product (grid) that matches the pattern /mRUC. Both /mRUC and /mRUC2 will match the -p pattern. Given this, and given that GEMPAK stores only grids of a like projection in a single grid file, it seems that you will need an additional action to file the grid 236 RUC output. ** Disclaimer ** I am no expert on the grid side and I am definitely no GEMPAK expert, so take the following for what it is worth: I believe that you should add a new pqact.conf action that looks something like: # # RUC/MAPS model output # Grid #236 CONUS 40km: ^[YZ].W.*/mRUC HRS ^[YZ].[W].*/mRUC2 PIPE decoders/dcgrib2 -d data/gempak/logs/dcgrib.log -e GEMTBL=/usr1/nawips/gempak/tables /usr1/nawips/metdat/gempak/grids/YYMMDDHH_ruc2_full.gem It is then up to you to configure your GEMPAK setup to be able to use these grid files. Since the RUC comes in every 3 hours, you should be able to see the results of your action pretty quickly. Later... Tom