CM1 Data

Hi,

I am an under grad at St. Cloud State University and have been doing modeling with CM1. I'd like to use VAPOR for some visualization but I can't seem to be able to create a vdf using the ncdfvdfcreate. I am only looking to bring over u,v,w winds for vector and parcel tracing along with theta (th) for a spatial reference to the main heat flux. Running NCDUMP provides:
dimensions:
ni = 500 ;
nj = 20 ;
nk = 250 ;
nip1 = 501 ;
njp1 = 21 ;
nkp1 = 251 ;
time = UNLIMITED ; // (121 currently)
one = 1 ;
ncl8 = 121 ;
ncl9 = 250 ;
ncl10 = 20 ;
ncl11 = 500 ;
variables:
float f_cor(one) ;
f_cor:long_name = "Coriolis parameter" ;
f_cor:units = "1/s" ;
float ztop(one) ;
ztop:units = "km" ;
float time(time) ;
time:long_name = "time since beginning of simulation" ;
time:units = "seconds" ;
float xh(ni) ;
xh:long_name = "west-east location of scalar grid points" ;
xh:units = "km" ;
float xf(nip1) ;
xf:long_name = "west-east location of staggered u grid points" ;
xf:units = "km" ;
float yh(nj) ;
yh:long_name = "south-north location of scalar grid points" ;
yh:units = "km" ;
float yf(njp1) ;
yf:long_name = "south-north location of staggered v grid points" ;
yf:units = "km" ;
float z(nk) ;
z:long_name = "nominal height of scalar grid points" ;
z:units = "km" ;
float zf(nkp1) ;
zf:long_name = "nominal height of staggered w grid points" ;
zf:units = "km" ;
float sws(time, nj, ni) ;
sws:long_name = "max windspeed at lowest level" ;
sws:units = "m/s" ;
float svs(time, nj, ni) ;
svs:long_name = "max vert vorticity at lowest level" ;
svs:units = "s-1" ;
float sps(time, nj, ni) ;
sps:long_name = "min pressure at lowest level" ;
sps:units = "Pa" ;
float sus(time, nj, ni) ;
sus:long_name = "max w at 5 km AGL" ;
sus:units = "m/s" ;
float shs(time, nj, ni) ;
shs:long_name = "max integrated updraft helicity" ;
shs:units = "m2/s2" ;
float th(time, nk, nj, ni) ;
th:long_name = "potential temperature" ;
th:units = "K" ;
float prs(time, nk, nj, ni) ;
prs:long_name = "pressure" ;
prs:units = "Pa" ;
float uinterp(time, nk, nj, ni) ;
uinterp:long_name = "velocity in x-direction, interpolated to scalar points" ;
uinterp:units = "m/s" ;
float vinterp(time, nk, nj, ni) ;
vinterp:long_name = "velocity in y-direction, interpolated to scalar points" ;
vinterp:units = "m/s" ;
float winterp(time, nk, nj, ni) ;
winterp:long_name = "velocity in z-direction, interpolated to scalar points" ;
winterp:units = "m/s" ;
float u(time, nk, nj, nip1) ;
u:long_name = "velocity in x-direction" ;
u:units = "m/s" ;
float v(time, nk, njp1, ni) ;
v:long_name = "velocity in y-direction" ;
v:units = "m/s" ;
float w(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
w:long_name = "velocity in z-direction" ;
w:units = "m/s" ;
float tke(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
tke:long_name = "subgrid turbulence kinetic energy" ;
tke:units = "m^2/s^2" ;
float kmh(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
kmh:long_name = "eddy mixing coefficient for momentum in the horizontal direction" ;
kmh:units = "m^2/s" ;
float kmv(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
kmv:long_name = "eddy mixing coefficient for momentum in the vertical direction" ;
kmv:units = "m^2/s" ;
float khh(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
khh:long_name = "eddy mixing coefficient for scalars in the horizontal direction" ;
khh:units = "m^2/s" ;
float khv(time, nkp1, nj, ni) ;
khv:long_name = "eddy mixing coefficient for scalars in the vertical direction" ;
khv:units = "m^2/s" ;
float ThetaAnom(ncl8, ncl9, ncl10, ncl11) ;

I can get Theta referenced in the VDF but cannot get the entire grid or my u,v, and w winds. In fact my wind variables are in the excluded 3D variable names.

Created VDF file:
Num time steps : 121
3D Variable names : th
2DXY Variable names :
2DXZ Variable names :
2DYZ Variable names :
Excluded 3D Variable names : khh khv kmh kmv tke u v w
Excluded 2D Variable names :
Coordinate extents : 0 0 0 1 0.04 0.5

Thank you for your time
Marshall