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Radar Echo Summary

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:24 am
by Alan
How can I script the old "Radar Echo Summary" into maps? The download location is no longer listed in the data retrieval window, and I'm not even sure that Digital Atmosphere still supports it.

I would use the new radar selection, but I don't need high-resolution radar data for this particular map.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:25 am
by wxwatcher
Alan, are you still looking for the Radar Echo Summary Charts? That map is still available at NWS website. Here's a script to download using DigATMEquinox and auto print using Irfanview (great shareware program). You can't view it with DA but you can download it and print it.

set,5,c:\Weather\Surface
Download,http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/QAUA00. ... tRadar.tif
Spawn c:\IrfanView\i_view32 $$5\latestradar.tif /silent /rotate_l /resize_long=2100 /aspectratio /print,,1

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:14 am
by Alan
Yes, however, I remember this being part of DA. It was the 'old' radar method before individual radar sites were supported.

Thanks,

Alan

Echo summary

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 3:25 pm
by Ross
I use this script.
download,http://www.atmos.albany.edu/weather/dat ... C:\Program Files\DigitalAtmosphereWS\my_data\rcmRadar.dat
ingest,C:\Program Files\DigitalAtmosphereWS\my_data\rcmRadar.dat
product,rad,plot

If that is what you are looking for.

Ross

when trying this script igot an error>>>

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:06 pm
by alona
could not find digatmos.ccl in location RadarSetup

how to fix this please?
ty

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:09 pm
by Wally Mayo
Whoa ... wait a minute. Are you getting DAWS to plot RCM radar? I thought that dropped out after DA2000? I tried your script with no errors, but nothing plots.

rcm data

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:31 pm
by Ross
I use this site.
you do need to add a file from an older version of da I think it is DIGATMOS.CCL not sure though.
The download doesn't always give rcm data, I download hourly at at 50 minutes past the hour and that usually gets good rcm data.

download,http://meteora.ucsd.edu/weather/observa ... C:\Program Files\DigitalAtmosphereWS\my_data\rcmRadar.dat
ingest,C:\Program Files\DigitalAtmosphereWS\my_data\rcmRadar.dat
product,rad,plot

Ross

Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:17 pm
by wxenthus
So how can we fix this? I am also wanting radar data for the US (like Wally is doing), but I'm receiving the same error. Is there another way, or is there a way to download the missing variable to make it work?
Thanks - Mike