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> Institution: North Carolina State University > Package Version: a > Operating System: Linux > Hardware Information: a > Inquiry: Hello: > > I am having trouble plotting total precipation for a storm. I have been > using gplot to plot the 3hr precips and can total it for a day. However, how > do I call several different days total precips and total the precip for a > whole storm? > > thanks. > > > Bryce, Can you describe your data set? If you have4 gridded data, then you can open multiple files using the GDFILE=file1+file2+file3 and the sum your values, but you only said "gplot" which isn't a GEMPAK program- so can only gues sthat you have grids of some sort. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BPD-668093 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: Normal Status: Closed