Hello GEMBUD users,
Has anyone ran into the problem of getting county or zone filled flash flood
watches. I've searched through the support requests and mailing lists with
no luck.
Using GPMAP, I've been able to outline the flood watch zone OR place a
marker in the center of each flood watch zone using the FFA variable.
However, there doesn't appear to be an ability for GPMAP to color fill the
flood watch zone similar to how (WOU/WCN) can color fill severe thunderstorm
/ tornado watch zones.
GPMAP commands to generate outline of flood watch zones (FFA), and color
filled severe thunderstorm/tornado watch zones are below:
MAP=9
MSCALE=0
GAREA=14;-120;47;-40
PROJ=str/90;-95;0
PANEL=0
TITLE=0
CLEAR=YES
DEVICE=gif | watches.gif
WOU=last|6;8|NO|NO|NO|NO|NO|NO|YES/6;8|YES
FFA=last|4;4|NO|NO|NO|YES
A copy of "coltbl.xwp" is located in the working directory (in order to edit
the colors).
Using GPWARN, I've been able to color fill the severe thunderstorm, tornado,
and flood warnings using the following commands:
MAP=9
GAREA=14;-120;47;-40
PROJ=str/90;-95;0
PANEL=0
TITLE=0
CLEAR=YES
DEVICE=gif | warnings.gif
WWFIL=floodwarn;tstormwarn;tornadowarn
WWS=current
WWATT=0/-1400
OUTPUT=t
A copy of "gwarn.config" is located in the working directory (in order to
edit the colors).
The GPWARN documentation says the following products can be plotted in the
"WWFIL" parameter
PIL
Tornado Warnings TOR
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings SVR
Flood Watches FLA|FFA
Flood Warnings FLW|FFW
Winter Weather Bulletins WSW
Non-precipitation Bulletins NPW
Special Weather Statements SPS
I'm not sure what name (i.e. floodwarn) or flood watch file should be put
into WWFIL.
The names found in $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl are below:
! Text files for warnings (convenience access)
TORNADOWARN $TEXT_WARN/TOR YYYYMMDDHH.TOR
CAT_NIL SCAT_NIL 72 4320 60 OFF/0/0
TSTORMWARN $TEXT_WARN/SVR YYYYMMDDHH.SVR
CAT_NIL SCAT_NIL 72 4320 60 OFF/0/0
NONPCPWARN $TEXT_WARN/NPW YYYYMMDDHH.NPW
CAT_NIL SCAT_NIL 72 4320 60 OFF/0/0
WINTERWARN $TEXT_WARN/WSW YYYYMMDDHH.WSW
CAT_NIL SCAT_NIL 72 4320 60 OFF/0/0
FLOODWARN $TEXT_WARN/flood YYYYMMDDHH.flood
CAT_NIL SCAT_NIL 72 4320 60 OFF/0/0
Several input parameter links on
(http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/gempak/manual/programs_index?gpwarn)
are broken which might give the answer I'm looking for.
[WWFIL, WWS, WWATT]
Does anyone know whether it's possible to plot county or zone filled flash
flood watches?
Thanks for your help,
Evan
