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[IDV #CYU-148626]: Storm Track Date

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  • Subject: [IDV #CYU-148626]: Storm Track Date
  • Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:44:20 -0600
> Attached is the extended ATCF best track.
> 
> Stefan
> 

Hi Stefan,
     When I loaded the data, I can see the MDT time zone is selected. There is 
some "smart" in the IDV, ;) I will check the source code tomorrow to see why it 
doesn't follow the preference setting.



Yuan
> Stefan Cecelski
> Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant
> AOSC Department: University of Maryland College Park
> 2343 Computer and Space Sciences Building(CSS #224)
> 703.801.1370
> address@hidden
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 14, 2011, at 2:10 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> >> Full Name: Stefan Cecelski
> >> Email Address: address@hidden
> >> Organization: University of Maryland
> >> Package Version: 3.0u1 build date:2011-09-12 07:07 UTC
> >> Operating System: Mac OS X
> >> Hardware: Java: home: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
> >> 1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: 1.6.0_26 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4)
> >> Description of problem: Hello All,
> >>
> >> I have a question about plotting ATCF tropical storm tracks.
> >> The .dat file I have for Hurricane Julia(2010) has poistion times
> >> that are in GMT time zone. When I try to plot these times on a map
> >> using rhour(or Foreast Date), the date comes up in EDT instead of
> >> GMT. Why is this? I cannot find any way to change it, and it seems
> >> some conversion is done even though I have my default time settings
> >> to GMT under IDV preferences and the file is also in GMT. Thanks in
> >> advance.
> >>
> >> V/R,
> >>
> >> Stefan
> >>
> >>
> > Greetings Stefan!
> >
> > Would it be possible to get a copy of the data?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: CYU-148626
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: CYU-148626
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open