Wmap_params(3NCARG)

✨ NAME ✨

Wmap_params — this is the page for Wmap_params(3NCARG) from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual. It gives you the full rundown of all the internal parameters of Wmap, fr fr. 💖

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay bestie, here's the whole vibe: every internal parameter that changes how Wmap behaves is listed below. Each one has its name, its Fortran type, its default value, and a short lil description. Don't skip any — they all matter. ✨

• ALO — Integer — default 0 — A flag that says whether a weather front is at the surface or aloft. ALO=0 means surface; ALO=1 means aloft. 🫶
• AOC — Integer — default -1 — Color index for the outlines of arrows. (Outlines only get drawn if AOC is non-negative.) 👀
• ARC — Real — default 0. — Length of the current weather front line. (Retrieval only, bestie.) 🔍
• ARD — Real — default 0. — Direction of arrows, in degrees. 🧭
• ARL — Real — default 1. — Scale factor for the length of an arrow's tail, independent of the arrow's size. 💅
• ARS — Real — default 0.035 — Size of arrows, as a fraction of the maximum screen height. 🏹
• ASC — Integer — default -1 — Color index for the shadows of arrows. (Shadows are drawn only if ASC is non-negative.) 🌑
• AWC — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the interior of arrows. 🎨
• BEG — Real — default 0.015 — Space, in world coordinates, to leave along a front line before the first symbol is drawn. 🚧
• BET — Real — default 0.045 — Space, in world coordinates, to leave along a front line before the first symbol is drawn. 🚧
• CBC — Integer — default 1 — Color index used for backgrounds of city and daily high/low labels. 🏙️
• CC1 — Integer — default 2 — Color index for the interior of a cloud symbol. ☁️
• CC2 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the outline of the cloud symbol. 🌥️
• CC3 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the shadow of the cloud symbol. 🌫️
• CFC — Integer — default 1 — Color index to use for cold front symbols. 🥶
• CHT — Real — default 0.0105 — Height of characters, as a fraction of the maximum screen width, for city labels and daily high/low temperatures. 📏
• CMG — Real — default 0.002 — Size, as a fraction of the maximum screen height, of the margins used for city labels. 📐
• COL — Integer — default 1 — Color index to use for all objects that need only a single color setting. 🎨
• CS1 — Real — default N/A — Slope of the left edge of a front line, calculated internally, measured in degrees from the X-axis. (Used when SLF=0,2, or 3.) This parameter is for retrieval only. 🔎
• CS2 — Real — default N/A — Slope of the right edge of a front line, calculated internally, measured in degrees from the X-axis. (Used when SLF=0,1, or 3.) This parameter is for retrieval only. 🔎
• DBC — Integer — default 0 — Color index to use for the background shadow for the dots marking city locations. 📍
• DTC — Integer — default 1 — Color index to use for the dots marking city locations. 📍
• DTS — Real — default 0.006 — Size, as a fraction of the maximum screen height, of the dots used to mark cities. ⚫
• DWD — Real — default 2.0 — Line widths for front lines that don't have symbols along them (like tropical fronts and convergence lines). 〰️
• END — Real — default 0.015 — Space, in world coordinates, to leave along a front line after the last symbol has been drawn. 🛑
• FRO — Character — default 'WARM' — Front type. One of WARM, COLD, OCCLUDED, STATIONARY, SQUALL, TROPICAL, or CONVERGENCE. 🌦️
• HIB — Integer — default 0 — Background color index for the "H" drawn for high pressure symbols. 🅷
• HIC — Integer — default 1 — Color index of the circumscribed circle for the "H" drawn for high pressure symbols. ⭕
• HIF — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the "H" drawn for high pressure symbols. 🅷
• HIS — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the shadow of the high pressure symbols. 🌑
• LC1 — Integer — default 2 — Color index for the interior of the lightening bolt symbol. ⚡
• LC2 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the outline of the lightening bolt symbol. ⚡
• LC3 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the shadow of the lightening bolt symbol. ⚡
• LIN — Real — default 8. — Line widths, as a fraction of the maximum screen width, for fronts having symbols along them. 📏
• LOB — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the background of the "L" drawn for low pressure symbols. 🅻
• LOF — Integer — default 0 — Color index for the "L" drawn for low pressure symbols. 🅻
• LOS — Integer — default 0 — Color index for the shadow of the low pressure symbols. 🌑
• LWD — Real — default 0.00275 — Line width used when parameter WTY=1 (see below). 📏
• MXS — Integer — default 300 — Maximum number of symbols allowed along a weather front line. 🔢
• NBZ — Integer — default 51 — The number of points to use in the Bezier curves for the symbols along the warm fronts. 🎢
• NMS — Integer — default internally calculated — Specifies precisely the number of symbols to appear along a weather front line. (If this parameter hasn't been set by the user, then it gets calculated internally.) 🔢
• PAI — Integer — default 1 — Current parameter array index used in specifying internal parameters that are arrays. 🗂️
• RBS — Integer — default -1 — Color index to use for the background of regional temperature labels. (Plotted only if RBS is non-negative.) 🌡️
• RC1 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the outline of the boxes drawn for regional weather labels. 📦
• RC2 — Integer — default 0 — Color index for the backgrounds of the boxes used for regional weather labels. 📦
• RC3 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the shadow color of the boxes used for regional weather labels. 📦
• RC4 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the text string used for regional weather labels. 🔤
• RC5 — Integer — default 1 — Color for the outlines of the characters in the text strings used for regional weather labels. (Plotted only if RC5 is non-negative.) 🔤
• REV — Integer — default N/A — Reverses whatever the current setting is for the direction that symbols get drawn along front lines. 🔁
• RFC — Integer — default 1 — Color index to use for the foreground of regional temperature labels and cities. 🌆
• RHT — Real — default 0.008 — Height, as a fraction of the maximum screen width, of the characters used for regional weather patterns (like rain, snow, etc.). 🌧️
• RLS — Integer — default 1 — Color index to use for shadows of regional temperature labels. 🌑
• RMG — Real — default 0.001 — Size, as a fraction of the maximum screen height, of the margins of the regional temperature labels. 📐
• ROS — Integer — default -1 — Color index to use for the outlines of the regional temperature labels. (Plotted only if ROS is non-negative.) 🔎
• SC1 — Integer — default 2 — Color index to use for the center of the sun symbol. ☀️
• SC2 — Integer — default 3 — Color index for the points of the sun symbol. ☀️
• SC3 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the outline of the sun symbol. ☀️
• SC4 — Integer — default 1 — Color index for the shadow of the sun symbol. ☀️
• SHT — Real — default 0.02 — Height of symbols, as a fraction of the maximum screen width, for all the special symbols. ✨
• SL1 — Real — default 0.0 — The slope of the beginning of a front line, measured in degrees from the X-axis. Used in conjunction with SLF. 📐
• SL2 — Real — default 0.0 — The slope of the end of a front line, measured in degrees from the X-axis. Used in conjunction with SLF. 📐
• SLF — Integer — default 3 — Flag for how the slopes at the end of a front line should be handled (0=use SL1 & SL2; 1=use SL1 only; 2=use SL2 only; 3=use neither SL1 or SL2). When either SL1 or SL2 is not used, it is calculated internally. 🚩
• STY — Integer Array — default all 2s — An array for precisely specifying whether a warm front or cold front symbol is drawn at the specified position along a front line (1=cold; 2=warm). Use the internal parameter PAI for defining this array. 🧵
• SWI — Real — default 0.0325 — Width of a symbol along a weather front, as a fraction of the maximum screen width. 📏
• T1C — Integer — default 1 — One color to use for the alternating colors of the dashes in the tropical fronts. 🎨
• T2C — Integer — default 1 — A second color to use for the alternating colors of the dashes in the tropical fronts. 🎨
• THT — Real — default 0.0165 — Height of characters, as a fraction of the maximum screen width, for the regional temperature labels. 📏
• UNT — Integer — default 0 — Flags whether imperial units (the default) or metric units are used. 📏
• VVC — Integer — default 0 — Flags whether the raw SYNOP codes are plotted for surface visibility (default is not to). 👀
• WBA — Real — default 62. — Angle (in degrees) that the wind barb ticks make with the wind barb shafts. 🌬️
• WBC — Real — default 0.3 — Diameter of sky cover circle at base of wind barb, as a fraction of the shaft length. ⭕
• WBD — Real — default 0.1 — Spacing between tick marks along a wind barb, as a fraction of the wind barb shaft length. 📏
• WBF — Integer — default 0 — Flag indicating whether the base of a wind barb should be drawn to allow for the sky cover circle at its base (WBF=1 means yes; WBF=0 means no). 🌬️
• WBL — Real — default 0.17 — Size of the text labels in the station model display, as a fraction of the shaft length. 🏷️
• WBR — Real — default 0.25 — bestie this is the radius of the bigger circle that gets drawn when it's calm, and it's measured as a fraction of the wind barb shaft length. 🌀 so if your shaft is long, your calm circle is proportionally big. math is mathing.
• WBS — Real — default 0.035 — the size of a wind barb shaft, and it's expressed as a fraction of the maximum screen height. lowkey tiny number, highkey important. 💅
• WBT — Real — default 0.33 — the length of a wind barb full tic, as a fraction of its shaft length. so roughly a third of the shaft, no cap. 📏
• WFC — Integer — default 1 — the color index used for warm front symbols. yes, the little bumpy semicircles. iconic. 🔥
• WHT — Real — default 0.014 — the height of the characters used for regional weather labels, expressed as a fraction of the maximum screen width. those labels get plotted with WMLABW or c_wmlabw, fyi. ✨
• WTY — Integer — default 0 — a flag for whether linewidths are implemented via GKS (WTY=0), or simulated internally (WTY=1). pick your fighter. ⚔️

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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and that's the whole vibe, bestie 🦋 this page lives in the UNIX manual, it's from the January 1995 era (yes she's a vintage queen and we love her for it 👑), and its source/version tag is Wmap_params(3NCARG) — so go forth, set your params, and slay ✨💜