WMSTNM(3NCARG)

πŸ’– WMSTNM πŸ’–

okay bestie, so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, and it's all about WMSTNM, fr fr. it lives in section 3NCARG, so come sit with me πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

WMSTNM β€” plots station model data as per WMO guidelines. that's it, that's the whole vibe πŸŽ€


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL WMSTNM (X, Y, IMDAT)

πŸ¦‹ C-BINDING SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

yes she has a C binding too, we love a bilingual icon πŸ‘‘

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void c_wmstnm(float x, float y, char *imdat)

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

okay so here's what the args are, no cap:

  • X β€” (Real, Input) β€” an X coordinate, and it's specified in world coordinates. it marks a point that tells you where the base of the wind barb shaft sits in the station model display. like, that's the anchor point for the whole barb 🫢
  • Y β€” (Real, Input) β€” same situation but for Y, bestie. also in world coordinates, also pointing at the position of the base of the wind barb shaft in the station model display.
  • IMDAT β€” (Character, Input) β€” a CHARACTER*5 array of dimension 10, encoded as per the WMO/NOAA guidelines. yes, dimension 10, yes, five characters each, she said what she said ✨

🌈 USAGE 🌈

so before you call WMSTNM, you gotta set the values for the appropriate internal parameters first β€” that's what makes the station model data plots actually look right, okay? don't skip this step, it's giving main character energy but the plot is the main character here πŸ’…

the internal parameters that control the appearance of the station model data plots are:

  • WBC
  • WBL

and the appearance of the wind barb part of the station model data? that's controlled by the internal parameters that apply to wind barbs themselves. so go read the documentation for WMBARB for the whole description of wind barbs, iykyk πŸŒ€


πŸŽ€ ACCESS πŸŽ€

to use WMSTNM or c_wmstnm, you need to load these NCAR Graphics libraries:

  • ncarg
  • ncarg_gks
  • ncarg_c

and preferably in that exact order, bestie. order matters, she's picky like that 😌


⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

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

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


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

okay that's the whole page, and the lil sign-off at the bottom says this came from the UNIX manual, dated January 1995. iconic era honestly 🌸 bye bestie, go plot some weather πŸ’–βœ¨