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Programs | Parameters
OSCT
OSCT is the ending valid time for the OScat wind data, the speed
intervals and colors, the wind barb size and width and plotting flags.
Skip is a value that indicates how many rows and data points to skip
when plotting. The flags include Rain, Rain Colors, and Rain Circles.
Data type | End time | Speed intervals | colors1 | colors2 |
Arrow/Barb shaft size;Arrow/Barb width;Arrow head size;
Type of wind vector | Skip | Time stamp interval | Time stamp color |
Line Width | Rain | Rain Colors | Rain Circles
The data type is a selection to plot OSCT or OSCT_HI, or ambiguities
OAMBG1_HI, OAMBG2_HI, OAMBG3_HI, or OAMBG4_HI.
The end time is the latest time for which OScat data will be plotted.
The end time is given as a GEMPAK date/time string. Any missing items
from the string will be filled in by the system time. The end time
may also be LAST. LAST will use the system time and plot all OScat
data for the preceding 4 hours. ALL is not accepted as an end time for
OScat data.
The speed intervals and colors may each be specified using a list
separated by semicolons. Speed intervals are given in knots. If any
color is missing, a default will be used. If no interval and color
are given, a single speed interval of 200 knots will be used. This
means that any wind speed less than 200 knots will be plotted. The
default color for the single speed is green. If the rain flag in the
OScat data for a particular wind is true, and the Rain Flag in GPMAP
is set to Y, and the Use 2nd color for Rain in GPMAP is set to Y,
the wind barb is plotted in the second color for that wind. If the
rain flag for a particular wind is false, or the Rain Flag is not set
to Y or the Use 2nd color for Rain is not set to Y,then the first
color is used.
The wind arrow/barb attributes are the shaft size of the arrow or barb,
width of the arrow or barb, size of the arrow head, and the type of wind
vector separated by a semicolon. The default shaft size is 0.2, the
default width is 1, the default arrow head size is .4 , and the default
type of wind vector is 5 for wind barb. The other values for type of wind
vector is 1 or 3 for directional arrow and 4 for regular arrow. If no
value is given for the type of wind vector, then if the arrow head size is
greater than 0, directional arrows will be plotted, otherwise wind barbs
will be plotted.
The Skip value is an integer used for skipping rows and columns of data
when plotting the winds.
The time stamp interval is the time interval in minutes. Line width is
the width of the time stamp. The default value is 30 time stamp interval
and 1 for line width.
The Rain Flag corresponds to the rain flag in the OScat data. The Rain
Flag allows the user to display rained winds. The default for this flag
is NO. If the Rain Flag is set to Y, rained winds will be plotted,
otherwise they will not be plotted.
The Rain Circles flag indicates whether circles should be plotted along
with the wind barbs/arrows for rain flagged winds.