I will talk about that with Miguel. I assume we will change the 
documentation.

Thanks for the log.
François



Julie Prestopnik wrote:
> Hi François.
>
> I've attached the log which contains the command line I used.
>
> I had been wondering if the model used the wind direction, because it
> wasn't clear to me from the documentation, so thanks for clarifying that.
>
> If wind direction is just a "pass through", then we don't need/want it
> to be included, and removing that part of the documentation would work
> for us.
>
> Thanks,
> Julie
>
>
> Francois Fortin wrote:
>   
>> Hi Julie
>>
>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> The model doesn't use the wind direction at all. From what I understand
>> the documentation is wrong, METRo doesn't do anything with the wind
>> direction.  I think I can easily force METRo to do what you want. When
>> Miguel is back from vacation we will make a decision what to do with that.
>>
>> Can you provide me the command line use to run your example or maybe the
>> log file(the command should be in the log).
>>
>> François
>>
>> Julie Prestopnik wrote:
>>     
>>> Happy New Year!
>>>
>>> On the wiki for METRo's forecast input file, it states:
>>> "The wind direction is optional. Since this information is useful in a
>>> roadcast, it is included in the output if it is given in the atmospheric
>>> forecast."
>>>
>>> However, I find this not to be true.  Whether or not I provide the wind
>>> direction as an input in the forecast, wind direction in never included
>>> in the output.  I'm using metro-3.1.0.
>>>
>>> I've attached my input and output files for testing:
>>>
>>> Obs Input File:
>>>   meso_obs_72565010_20060712.xml
>>> Station Input File:
>>>   station_vaisala_72565010.xml
>>> Forecast Input File with Wind Direction Included:
>>>   rctm_mesh_fcst_72565010_20060712.12z.xml.orig.w.wd
>>> Forecast Input File without Wind Direction:
>>>   rctm_mesh_fcst_72565010_20060712.12z.xml.no.wd
>>>
>>> Roadcast Output File from Input File with Wind Direction Included:
>>>   roadcast_72565010_20060712.12z.out.xml.w.wd
>>> Roadcast Output File from Input File without Wind Direction:
>>>   roadcast_72565010_20060712.12z.out.xml.no.wd
>>> Forecast Output File from Input File with Wind Direction Included:
>>>   forecast_72565010_20060712.out.xml.w.wd
>>> Forecast Output File from Input File without Wind Direction:
>>>   forecast_72565010_20060712.out.xml.no.wd
>>>
>>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Julie
>>>  
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>
>
>   

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