run_hwrf Namespace Reference

A wrapper around the Rocoto workflow system that knows how to run HWRF in Rocoto. More...

Detailed Description

A wrapper around the Rocoto workflow system that knows how to run HWRF in Rocoto.

This is a Python program, run_hwrf.py, that users run to launch and maintain an HWRF workflow for one storm, ensemble or basin-scale forecast.

run_hwrf.py [options] [ensids and cycles] 95E case_root [conf]

Arguments:

• 95E — stormid
• case_root — HISTORY for retrospective runs or FORECAST for real-time

Options:

• -f — Force a run even fiif the *.xml and *.db file already exist
• -w workflow.xml — specify the Rocoto XML file
• -d workflow.db — specify the Rocoto database file
• -s site-file.ent — Specify the site file in the sites/ subdirectory

Ensids and Cycles:

• 03 — an ensemble member to run, if the GEFS ensemble is used
• 03-10 — several ensemble members to run, if the GEFS ensemble is used
• 2014081412 — one cycle to run
• 2014081400-2014081618 — a range of cycles to run
• 2014 — run all cycles for this storm in this year
• H214:2014 — run whatever cycles H214 ran for this storm
• -t — include cycles even if they are not in the tcvitals
• -n — disable renumbering of invests into non-invests
• -W N — discard invests weaker than N m/s before renumbering

Conf opitons:

• ../parm/hwrf_3km.conf — read this configuration file
• config.run_ocean=yes — specify the value of one configuration option
• prelaunch.basin_overrides=no — Disasble per-basin configuration overrides
• prelaunch.rsmc_overrides=no — Disable per-center (RSMC) configuration overrides