Re: [idvusers] Plotting Surface Wind Chill & Heat Index Values

• To: Brendon Hoch <bhoch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: [idvusers] Plotting Surface Wind Chill & Heat Index Values
• From: Yuan Ho <yuanho@xxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 10:38:30 -0700

Hi Brendon,

After some research, I think this should be and can be done at the IDV
coding side. I will make it available soon. I would like to ask if there is
any other parameter commonly used and should be considered.


Yuan



On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 7:11 AM, Brendon Hoch <bhoch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> IDV works great if you want to plot real time surface temperatures or
> dewpoint temperature point values from METAR data.  However, there does not
> seem to be a straightforward way to plot heat index or wind chill. Has
> anyone else figured out how to do this?  Is this something that needs to
> get put in to IDV by Unidata developers?
>
> PS: Gempak can do this easily just by changing SFPARM from TMPF to WCHT or
> HEAT
>
> Thanks,
> Brendon
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  • [idvusers] Plotting Surface Wind Chill & Heat Index Values
    • From: Brendon Hoch