{"id":201,"date":"2018-08-16T21:36:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2018-12-03T19:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:36:39","slug":"obs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/capabilities\/obs\/","title":{"rendered":"McIDAS-V Point Observation Plots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/capabilities\/satellite\/\">Satellite<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/capabilities\/model\/\">Model<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/capabilities\/radar\/\">Radar<\/a> | Observation]<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>McIDAS-V can display real-time point observations from around the world. METAR and synoptic surface weather station observations can be plotted or contoured, and time series charts of meteorological parameters can be created for a given location. Upper-level RAOB data can be plotted or contoured in 2- or 3-dimensions, and also displayed as soundings, hodographs, or time series charts. Wind profiler data can be displayed as time series or time height displays. Powerful mathematical tools allow for user-created formulas and customizable output of the data. The remapping and overlaying capabilities of McIDAS-V make integrating point data with other meteorological and geophysical data simple for even the novice user.<\/p>\n<p>The examples below demonstrate some of the capabilities of McIDAS-V with point data. Click on the image to view a larger version. If applicable, a link to the example bundle is also provided for interactive use in McIDAS-V.<\/p>\n<p>[All examples on this page were created by members of the McIDAS User Services using McIDAS-V software.]<\/p>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-2-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/samples\/METAR.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/samples\/samples_clip_image016.png\" alt=\"METAR.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSurface observations over the Southeastern US on February 27, 2009. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/bundles\/METAR.mcvz\">Bundle<\/a>).<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/samples\/PointObs.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/samples\/PointObs.gif\" alt=\"Surface temperature point observations displayed as color-filled contours\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSurface temperature point observations displayed as color-filled contours. Major cities across the US are also displayed. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/bundles\/PointObs.mcvz\">Bundle<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <script>\n\t\t\t\t$(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box-group\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Satellite | Model | Radar | Observation] McIDAS-V can display real-time point observations from around the world. METAR and synoptic surface weather station observations can be plotted or contoured, and time series charts of meteorological parameters can be created for a given location. Upper-level RAOB data can be plotted or contoured in 2- or 3-dimensions, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":184,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":637,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions\/637"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}