Plot multiple datasets on one map (time matching) + add maps/configure¶
Surface → 60 min RAWS Plot (menu bar)¶
Increase Magnification - Mag: 1.5 (dropdown in toolbar)
Use arrow keys or buttons to go forward/back in time
Notice the frame count
Time valid for +/-30 min at top of the hour
Satellite → GOES East CONUS → 0.64 um Red Visible Band (menu bar)¶
Notice the bottom right Creating Image Tiles - loading
Use arrow keys to go back in time - notice satellite updating only every 60 min
GOES updates every 5 minutes - time matching is important!
Resource Stack (bottom right - right click in map to cycle through)¶
Product View¶
Right click and hold on the GOES 19 product - select Time Match Basis from the pop-up menu - should move to GOES-19 product
Use arrow keys and notice satellite updates every 5 minutes
Simple View¶
Current date/time that product is valid for
Map View¶
Map name
Load Maps¶
Maps → CWA’s (menu bar)¶
Right click and hold on County Warning Area - select Change color → Yellow (Resource Stack - map view)
Right click and hold on County Warning Area - select Line width → 2 pixels (Resource Stack - map view)
Maps → Interstates (menu bar)¶
Toggle on/off - Left Click on Interstates (Resource Stack - map view)
Unload Product - Right click and hold on “Interstates” - select “Unload” (Resource Stack - map view)
multi-dataset exploration + interface to parallel sampling + saving procedure¶
New Map: File → New Map (Menu bar)
Unload CWA: Clear (Toolbar)
Load 4 panel products¶
Right click and hold, select Change Panel Layout → 4 Panel Layout
Zoom in/out (mouse scroll) - applies to all panels
Load to top left panel¶
Right click and hold in top left map panel - select Load to this panel
Load Model Data: Models → HRRR → Sfc Temperature and Wind
Load to top right panel¶
Right click and hold in top left map panel - select Load to this panel
Load Model Data: Models → GFS20 → Sfc Temperature and Wind
Load to bottom right panel¶
Right click and hold in top left map panel - select Load to this panel
Load Model Data: Models → NAM12 → Sfc Temperature and Wind
Load to bottom left panel¶
Right click and hold in top left map panel - select Load to this panel
Load Model Data: Models → RAP13 → Sfc Temperature and Wind
Resource Stack¶
[Model] [Product] [Current day of month] [Model Run Hour] [Forecast Hour] [Valid Forecast Time]
[HRRR] [Sfc Temperature Img (F)] [15] [22] [17HR] [Fri 15:00Z 16-Jan-26]
Turn on Sampling: Right click and hold in any of the map panels - select Sampling
Rename Tab: Right click and hold on tab - select Rename Tab -
Name tab Sfc Model 4 Panel - click OK (GUI)
Save procedure: File → Procedures → New Procedure (menu bar)
Copy In (GUI)
Save: as tiffanys_procedures - OK - close (GUI)
Clear (toolbar)
Open procedure: File → Procedures → Open Procedure (menu bar)
Open tiffanys_procedures - OK (GUI)
Select Sfc Model 4 Panel - Load (GUI)
Default 4 panel radar data + cycling through panels¶
Koax → All Tilts Base Data (data menu)
Change number of frames: `Frames - 30 (toolbar)
Up and Down arrow keys - cycle through tilts (keeps the same time/scan)
Front and Back arrow keys - cycle through time (keeps the same tilt angle)
Use Period Key on NumPad to toggle between products
To blow up a single panel, but keep all data accessible - click the Del key - keep pressing it will rotate through all 8 products
Press ”delete” key - zooms into top left panel
Continue to press ”delete” key - cycles through each of the 8 products in zoomed in mode
Press “end” key to get back to 4 panel layout
Screen real estate + CAVE calculations and derivations¶
Show side panes: View → 5 Pane Layout (menu bar)
Swap panes from main to side: Right click in side pane
Load Split Snow: Satellite → GOES -East CONUS → Channel Differences → Split Snow (1.61 - 0.64um)
CAVE is doing this calculation
Change scales: “CONUS” → “GOES East Full Disk” (toolbar)
Show and edit soundings¶
Upper Air → US Central → Oklahoma City (KOUN) (menu bar)
Drag “NSHARP bar to bottom”
Zoom, toggle through times
Select EditGraph button
Adjust points in sounding by dragging them - see how calculations are updated
Reset button to go back to default sounding
Find data not in menus¶
Look at other model data: Models → Volume Browser (menu bar)
Sources: Volume → GFS20 (products with a green box are available data)
Fields: Stability → Lapse Rates
Planes: Pres → 1000MB-700MB
Load (loads as a contour)
Change to an image: Right click and hold on GFS Product in resource stack → Load as image
Product Browser: CAVE → Data Browsers → Product Browser (menu bar)
Grid and Satellite data - similar hierarchy as to how to query in python