Per issue #1746 Added some warnings if the forecast threshold is set …

…to NA but the observation threshold is not NA (a numeric threshold) and vice versa. SL

met/src/tools/core/wavelet_stat/wavelet_stat_conf_info.cc

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void WaveletStatConfInfo::process_config(GrdFileType ftype,
       // If the forecast threshold array is an empty list (or NA) 
       // Add the NA threshold type to the list for downstream iteration
       if(fcat_ta[i].n_elements() == 0) {
-         mlog << Debug(2) << "Found empty list for forecast threshold, setting threshold type to NA.\n";
+         mlog << Debug(2) << "Found empty list for forecast threshold, setting threshold type to NA.\n";
          fcat_ta[i].add(st_NA);
       }
 
@@ -268,6 +268,20 @@ void WaveletStatConfInfo::process_config(GrdFileType ftype,
          ocat_ta[i].add(st_NA);
       }
 
+      // Send a warning if forecast threshold is NA but observation threshold is not
+      if( (strcmp((fcat_ta[i].get_str()).c_str(), "NA") == 0) &&
+	  (strcmp((ocat_ta[i].get_str()).c_str(), "NA") != 0) ) {
+	mlog << Warning << "The forecast threshold is set to NA but the observation threshold is " << ocat_ta[i].get_str() << "...\n";
+	mlog << Warning << "if you are getting unexpected results change the forecast threshold to a numeric threshold.\n";
+      }
+
+      // Send a warning if observation threshold is NA but forecast threshold is not
+      if( (strcmp((ocat_ta[i].get_str()).c_str(), "NA") == 0) &&
+	  (strcmp((fcat_ta[i].get_str()).c_str(), "NA") != 0) ) {
+	mlog << Warning << "The observation threshold is set to NA but the forecast threshold is " << fcat_ta[i].get_str() << "...\n";
+	mlog << Warning << "if you are getting unexpected results change the observation threshold to a numeric threshold.\n";
+      }
+
       // Check for the same number of fcst and obs thresholds
       if(fcat_ta[i].n_elements() != ocat_ta[i].n_elements()) {