Download link from BOM seems to have been blocked

[WillemVervoort]

Hi Tim et al. We have been using AWAPer with success, but now the BOM link seems to be blocked:

Example code

library(AWAPer)

setwd('S:/PRJ-MuttamaCreek/AWAP')

makeNetCDF_file(ncdfFilename = 'AWAP_2000_2020.nc', ncdfSolarFilename = 'AWAP_2000_2020_solar.nc', updateFrom = as.Date("2000-01-01"), updateTo = as.Date('2020-12-31'))

Starting to build both netCDF files. ... Testing downloading of AWAP precip. grid ... Getting grid gemoetry from file. Error in readLines(a <- file(des.file.name)) : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning messages: 1: In utils::download.file(url, des.file.name, quiet = T, mode = "wb") : cannot open URL 'http://www.bom.gov.au/web03/ncc/www/awap/rainfall/totals/daily/grid/0.05/history/nat/2000010120000101.grid.Z': HTTP status was '403 Forbidden' 2: In readLines(a <- file(des.file.name)) : cannot open file 'S:/PRJ-MuttamaCreek/AWAP/precip.20000101.grid': No such file or directory

Contact BOM?