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19990303: sfgram and dattim...

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  • Subject: 19990303: sfgram and dattim...
  • Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:34:02 -0700
>From: Maureen Ballard <address@hidden>
>Organization: UK Ag Weather Center
>Keywords: 199903031405.HAA24437

>Steve,
>
>Hopefully this will be a quick/easy question. Our research data has obs
>every 10 minutes. When I do a meteogram, I only want to use the data
>from the top of the hour (possibly every 30 minutes). From what I have
>read, all I need to do is to alter the dattim option to read something
>like this:
>
>DATTIM = 990301/0800-990302/0800-00100

Maureen,
The above should be
DATTIM = 990301/0800-990302/0800-0100
                                 ^^^^
                                 HHMM
in order to step by 1 hour. To step by 30 minutes, 0030

>
>This would be for data plotted every hour. Or did I mess this up? For
>most of the parameters, I don't mind if we plot every 10 minutes. The
>problem comes with wind barbs that are on top of each other and hour
>rainfall data that moves.
>
>Thanks for all your help. Sorry to keep bugging you with these questions
>- I'll let you get back to it now. Oh by the way, the severe
>thunderstorm warnings that were issued yesterday for parts of TN, MS and
>AR seemed to have a problem in the gpwarn program. At least on our end -
>couldn't tell on yours since nothing was showing up. Just wanted to let
>you know.

Ugh. I haven't been able to look at the weather for a while. Sigh.

I'll look into this.

>
>Thanks again!!!
>
>Maureen
>
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Steve Chiswell