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On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:42, Robert Mullenax wrote: > I know I can use gpmap to plot WPAC storm tracks (for example there is > currently storm 03W which is decoded into 2004_03w.gem. Is it possible > to configure NMAP2 to be able to display these? > > > Thanks, > Robert Mullenax Robert, Note that the dchrcn decoder does not currently decode the bulletins from guam, so the available options are the dctrop decoder. The wpac bulletins that dctrop is decoding into ship format surface files can be configured for plotting in nmap2, but the separate file naming for each storm currently of YYYY_storm.gem doesn't work as well with the time selection widget. It would be better to use a daily file for each of the basins (atlantic, wpac, epac and cpac). I will outline the process of adding a surface data set to nmap2 below which can be generalized for other surface data which you might want to add to the GUI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The process of adding a surface file data set to nmap2 for plotting consists of the following 2 (or optionally 3) steps. 1) adding an entry for the data set into datatype.tbl, eg: WPAC $GEMDATA/storm/tropic YYYYMMDD_wpac.gem CAT_SFC SCAT_SFC 10 2880 -1 The pqact action that corresponds to this file naming would be: DDPLUS ^WTPN3 PIPE -close decoders/dctrop -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables -d data/gempak/logs/dctrop.log data/gempak/storm/tropic/YYYYMMDD_wpac.gem 2) Add a parameter entries for your plots to $GEMTBL/config/prmlst.tbl, such as: ^LOC | WPAC SFPARM = FCHR=0;MARK:15:8:1 COLORS=0;(1-7-1/0;4;3;2;5;7;6;8/SCAT/U) FILTER=0 TEXT=1/21/HW ! ! ^TRAK | WPAC SFPARM = mark:1:2:2;scat;;sknt;;;fchr COLORS=(1-7-1/0;4;3;2;5;7;6;8/SCAT/U);31;31;31 FILTER=0 TEXT=1/21/HW In the above, the LOC entry will plot the 0 hour forecast positions, the TRAK entry will plot the forecast track. Both color coded to category SCAT). 3) Optional, create a wpac_parms.tbl in $GEMTBL/nmap to define what parameters will be available for selection in the station model configuration, like: ! ! WPAC_PARMS.TBL ! ! This table contains the available parameters used in the ! station model editing panel in NMAP for the WPAC data type. ! ! pos_zero_flag: 1 = plot at position 0 only ! 0 = plot at any position ! ! Log: ! S. Chiswell/Unidata 10/03 Created ! ! parameter pos_zero_flag ! fchr 0 scat 0 Sknt 0 After restarting NMAP2, the WPAC dataset will appear under the SURF_OBS data category. Also, I noted that the Guam bulletins now have a few extra lines preceeding the warning position, so I have updated the dctrop decoder for 5.7.1. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support