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19991216: plotting pwtr in snmap

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  • Subject: 19991216: plotting pwtr in snmap
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 10:41:57 -0700
Katy,

From the snparm description, PWTR will plot the precipitable water calculated
up to the level specified in LEVEL, eg LEVEL=300 would
be precipitable water up to 300 millibars. For precipitable
water to the top of the sounding, use LEVEL=TOP.

You may want to scale the values for readability (snparm=pwtr*100 for example).

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Kathryn Ginger wrote:

> Guys
> 
> You know how you can plot precipitable water on a sounding. How can I
> plot precipitable water of a column at upper air stations on a U.S. map?
> SNMAP does not let you specify a range of levels, just one level....I
> tried using LEVEL=ALL but no luck.
> 
> Katy
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