Replace italics below with details for this issue.

Describe the Problem

Reported by Zhuming and summarized by George McCabe:

I am trying to run PointStat to read NetCDF data using the valid time. I am able to run plot_data_plane specifying the valid time and run PointStat using level (0,,) which I confirmed corresponds to the time I need, but PointStat will not work using the valid time.

I set up a test environment on kiowa in
/d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414

There are 2 scripts that you can run to replicate the behavior:
run_point_stat_success.sh and run_point_stat_failure.sh

The only differences between the two are the output directory and the way the level value is specified.

diff run_point_stat_success.sh run_point_stat_failure.sh
3c3
< outdir=/d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414/out_success
---
> outdir=/d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414/out_failure
8c8
< export FCST_FIELD="{ name=\"t_2m\"; level=\"(0,*,*)\"; cat_thresh=[ <=273,>273 ]; }";
---
> export FCST_FIELD="{ name=\"t_2m\"; level=\"(20150715_000000,*,*)\"; cat_thresh=[ <=273,>273 ]; }";

I also added a script called run_plot_data_plane.sh that successfully generates a ps file using the same name/level values.

Expected Behavior

Instead of following WARNING and ERROR messages, it should find the time level and continue.

WARNING: MetNcCFDataFile::collect_time_offsets(VarInfo &) -> Not found time out of 13.
ERROR  :
ERROR  : MetNcCFDataFile::collect_time_offsets(VarInfo &) -> variable "t_2m" has unknown error (999).
ERROR  :

Environment

Describe your runtime environment:
1. Machine: (e.g. HPC name, Linux Workstation, Mac Laptop) kiowa
2. OS: (e.g. RedHat Linux, MacOS) Redhat
3. Software version number(s)

To Reproduce

Describe the steps to reproduce the behavior:

outdir=out_test
mkdir -p $outdir

export CLIMO_MEAN_FILE="";
export CLIMO_STDEV_FILE="";
export FCST_FIELD="{ name=\"t_2m\"; level=\"(20150715_000000,*,*)\"; cat_thresh=[ <=273,>273 ]; }";
export METPLUS_DESC="";
export METPLUS_MODEL="model = \"MPAS\";";
export METPLUS_OBTYPE="";
export METPLUS_REGRID_DICT="regrid = {to_grid = NONE;}";
export MODEL="MPAS";
export OBS_FIELD="{ name=\"TMP\"; level=\"Z2\"; cat_thresh=[ <=273,>273 ]; message_type = [\"ADPSFC\"]; }";
export OBS_WINDOW_BEGIN="-5400";
export OBS_WINDOW_END="5400";
export OBTYPE="";
export OUTPUT_PREFIX="";
export POINT_STAT_GRID="[\"FULL\"]";
export POINT_STAT_MESSAGE_TYPE="[\"ADPUPA\",\"ADPSFC\"]";
export POINT_STAT_POLY="[]";
export POINT_STAT_STATION_ID="[]";
export REGRID_TO_GRID="NONE";
export VERIF_MASK="";

/d1/projects/MET/MET_releases/met-10.0.0-beta4/bin/point_stat \
    -v 5 \
    /d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414/mpas_wrf_cf_2015071500.nc \
    /d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414/pbs.2015071506.nc \
    /d1/projects/MET/MET_Help/zhuming_data_20210414/PointStatConfig_wrapped \
    -outdir $outdir

Relevant Deadlines

List relevant project deadlines here or state NONE.

Funding Source

2702691

Define the Metadata

Assignee

• Select engineer(s) or no engineer required
• Select scientist(s) or no scientist required: None

Labels

• Select component(s)
• Select priority
• Select requestor(s)

Projects and Milestone

• Review projects and select relevant Repository and Organization ones or add "alert:NEED PROJECT ASSIGNMENT" label
• Select milestone to relevant bugfix version

Define Related Issue(s)

Consider the impact to the other METplus components.

• METplus, MET, METdatadb, METviewer, METexpress, METcalcpy, METplotpy

Bugfix Checklist

See the METplus Workflow for details.

• Complete the issue definition above, including the Time Estimate and Funding Source.
• Fork this repository or create a branch of main_<Version>.
  Branch name: bugfix_<Issue Number>_main_<Version>_<Description>
• Fix the bug and test your changes.
• Add/update log messages for easier debugging.
• Add/update unit tests.
• Add/update documentation.
• Push local changes to GitHub.
• Submit a pull request to merge into main_<Version>.
  Pull request: bugfix <Issue Number> main_<Version> <Description>
• Define the pull request metadata, as permissions allow.
  Select: Reviewer(s), Project(s), Milestone, and Linked issues
• Iterate until the reviewer(s) accept and merge your changes.
• Delete your fork or branch.
• Complete the steps above to fix the bug on the develop branch.
  Branch name: bugfix_<Issue Number>_develop_<Description>
  Pull request: bugfix <Issue Number> develop <Description>
• Close this issue.