	SUBROUTINE TM_allo_tmp_grid( grid, status )

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* Allocate a temporary grid from the dynamic grid area (above max_grids)

* Steve Hankin  NOAA/PMEL/TMAP

* V510 *sh* 3/00 - guts of routine in  TM_ALLO_DYN_GRID_SUB
* V674 2/12 *acm* 6D Ferret: use nferdims rather than 4 for dimension indexing

* Include files
	include 'tmap_dims.parm'
#include "tmap_dset.parm"
	include 'tmap_errors.parm'
	include 'xtm_grid.cmn_text'
	include 'xbuild_grids.cmn'

* Argument definitions
	INTEGER grid, status

* Local variable definitions
	INTEGER	idim

	CALL TM_ALLO_DYN_GRID_SUB( tmp_grid_hook, grid, status )
	IF ( status .NE. merr_ok) RETURN

* initialize grid to null state
	grid_name(grid) = char_init16
	grid_rotation (grid) = real4_init 
	DO 100 idim = 1, nferdims
	   grid_line(idim,grid) = int4_init
	   grid_out_prod(idim,grid) = .FALSE.
 100	CONTINUE

* save a pointer to temporary name storage needed during grid creation
	num_tmp_grids = num_tmp_grids + 1
	tmp_nam_ptr(grid) =  num_tmp_grids

	RETURN
	END
