Tony, To make a 500 mb geopotential height plot see http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/UserGuide/IDV_Tutorial.html#grids This tells how to make a contour plot of a 3d temperature grid at 500mb. You can do the same thing for the 3d geopotential height parameter. You can set contours using the contour control http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/UserGuide/IDV_contourcontrols.html To make station plots see http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/UserGuide/IDV_Tutorial.html#sao and http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/IDV/docs/UserGuide/IDV_stationmodeleditor.html Let me know if this answers your questions. Stu > >To: address@hidden > >From: address@hidden > >Subject: IDV feedback > >Organization: Metro State College of Denver > >Keywords: 200310071342.h97DgXk1029810 IDV > > I don't see a way to make a Constant Pressure Chart, (e.g., 500 > mb) complete with current station models and selected contours? > > ____________________________________________________ > > Anthony A. Rockwood > Metropolitan State College of Denver > Meteorology Program > **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program 303 497 8643 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW Service http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/support ****************************************************************************