Re: [idvusers] GEMPAK Upper-Air files in IDV 5.0u1

• To: Steven Lazarus <slazarus@xxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [idvusers] GEMPAK Upper-Air files in IDV 5.0u1
• From: Julien Chastang <chastang@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:06:25 -0600

Hi Steve,

Please upload the file that is giving you trouble to

http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload

and let us know when the file has been uploaded.

Thanks.

Best,

Unidata IDV Support

On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Steven Lazarus <slazarus@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi guys -
>    I was reading the relatively recent thread with Kevin Tyle regarding
> gempak upper air data.  I followed Julien's posting/response on 18 Aug 2014
> (below). Anyway, I am able to ingest (into IDV) a 2011 upper air .gem file
> but I am having problems with an older .gem file. Both were pulled from the
> Iowa St repository (the .gem upper air file tat doesn't work is here
> http://mtarchive.geol.iastate.edu/1999/05/03/gempak/upperair/). I am
> using IDV5.0u1.  When I try to load the older file nothing happens - in
> fact, the "File:" box below remains empty despite selecting a local file!
> The example below is a more recent gempak upper air file -- from the same
> repository at Iowa St. As you can see, that file works...
> Thanks
> Steven
>
>
>
>
> *****************************************************************************************
>
> Kevin,
>
> Please go through the RAOB interface in the IDV. In the IDV dashboard, go
> to the Data Choosers tab. Select "Observations" > "RAOB". Select the
> "Sounding: Local" tab, and select and open the GEMPAK Upper Air file. (This
> operation may take a few seconds before the sounding sites appear.) At this
> point, you should be able to display SkewTs, hodographs, etc. as you
> normally would. Please keep us up-to-date on your progress.
>
>
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