McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2018.1
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Commands in this category list or display weather information. Those that deal with a specific data type (image, grid, point, or text) also appear in those categories.
Command | Purpose |
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ADT | Estimates tropical cyclone intensity using the Advanced Dvorak Technique. |
CHILL | Calculates the wind chill index. |
FRNTDISP | Displays fronts from NCEP frontal positions products. |
GLMDISP | Displays GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) point data. |
GLMLIST | Lists GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) point data. |
HEAT | Calculates the heat index and relative humidity. |
HODO | Plots a hodograph of upper-air data. |
MOSRPT | Lists MOS forecasts from the GFS, NAM and NGM models. |
OBSRPT | Lists the observational text reports. |
RAOBCON | Contours upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. |
RAOBPLOT | Plots upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. |
RAOBRPT | Lists upper air (RAOB) observations. |
SFCCON | Contours surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. |
SFCLIST | Lists surface hourly data from point files. |
SFCMG | Displays a surface meteorogram. |
SFCPLOT | Plots surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. |
SFCRPT | Lists surface hourly observations. |
SYNRPT | Lists synoptic observations. |
TAFRPT | Lists terminal aerodrome forecasts. |
UACROSS | Plots a vertical cross section of upper-air data. |
UALIST | Lists upper air data. |
UAPLOT | Plots a sounding on a thermodynamic diagram. |
WWDISP | Displays active weather warnings, watches and advisories. |
WWLIST | Lists active weather warnings, watches and advisories. |
WXTLIST | Lists weather text products. |
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