MetOffice / MetOffice/CDDS

Enhance broken NEMO data error messaging

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Since Jun 18, 2026.

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Description

As an extension to this issue: https://github.com/MetOffice/CDDS/issues/860

It would be good to have a more helpful error message for when pre 1900 NEMO data is used (requiring the reset_time_coords.py to fix it):
```
File "(redacted)/CDDS/mip_convert/mip_convert/load/iris_load_util.py", line 240, in load_cube
merged_cubes = load_cubes(all_input_data, run_bounds, loadable, ancil_variables)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "(redacted)/CDDS/mip_convert/mip_convert/load/iris_load_util.py", line 211, in load_cubes
raise RuntimeError(error_msg.format(constraint_constructor.info, '" and "'.join(run_bounds)))
RuntimeError: No cubes found using constraints "variable_name=thetao" within "1850-01-01T00:00:00" and "1850-02-01T00:00:00"
Critical Errors found in all variables, therefore MIP convert has failed.
*** Finished conversions ***
```

This issue is to enhance that error message (possibly add a list of the files) and suggest that running the script on the NEMO data might fix the issue.

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