ECMWF IFS Vtable

paparao

New member
Hello,

I am using ECMWF IFS operational forecast data (0.25 degree) from:

Files are named like: 20260425000000-0h-oper-fc.grib2, 20260425000000-3h-oper-fc.grib2 etc.

I am using the following wgrib2 command to convert before running ungrib:

for f in 2026*oper-fc.grib2; do
wgrib2 $f -set_grib_type simple -grib_out simple_$f
done

PROBLEM:
After running ungrib and metgrid with Vtable.ECMWF, the resulting met_em files show:

num_metgrid_levels = 14
NUM_METGRID_SOIL_LEVELS = 0
(no ST000007, SM000007 or SKINTEMP fields)


QUESTIONS:
1) Is there an official recommended Vtable for ECMWF IFS open data (post-2024 format)?
2) Is Vtable.ECMWF_IFS (recently added to WPS) the correct one to use for this dataset?


System info:
WPS version: 4.6.0
WRF version: 4..6.0
Data: ECMWF IFS 0p25 oper, 3-hourly, 0h to 96h
Vtable tested: Vtable.ECMWF (standard)

Thank you for any guidance.

Regards
 
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