19990413: radar data/maps

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Tom,

Gempak and McIDAS can view the hourly composite MDR radar plot
in te Unidata/Wisconsin data stream. They are in the AREA020x files.
All you need to do is create a color table entry for the 6 vip levels-
I can help you get that set up. The MDR is 40km resolution.
Neither Gempak or McIDAS have the capability for using the 12km RCM messages 
in the NOAAport data stream at this time.

The WSI NIDS images are 1km for a single site, and a 2km nowrad 
composite is also available (the pricing info for those services
is on our WWW page).

Steve CHiswell
Unidata User SUpport



>From: Tom Priddy <tpriddy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199904132031.OAA20334

>From:  Tom Priddy
>
>I've just recently lost my gempak person (Maureen Moore Ballard) to
>the Jackson NWS weather office.  I've signed up for the training this
>summer.  Maureen was not able to bring up the composite radar
>using gempak. I not paying any company for NIDS...but I see that we are
>getting radar files of data in every hour.  Is there a decoder available
>that
>would let me create hourly maps?  Or...do I need to subscribe to a
>service
>to first get NIDS data from one of the companies available?
>/ktp
>
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>Tom Priddy                                tpriddy@xxxxxxxxxx
>Extension Ag. Meteorologist          ph:  606-257-3000ext245
>Ag. Weather Center                  fax:  606-257-5671
>243 Ag. Engineering Bldg
>Dept. of Biosystems and Ag. Engr.
>University of Kentucky
>Lexington, KY 40546-0276
>HOMEPAGE   http://wwwagwx.ca.uky.edu
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