Hi Alexander,
I believe this is because of the variable namse in the file. "T" is a reserved name in Ferret/PyFerret, referring to coordiantes in the T direction. This means thats SHOW GRID T is interpreted as asking about the "abstract" T axis, a pre-defined general axis in the T direction.
When there are conflicts like this ,you can refer to the file variable T by enclosing it in single quotes, 'T'
Here's the documentation abou this:
One thing you might do is to rename the variable in the Ferret session:
So you might do something like this, with a name that makes sense for the data
yes? use era_T_W_A1.nc
yes? set variable/name=temperature 'T'
Then within the session, refer to
temperature instead of T.
Ansley