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NCON
NCON is the ending valid time for the non-convective sigmet, the colors
for the icing, turbulence, duststorm and sandstorm, and volcanic ash,
and flags for plotting symbols, the end time, the message id, and the
flight levels on the map.
End time|IC;TB;DU;VA clrs|Symbol flg|Time flg|Id flg|Flight lvl flg|
Id1 flg|Id2 flg| ... ... |Id10 flg|
Non-convective sigmets that are valid at the ending time will be plotted
on the map. The ending time is given as a GEMPAK date/time string. Any
missing items from the string will be filled in by the system time. The
ending time may also be LAST or ALL. LAST will use the system time and
plot all current non-convective sigmets. ALL will plot all the non-
convective sigmets in the data files for the last ten days, whether they
are active, cancelled, updated or expired.
The colors are separated by a semi-colon. If any color is set to 0,
that type of symbol will not be plotted. If any color is missing, a
default will be used. Defaults are green for icing, light blue for
turbulence, gold for duststorm and sandstorm and orange for volcanic ash.
The symbol flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot a symbol
for the non-convective sigmet on the map. The default is NO.
The time flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the end
time of the non-convective sigmet on the map. The default is NO.
The message id flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the
message identification and sequence number on the map. The default is NO.
The flight level flag is YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the
flight level(s) in hundreds of feet on the map. The default is NO.
The Id1~10 flags are YES or NO and controls whether or not to plot the NCON
data in corresponding names. The defaults are YES.
The Id names are:
1 NOVEMBER
2 OSCAR
3 PAPA
4 QUEBEC
5 ROMEO
6 UNIFORM
7 VICTOR
8 WHISKEY
9 XRAY
10 YANKEE