10.3.5 GUI - Plotting and Looping Grids
In this exercise, you will display a single grid, and then a loop of grids.
Displaying Grid Data over an Image
- Display the most recent ECMWF 700 mb relative humidity grid available
on the current Meteosat image.
- Select: Display/Grid
- Select: Dataset/RTGRIDS/ECM-GLME
- Select: Parameter/RH
- Select: Level/700 MB
- Select: Date/most recent
- Click: the 00 hour forecast (first in the list)
- Click: Load Grid(s)
- Overlay the streamlines in a different color.
- Select: Parameter/STREAML
- Select: Level/700 MB
- Select: Date/most recent
- Click: the Options tab
- Select: Contour Color/the color of your choice
- Click: Load and Dismiss
Displaying and Looping Grid Data on a map
- Erase the images and graphics on frames 1-6.
- Click: Erase Image

- Click: Erase Graphics

- Click: Advance Frame

- Repeat process until all frames have been erased.
- Select the 24 hour MSL pressure forecast from the March 13, 1993 00:00 UTC
NGM model run (valid 14 MAR 00:00 UTC) to be displayed on frame 5.
- Select: Display/Grid
- Select: Select Frame/ALL FRAMES/5
- Select: Dataset/BLIZZARD/GRIDS
- Select: Source/NGM
- Select: Parameter/P
- Select: Date/13 Mar 1993
- Click: the 24 hour forecast (second in the list)
- Display the grid over the United States.
- Click: the Options tab
- Select: Map Boundaries/USA
- Click: Load Grid(s)
- Display the same grid, but this time as part of a loop in frames 1-3.
- Click: the Data tab
- Select: Select Frame/Satellites/1
- Select: the first three grids in the list by clicking the first
grid and dragging your mouse down over the next two grids listed
- Click: Load and Dismiss
- Loop the grids to see the movement of the Low Pressure System.
- Click: Play

- When done viewing the grids, stop the loop.
- Click: Stop

- Erase the images and graphics on frames 1-6.
- Select: Show Frame/ALL FRAMES/1
- Click: Erase Graphics

- Click: Advance Frame

- Repeat process until all frames have been erased.