Point-Stat Tool: Run

Next, run Point-Stat on the command line using the following command:

bin/point_stat \
data/sample_fcst/2007033000/nam.t00z.awip1236.tm00.20070330.grb \
tutorial/out/pb2nc/tutorial_pb.nc \
tutorial/config/PointStatConfig_tutorial \
-outdir tutorial/out/point_stat \
-v 2

Point-Stat is now performing the verification tasks we requested in the configuration file. It should take a minute or two to run.

In this example, Point-Stat accumulates matched forecast/observation pairs into 16 groups based on our configuration file selections. The 16 groups are a result of: 1 field (TMP) * 2 vertical levels * 2 observing message types * 2 masking regions * 2 interpolation methods. As Point-Stat runs, you should see several status message printed to the screen to indicate progress.