Hi Birnie,
Can you check the number of grids in your stored NAM212 files(use 
gdinfo)? If the number of grids equals the maximum number of allowed 
files, that may be the reason for an incomplete set(why this started 
recently is a mystery though).  In that case raise the maximum allowed 
number in $GEMTBL/grid/gribkey.tbl(24000 in our set-up) or specify in 
your pqact.conf entry for the NAM212(using -m option). This problem 
occurred for me a while back with the NAVGEM output.
James
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