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Additional Exercises

Hodograph

SNHODO draws a hodograph which represents the vertical distribution of the horizontal wind at a station. The winds are plotted in meters/sec.

Plot the MHX (Newport, North Carolina) hodograph using height coordinates. Label every 2000 meters from 1000 meters to 24000 meters.

GEMPAK-SNHODO>
SNFILE   = uair
AREA     = @mhx
LINE     = 1//3
MARKER   = 1
BORDER   = 1
TITLE    = 1
XAXIS    =  
YAXIS    =  
LEVELS   = 1000-24000-2000
VCOORD   = hght
DATTIM   = 1200
CLEAR    = y
DEVICE   = xw
PANEL    = 0
TEXT     = 1/2/1/hw
GEMPAK-SNHODO>r

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