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[GEMPAK #MRJ-780269]: SPC Convective Outlooks

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #MRJ-780269]: SPC Convective Outlooks
  • Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:05:18 -0600
Hello Allan,

If you FILE the product from the HDS feed (rather than PIPE it to dcredbook), 
you can use GPMAP to plot it using the AWPSFL parameter:

An example, the latest day 1 outlook, filename day1_052002.wmo, using GPMAP


MAP      = 1
 MSCALE   = 0
 GAREA    = US
 PROJ     = STR/90;-100;0
 SATFIL   =  
 RADFIL   =  
 IMCBAR   =  
 LATLON   =  
 PANEL    = 0
 TITLE    = 1
 TEXT     = 1
 CLEAR    = YES
 DEVICE   = gif|convol.gif|1024;768
 LUTFIL   =  
 STNPLT   =  
 VGFILE   =  
 AFOSFL   =  
 AWPSFL   = day1_052002.wmo
 LINE     = 3//3

output gif is here:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/mjames/gempak/wx/convol.gif

Notice that we are unable to plot low and slight risk boundaries differently 
with this method.  This is a limitation of the file we are using.

Michael James
Unidata 




> Full Name: Allan Huffman
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: Private
> Package Version: 6.8.0
> Operating System: Fedora 17
> Hardware:
> Description of problem: Hello,
> 
> Thanks for the earlier response on the CFS files by the way.
> 
> One question I had. I have never been able to figure out how to plot
> graphically the SPC convective outlooks using gempak. I would like to do
> it in an automated fashion so using gpmap or whatever plotting program
> would do this. Is there a quick tutorial online somewhere for this, or
> any info you could pass along to point me in the right direction. Thanks!
> 
> Allan Huffman
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MRJ-780269
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Emergency
Status: Open