SNHODO draws a hodograph of upper air data.
INPUT PARAMETERS
SNFILE *Sounding data file
AREA *Data area
LINE *Line color/type/width/label
MARKER *Marker color/type/size/width/hw
BORDER *Background color/dash/width
TITLE *Title color/line/title
XAXIS *Xstrt/xstop/xinc/lbl;gln;tck
YAXIS *Ystrt/ystop/yinc/lbl;gln;tck
LEVELS *Vertical levels
VCOORD *Vertical coordinate type
DATTIM *Date/time
CLEAR *Clear screen flag
DEVICE *Graphics device
PANEL *Panel location/color/dash/width
TEXT *Text size/font/width/hw flag
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
SNHODO draws a hodograph which represents the vertical
distribution of the horizontal wind at a station. The winds
are plotted in meters/sec.
The line color, line type, and width are specified in LINE.
The marker color, type, and size are specified in MARKER.
The levels at which the line will be labelled are specified
in LEVELS; VCOORD specifies the vertical coordinate for
LEVELS.
The x and y axis limits are specified in XAXIS and YAXIS. If
these values are blank, the axes will be scaled to the actual
data.
EXAMPLES
1. Plot hodographs for stations in Texas at 1200 UTC of
the last day in the data set. Label the hodograph every
50 mb from 1000 to 50 mb. Draw a solid line in color 3
with a width of 5. Plot markers in color 2; draw the
background in color 1 and the title in color 4.
SNFILE = sndata.snd
AREA = @tx
LINE = 3//5
MARKER = 2
BORDER = 1
TITLE = 4
XAXIS =
YAXIS =
LEVELS = 1000-50-50
VCOORD = PRES
DATTIM = /12
CLEAR = yes
DEVICE = xw
PANEL = 0
TEXT = 1
2. Now plot the Denver hodograph for 1800 UTC on May 25 with
labels every 2000 meters. Draw x and y axes from -50 to
50 meters/sec.
AREA = @den
LEVELS = 1000-24000-2000
VCOORD = hght
DATTIM = 0525/18
XAXIS = -50/50/10
YAXIS = -50/50/10
ERROR MESSAGES
[SNHODO -1] Fatal error initializing TAE.
[SNHODO -2] Fatal error reading TAE parameters.
[SNHODO -3] Fatal error initializing GEMPLT.
[SNHODO -4] The input for XAXIS is invalid.
[SNHODO -5] The input for YAXIS is invalid.
[SNHODO -6] Winds cannot be computed.
[SNHODO -7] The vertical coordinate ... cannot be computed.
[SNHODO -8] The range along the x or y axis is invalid.
[SNHODO -9] No winds can be plotted.
[SNHODO -10] No valid stations were found.