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20000626: parcel path in snprof

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  • Subject: 20000626: parcel path in snprof
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 11:05:10 -0600
Bill,

snprof does not plot parcel trajectories. NSHARP does.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, William Gallus wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> I was just out at the Unidata workshop, and someone told me that the parcel
> path can be put on soundings in gempak (to see how snprof came up with its
> values of CAPE, LI, etc).  Looking at the unidata web page and doing a 
> search, I came across an email from last year that said it can't be done
> (outside of nsharp).    Who is correct?   Can I do it within snprof?
> 
> Bill
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