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Gilbert and Paul, I just received an email from the McIDAS developers at SSEC regarding the inability of WWDISP to plot thunderstorm and tornado watch boxes. I figured that I would pass it along to you so you can see that your inquiry has not been forgotten: Hello McIDAS Users, Some of you may have noticed that the WWDISP command is no longer plotting severe thunderstorm and tornado watch boxes. We researched the problem and found that the NWS products containing the watch box locations were moved to WWUS60 on 14 February 2006. The problem wasn't detected until recently because of the relatively small number of severe weather watches before mid-March. We are working on a fix for the problem, and will include it in an upcoming McIDAS-X Fastrack version. In the meantime, you can plot the severe thunderstorm and tornado watches by county (instead of boxes) by specifying PLOT=COUNTY with your WWDISP commands. Please note that plotting the watches by county may be preferable, as the Storm Prediction Center states that the actual watches are defined by the counties rather than the boxes (e.g., see the Note: below the graphic at http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0115_prob.html). Please accept our apologies for this problem. We do our best to watch for NWS announcements of changes that affect the McIDAS software. However, we missed this one because it was not broadcast in the normal locations for such changes.<br> Thank you, McIDAS User Services Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: HWD-204740 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: On Hold