Describe the Problem

The GRID_STAT_CLIMO_MEAN_DAY_INTERVAL has to be an integer in METplus. However, it should be able to be set as NA, to disable time checking of the climatology data. Right now, setting GRID_STAT_CLIMO_MEAN_DAY_INTERVAL to NA results in an error that GridStat was not initialized properly.

Expected Behavior

GridStat should run when GRID_STAT_CLIMO_MEAN_DAY_INTERVAL is set to NA.

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1. Machine: Linux
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To Reproduce

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1. Set GRID_STAT_CLIMO_MEAN_DAY_INTERVAL = NA in a .conf file
2. Try to run GridStat

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Relevant Deadlines

5.0.0-beta1 and bugfix 4.1.3 (if needed)

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2792541

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