Dear all,
Since yesterday (Sunday 28 June), an error has been consistently occurring when attempting to connect to the AI Weather Quest FTP site:
ftplib.error_temp: 421 Unable to read the indexed puredb file (or old format detected) - Try pure-pw mkdb
This issue affects logging into the FTP site and prevents all operations using the FTP site. It first appeared during the recent power disruptions at the ECMWF Bologna duty station. At present, I am also unable to verify successful submissions via the FTP site.
I have contacted the relevant team and will provide an update once the service has been restored.
In the meantime, please continue to report any issues you encounter via this Forum post or email. Once the FTP site is fully operational again, I will follow up with everyone who has reported problems. We will also contact regular contributors directly and make arrangements for email submission.
My apologies for the inconvenience.
Kind regards,
Josh