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20010510: RADAR Summary from REDBOOK

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  • Subject: 20010510: RADAR Summary from REDBOOK
  • Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 10:08:48 -0600
Robert,

The locations of the titles are in the data. You could use the product
generator in NMAP2 to edit the vgf file- eg move a label, if you wanted
to make something for a "publication". Otherwise, there is no way to change
the location of the coordinates in the data.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport



>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200105101319.f4ADJ0p12138

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>With DIFAX gone and the NWS ftp server really busy, I started decoding
>the REDBOOK graphics as vgf files and wrote a gpmap scripts to produce
>a radar summary with the same map as the old radar summary.  The problem
>
>I have is that the legend at the lower left is messed up.   Contour
>Intensities
>overwrite the word Legend.  I thought I had done something wrong, but I
>noticed
>your charts look the same.  Is there any way around that, or does that
>have
>to be fixed at NCEP.   I figured this question would apply to your sites
>
>as well as NSBF..eventually.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Robert
>
>--
>Robert Mullenax
>Weather Systems Administrator
>Universal Weather and Aviation
>8787 Tallyho
>Houston, TX 77061
>Phone: 713-944-1622 ext 2223
>FAX: 713-943-4645
>Email: address@hidden
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>With DIFAX gone and the NWS&nbsp;ftp server really busy, I started decoding
><br>the REDBOOK&nbsp;graphics as vgf files and wrote a gpmap scripts to
>produce
><br>a radar summary with the same map as the old radar summary.&nbsp; The
>problem
><br>I have is that the legend at the lower left is messed up.&nbsp;&nbsp;
>Contour Intensities
><br>overwrite the word Legend.&nbsp; I thought I had done something wrong,
>but I noticed
><br>your charts look the same.&nbsp; Is there any way around that, or does
>that have
><br>to be fixed at NCEP.&nbsp;&nbsp; I figured this question would apply
>to your sites
><br>as well as NSBF..eventually.
><br>&nbsp;
><p>Thanks,
><br>Robert
><pre>--&nbsp;
>Robert Mullenax
>Weather Systems Administrator
>Universal Weather and Aviation
>8787 Tallyho
>Houston, TX 77061
>Phone: 713-944-1622 ext 2223
>FAX: 713-943-4645
>Email: address@hidden</pre>
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