CAPE and Shear Scripts?

[svrwx0503]

Does anyone have any good scripts which plot current CAPE and wind shear values?

Thanks

[tornadoforecaster]

I could use those scripts too, but I think at this time, the scripting in DAWS does not allow us to write scripts for these parameters just yet. I hope someone or Tim will allow us to do this soon.

Unless we have some genious out there who could dream us up some scripts!

Randy

[wxforecaster]

It is 10x's easier once scripting can do GRIB files. Considering GRIB files has everything in them already.

[tornadoforecaster]

Yeah, and then being able to work with GRIB datasets in the first place. Ideally, I'd like to see Tim build a module within DAWS which would compute all these parameters, and we could do contours and plots. With GRIB datasets, all the data is presorted and classified for use, I believe.

Randy

[Weasel]

Matt,

You can call up individual balloon sites using data/sounding in DA WS to get the various CAPE numbers.

I know it is the SCREWY diagram:), and not contours, but it is better than nothing..I suppose.

Perhaps we can get texsky/Bob to look into this for us...he seems to be the scripting expert for DA WS. At least he has come out with some great ones in the past.

Pat

[tornadoforecaster]

I've contacted Bob offlist about some of these parameters, and I have not heard back from him. I hope he responds soon!

RG

[wxforecaster]

You can do it with the 00Z and 12Z Launches Pretty easy! I am just waiting for the GRIB support to be fuctional with scripting and then i will give you that! But we need TIM to write GRIB with scripting before we can do anything like that! I dont like old data therefore i will not write something for just 00z and 12z!

[Weasel]

Only use it at 01Z and 13Z then:)