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>From: Maureen Ballard <address@hidden> >Organization: UK Ag Weather Center >Keywords: 199903221515.IAA29170 >Steve, > >I am still trying to get sfgram to only plot our research meteograms at >the top of the hour rather than every ten minutes. I think the problem >may lie in the order of the file that we are importing into GEMPAK but I >want to check. > >Currently the file is set up something like this: > >ME2K2 990322/0840 33.6 70 6.6 306 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0850 34.3 67 3.5 351 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0900 35.2 65 4.7 314 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0910 36.1 62 2.5 23 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0920 36.5 59 0.0 90 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0930 37.0 58 3.5 275 985.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0940 37.9 58 3.9 328 986.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/0950 37.9 53 2.9 356 986.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/1000 38.6 54 4.3 326 986.3 0.00 >ME2K2 990322/1010 39.0 52 3.5 79 986.3 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1100 50.7 88 5.5 290 1013.6 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1110 53.0 75 4.3 261 1013.5 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1120 54.5 68 2.5 11 1013.4 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1130 56.3 56 2.9 308 1013.3 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1140 57.2 49 3.9 351 1013.4 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1150 57.7 44 10.2 346 1013.4 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1200 58.1 45 5.5 319 1013.4 0.00 >SFAK2 990321/1210 58.6 40 4.7 326 1013.2 0.00 > >where each station's data for the last 24 hours is grouped together. If >I somehow figured a way for the file to be organized with the same times >together, would I have more success in plotting every hour rather than >every 10 minutes? > >I do have DATTIM = 990321/0900 - 990322/0900 - 0100 >so that is why I am thinking it has something to do with the raw format >of our research data. > >If you could get back to me on this this week, I would really appreciate >it since I have accepted a position with the NWS which starts next >Monday. I'm busy this week trying to tie up loose ends. > >Thanks!!!! > >Maureen > >-- >======================================================================== > >Maureen Moore Ballard address@hidden >Staff Meteorologist ph: 606-257-3000ext244 >Ag. Weather Center fax: 606-257-5671 >243 Ag. Engineering Bldg >Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr. >University of Kentucky >Lexington, KY 40546-0276 >HOMEPAGE http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu > >You don't stop laughing because you grow old; >you grow old because you stop laughing. >========================================================================= > > > Maureen, could you provide me with one of your complete files, eg with 24 hours so I can have something to test on? You can use the unix sort commane and sort by field 2 (the dattim) field, but this shouldn't be needed. Steve CHiswell