Website for downloading raw ICs is unavailable

Hello,

The MRW App workflow can automatically download raw initial conditions from https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov. However, this site is unavailable at the moment. I also noticed it has been up and down over the last few days, making it difficult to run the App. When the App runs, we get the error below.

Does anybody know what is going on with this website?

Thanks,

Ligia

Using protocol ftp with user anonymous and passwd user@example.edu

server address ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov root path EIB/UFS/

Using protocol wget with user  and passwd 

Could not connect to repo 'https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:'

This is most likely either a proxy, or network issue .

Using protocol ftp with user  and passwd 

server address ftp: root path /nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov

ftp login timeout! [Errno -2] Name or service not known 

Client protocol None not enabled

Checking server ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/EIB/UFS/ with protocol ftp

Using protocol ftp with user anonymous and passwd user@example.edu

server address ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov root path EIB/UFS/

Loading input file list: 'Buildconf/ufsatm.input_data_list'

  Model ufsatm missing file ic_grb2 = '/scratch1/BMC/gmtb/Ligia.Bernardet/myUFS_INPUT/ufs_inputdata/icfiles/202009/20200915/gfs_4_20200915_1200_000.grb2'

Trying to download file: 'inputdata//202009/20200915/gfs_4_20200915_1200_000.grb2' to path '/scratch1/BMC/gmtb/Ligia.Bernardet/myUFS_INPUT/ufs_inputdata/icfiles//202009/20200915/gfs_4_20200915_1200_000.grb2' using FTP protocol.

ERROR from ftp server, trying next server

Checking server https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov: with protocol wget

Using protocol wget with user  and passwd 

Could not connect to repo 'https://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov:'

This is most likely either a proxy, or network issue .

Checking server ftp://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov with protocol ftp

Using protocol ftp with user  and passwd 

server address ftp: root path /nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov

ftp login timeout! [Errno -2] Name or service not known 

Checking server None with protocol None

Client protocol None not enabled

ERROR: Could not find all inputdata on any server

 

now i can see the data for May, 2020

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-forecast-system/access/grid-004-0.5-degree/forecast/

but not the historic data

Thanks,

Linlin

 

I posted a question under the MRW app before I saw this one. Sorry for the duplicate there. I had the same problem today (6/4). I will keep trying...

More data can be found at:

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/model/gfs.html

Those data can be downloaded manually.