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For this exercise, you will use the metview icons in the folder ' hres_1x1.mv & TODO: check macros have not changed |
Task 1: Synoptic development (day 0-5)
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TODO: include data to day 8 (if possible). Then have task1 to look at day 0-4, and include another task which looks at tracking the systems to day 8 in the forecast & overlay the manual_track.csv file with the mv_track.mv icon. day 0 - 8 : track & synoptic development MSLP, Z500, T500. key plots. x-section CPS diagram (NCL script -- not on VM) Not sure how best to organise tasks as the animations will show all days? |
From 20th to 25th September, Nadine had lost hurricane intensity and was slowly moving over the North Atlantic. A short-wave trough separated into a cutoff and approached from the north. Nadine interacted with a cold front associated with the cutoff on 21st September.
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plot1=["z500.s","mslp"] |
Drag and drop the mv_track.mv icon onto the map to add the forecast track of Hurricane Nadine.
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TODO: add the manually created track file for the forecast track and copy mv_track.mv icon into the HRES folder. |
Temperature and mid-troposphere patterns
Next use the hres_2x2.mv macro to plot additional fields looking at different aspects of the forecasts. Right click and select 'Edit' and change the plot list to:
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This means the 'steps' value in the macros is only valid for the times: [2012-09-20 00:00], [2012-09-21 00:00], [2012-09-22 00:00], [2012-09-23 00:00], [2012-09-24 00:00], [2012-09-25 00:00]
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TODO: change this if we get more x-section data to day 8. |
To change the date/time of the plot, edit the macro and change the line:
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Choose from the following (note the cross-section macro hres_xs.mv uses slightly different names for the parameters).
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