[GEMPAK #IVY-490026]: Point data from wind grid

["Unidata GEMPAK Support" <support-gempak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark-

> Full Name: Mark Hughes
> Email Address: mhughes@xxxxxxxx
> Organization: Global Weather Dynamics, Inc
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> Description of problem: Hi,
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> I would like to extract point data from a model which contains the GRIB wind data.
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> I see GDPOINT will work for scalar models, but how can I get wind data at a specific lat/lon?

You could run it twice - once with gfunc=uwnd and once with gfunc=vwnd.
Or you could use drct (direction) and mag(wnd) for the wind speed.

Otherwise, gdpoint and gdlist only support scalar data.

Don Murray


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: IVY-490026
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open