load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"
 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_csm.ncl"
 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"
 load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/contrib/time_axis_labels.ncl"

  begin

  diri = "./"
  fili = "AFR_pr_area1.nc"
  f = addfile(diri+fili, "r")
  var = f->pr
  time = var&time
  fldmean = wgt_areaave_Wrap(var,1.0,1.0,0)
  wks = gsn_open_wks("pdf","Precipitation_area1")
 
  ;-- set resources
 res = True
 res@tiMainString = "Precipitation-area1"
 restime = True ;-- set time tickmark resources
 restime@ttmFormat = "%D %C %Y" ;-- time tickmark format
 res@xyLineColor = "Red"
 res@xyLineThicknessF  =  3
 res@tiYAxisString = "Precipitation (mm/day)"
 time_axis_labels(time,res,restime) ; sets the correct time labels
 res@tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.01
 res@tmXBLabelJust = "CenterRight"
 res@tmXBLabelDeltaF = 1.0
 res@tmXBLabelAngleF = 50.0
 res@tmLabelAutoStride = True

 plot = gsn_csm_xy(wks, time , fldmean, res)

 end