Improve HAFS scripts to use production utilities used for error handling (err_chk, err_exit)

[BinLiu-NOAA]

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Improve HAFS scripts to use production utilities used for error handling (err_chk, err_exit) at next upgrade, as the WCOSS Implementation doc, page 7 and 8.

Currently, in the HAFS v1.0 packages, the err_chk and err_exit production utilities are only used in

• scripts/exhwrf_nawips.sh
• ush/hwrf_gempak.sh
• ush/hwrf_gempak_meta_grid.sh
• ush/hwrf_gempak_meta_nest.sh

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[BinLiu-NOAA]

The error handling has been improved by switching to use the NCO SPA recommended produtil err_check method for j-jobs, exscripts and ush scripts. Please see commit e5501aa.