16. So, it seemed like a good time to start a Precip run. With
a bit of luck this would go as smoothly as the Temperature run,
ho, ho, ho. The first problem was that anomdtb kept crashing:
> ***** AnomDTB: converts .dtb to anom .txt for gridding *****
> Enter the suffix of the variable required:
.pre
> Will calculate percentage anomalies.
> Select the .cts or .dtb file to load:
pre.0312031600.dtb
> Specify the start,end of the normals period:
1961,1990
> Specify the missing percentage permitted:
25
> Data required for a normal: 23
> Specify the no. of stdevs at which to reject data:
3
> Select outputs (1=.cts,2=.ann,3=.txt,4=.stn):
3
> Check for duplicate stns after anomalising? (0=no,>0=km range)
8
> Select the generic .txt file to save (yy.mm=auto):
rr2pre.txt
> Select the first,last years AD to save:
1901,2002
> Operating...
Values loaded: 1258818288; No. Stations: 12732
> NORMALS MEAN percent STDEV percent
> .dtb 2635549 29.6
forrtl: error (75): floating point exception
IOT trap (core dumped)
crua6[/cru/cruts/rerun1/data/cruts/rerun2work]
..not good! Tried recompiling for uealogin1.. AARGGHHH!!! Tim's
code is not 'good' enough for bloody Sun!! Pages of warnings and
27 errors! (full results in 'anomdtb.uealogin1.compile.results').