WMLGND(3NCARG)

💖 WMLGND — bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk: this is the NCAR GRAPHICS page for WMLGND, and its whole entire job is plotting weather map legends. that's it. that's the girl. she's the legend-drawer. periodt. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

WMLGND — plots weather map legends. yes literally just that. she draws the little key so everyone knows what the squiggly lines mean. iconic behavior. 👑

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

CALL WMLGND (X,Y,NTYPE,IROWS,ICOLS)

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🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void c_wmlgnd(float x, float y, int ntype, int irows, int icols)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the whole cast of characters, no skips, we're going through ALL of them:

• X — (Real, Input) — an X coordinate, and bestie it's specified in world coordinates, of a point that says where the legend gets plotted. it's giving "pin the legend on the map". 📍
• Y — (Real, Input) — a Y coordinate, also in world coordinates, of a point that says where the legend gets plotted. X and Y are a duo, they don't do anything without each other fr fr. 💞
• NTYPE — (Integer, Input) — a character variable that indicates the desired kind of legend. yes, the manpage says "character variable" for an integer, we don't make the rules, we just report them. 🙈

Legal values for NTYPE are:

1. plot the legend for the weather types. there are six weather types: showers; T-storms; rain; flurries; snow; ice. and listen, the (X,Y) coordinate for this type specifies the lower left corner of the legend. so you're anchoring the bottom-left, not the middle, not the top, the lower left. got it? got it. ✅
2. plot the legend for the front types. there are three front types labeled: cold; warm; stationary. and the (X,Y) coordinate for this legend specifies the lower right corner of the legend. different corner, don't get it twisted. 🔄
3. plot the explanatory legend. the (X,Y) coordinate for this legend specifies the bottom center of the legend. bottom center, bestie, she's centered. 💫

• IROWS — (Integer, Input) — an integer variable specifying how many rows there will be in displaying the weather types. and heads up: IROWS and ICOLS are significant only when NTYPE=1. so for legends 2 and 3 they're just vibing in the background, doing nothing, living their truth. choices for IROWS x ICOLS are: 1x6, 2x3, 3x2, and 6x1. those four. no others. 💀
• ICOLS — (Integer, Input) — an integer variable specifying how many columns there will be in displaying the weather types. same deal: IROWS and ICOLS are significant only when NTYPE=1. choices for IROWS x ICOLS are: 1x6, 2x3, 3x2, and 6x1. and like, notice how every single one of those multiplies out to six? because there are six weather types? yeah. the math is mathing. 🧮

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🔥 USAGE 🔥

the only internal parameter that controls the appearance of a legend is COL, which specifies its color. that's it. one parameter. one. she's low-maintenance, we love a simple queen. 🎨

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🌸 ACCESS 🌸

to use WMLGND or c_wmlgnd, load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c — and preferably in that order, okay? that order. the order matters. don't be chaotic about it. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online: wmap, wmdflt, wmgetc, wmgeti, wmgetr, wmsetc, wmseti, wmsetr, wmap_params

Hardcopy: WMAP - A Package for Producing Daily Weather Maps and Plotting Station Model Data

go read those too, iykyk. the whole friend group is worth knowing. 💜

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright (C) 1987-2009
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

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✨ and that's the whole page bestie, every last detail preserved, not one option dropped, not one number fudged. we ate and left no crumbs. 💅

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signing off from the UNIX manual, dated January 1995, page WMLGND(3NCARG) — she's been slaying since '95 and she's still slaying now. mwah. 💖🎀🦋✨