[Ncep.list.fv3-announce] global-workflow: GFSv16.0.9 changes committed & v16.1.1 is incoming!

Fri May 21 17:43:22 UTC 2021

All,

The GFSv16.1.1 implementation completed yesterday and is now running in
operations with the new GPSRO dataset. Congrats to everyone involved! 🎉

Kate Friedman (formerly Howard) (she/her)
NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC Engineering and Implementation Branch

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 12:07 PM Kate Friedman - NOAA Federal <
Kate.Friedman at noaa.gov> wrote:

> All,
>
> The GFSv16.1.1 implementation (scheduled for yesterday 12z) was postponed
> due to the on-going critical weather day (CWD). The implementation is now
> scheduled for when CWD ends: tomorrow 5/20 at 12z.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kate Friedman (formerly Howard) (she/her)
> NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC Engineering and Implementation Branch
>
>
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 3:47 PM Kate Friedman - NOAA Federal <
> Kate.Friedman at noaa.gov> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> The GFS world has seen no rest since v16 was implemented back in March.
>> Some rapid follow-up implementations have been performed to fix some wave
>> and downstream issues (v16.0.8 & v16.0.9). Additionally a planned update to
>> the GSI has been merged with a bug fix for WAFS and an additional wave fix
>> file update...all of that is about to be implemented into operations as
>> GFSv16.1.1. Below is more information on all of this:
>>
>> *1) operations branch now v16.0.9*
>>
>> I waited for some of the initial bugs to get sorted out before finally
>> merging the first GFSv16 version back into the global-workflow operations
>> branch. That commit was performed last week and was committed @ 68b9157
>> <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/commit/68b9157bd59278dc07369d316999d3c8485ebf7c>.
>> The operations branch now matches current ops for v16.0.9. The official tag
>> off the operations branch for v16.0.9 has now been cut and released:
>> NCO-v16.0.9
>> <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/releases/tag/NCO-v16.0.9>
>>
>> *2) develop branch now has v16.0.9 updates as well*
>>
>> Today I submitted PR #323
>> <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/pull/323> into the develop
>> branch to bring in the changes for v16.0.9. This completed issue #309
>> <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/issues/309> and was
>> committed to develop @ 95e0dff
>> <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/commit/95e0dffea435af17be9150fcd0c842763768b45f>.
>> Users should sync their branches/forks accordingly.
>>
>> *3) GFSv16.1.1 incoming!*
>>
>> A planned update to the GSI component for adding new restricted gpsro
>> data into the model is scheduled for next week. The updated v16.1.1 package
>> includes both a new GSI tag for that upgrade and a new WAFS tag for a small
>> bug fix. The updated system is being tested in tomorrow's WCOSS parallel
>> production test (PPT) with a tentative implementation date of next Tuesday
>> May 18th at 12z. Once that implementation completes both the operations and
>> develop branches will ingest those updates.
>>
>> *4) Other upcoming changes in the works (somewhat-in-order):*
>>
>>    - MERRA2 support - in final testing, PR #254
>>    <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/pull/254>
>>    - GFSv16.1.1 updates - will merge into operations and develop
>>    branches after implementation
>>    - METplus upgrade - PR #317
>>    <https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/global-workflow/pull/317> will update
>>    the EMC_verif-global version to a new major release (v2.0.1)
>>    - NCEPLIBS hpc-stack support - testing of feature/hpc-stack with
>>    waves turned on has begun, previously tested on supported tier 1 platforms
>>    with waves off
>>    - fixing free-forecast mode and adding job to create ICs for user
>>    with chgres_cube - on hold waiting for prior work to complete, if there are
>>    any users out there looking to run free-forecast mode let me know and you
>>    can use the branch for this
>>
>> That's it for today! Let me know if you have questions about the above.
>> Thanks all!
>>
>> Kate Friedman (formerly Howard) (she/her)
>> NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC Engineering and Implementation Branch
>>
>
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