WarmFront#

class metpy.plots.WarmFront(color='red', **kwargs)[source]#

Draw a path as a warm front with (default red) scallops along the path.

Initialize the front path effect.

Parameters:

color (str or tuple[float]) – Color to use for the effect.
size (int or float) – The size of the markers to plot in points. Defaults to 10.
spacing (int or float) – The spacing between markers in normalized coordinates. Defaults to 1.
flip (bool) – Whether the symbol should be flipped to the other side of the path. Defaults to False.
filled (bool) – Whether the symbol should be filled with the color. Defaults to True.

Attributes Summary

Return the width of the symbol being plotted.

Methods Summary

`__init__`([color])	Initialize the front path effect.
`draw_path`(renderer, gc, path, affine[, rgbFace])	Draw the given path.

Attributes Documentation

Methods Documentation

__init__(color='red', **kwargs)[source]#

Initialize the front path effect.

Parameters:

color (str or tuple[float]) – Color to use for the effect.
size (int or float) – The size of the markers to plot in points. Defaults to 10.
spacing (int or float) – The spacing between markers in normalized coordinates. Defaults to 1.
flip (bool) – Whether the symbol should be flipped to the other side of the path. Defaults to False.
filled (bool) – Whether the symbol should be filled with the color. Defaults to True.

draw_path(renderer, gc, path, affine, rgbFace=None)[source]#: Draw the given path.

Examples using `metpy.plots.WarmFront`#