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Re: Plotting hail sizes



Kevin,

Station tables must use spaces and column location is important.
You must follow the format of the current tabels to match the read
statements 
within the GEMPAK code. Don't use tabs.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 13:12 -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> 
> I am trying what you suggested to plot hail sizes --that is by creating
> a snstns.tbl type of file and adding the hail size in column 10.
> Well..it seems to work except for one thing. When I plot the hail sizes
> out it appears I also get column 9 to plot as well.....even though I am
> using this notation -- stnplt = 3/1/2/1/hw||hailstns.us#10
> 
> For example I am plotting the hail size forecast out for Del Rio TX for
> today. The max hail size output is 2.83.  When I plot it I get 0 2.83  
> I verified that it was column 9 by changing the number in column 9 from
> 0 to 7 and re-plotted using gpmap. This time the output was 7 2.83
> 
> I don't understand why it is doing this unless it is because there need
> to be a certain number of spaces between the columns or tabs between the
> columns. Would that be a reason why column 9 is also showing up? Do you
> have any other suggestions.  Thanks!
> 
> 
> Kevin
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Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>
Unidata