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TCMG
TCMG is the ending valid time for the tropical disturbance, the colors for
the disturbance symbol, the arrows, and the storm danger area, and the
name of the center issuing the graphic.
End time|SY;AR;DA colors|center name
Tropical disturbances 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. LAST will use the system time and plot all
current tropical disturbances. ALL is not valid for TCMG.
The colors are separated by a semi-colon. If any color is set to 0,
the color will not be changed. If any color is missing, a default will be
used. Defaults are red for the tropical disturbance symbols, orange for
the track arrows, and magenta, yellow, green, purple, cyan, blue, coral,
pink, dark green and dark orange for the danger areas for tropical systems
1 through 10, respectively, in either the Atlantic or Pacific.
The name of the center is either TPC or CPHC. If anything other than
CPHC is specified, the center will default to TPC. TPC will plot Atlantic
tropical disturbances and Pacific tropical disturbances east of the
dateline. CPHC will only plot Pacific tropical disturbances east of the
dateline.
Recommended values of GAREA for use with TCMG are
GAREA = -4;-104;61;-2 for TPC Atlantic disturbances
GAREA = -4;-180;41;-80 for TPC Pacific disturbances
GAREA = -4;180;41;-140 for CPHC Pacific disturbances