> Hello, I have found a ftp site from the National Hurricane Center which > contains the latest tropical cyclone guidance models for active cyclones > in the Atlantic. I am currently tracking TD4 in the Atlantic and would > like to display the guidance models in the IDV which are offered by the > NHC. I have downloaded the file, aep992007.dat.tmp5 which I have > attached to this email for you to observe and in this file, the forecast > of all the NHC guidance models are utilized for TD4. The file is > initially downloaded as a .dat.gz file and is then unpacked and comes > out to be a .dat.tmp5 file. The .dat.tmp5 file is in ASCII text > format. Can I somehow display the aep992007.dat.tmp5 file graphically > in the IDV and see all the models in a graphical view? > The ftp site containing the files is listed below: > Hi Jacob, The IDV can read this in as point data. The only gotcha is that the current version cannot parse the lat/lon values (because of the "N" and "W"). Also, we only read in the forecast time (the "Warning Date-Time-Group") and we don't add the "TAU" offset time (see: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/atcf_web/docs/database/new/abrdeck.html That said, we have a fix in for the lat/lon reading which will be in tonights build. Attached is a bundle that has this data loaded up and includes a "Track" station model. This points to an example file on our web site. Try this out with tomorrows build. -Jeff Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: AGG-800618 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed
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