[ncl-talk] Odd Reference Vector Opacity Issue

[Bassill, Nicholas]

Hi All,
 I *think* I may have found a bug. For reference, I'm using NCL 6.3. Long story short, I make a complex plot in real time with lots of overlays of various variables, mostly for aid in severe weather prediction/detection, using NY Mesonet data. I denote strong wind gusts, and change their opacity to reflect how long ago they occurred. Here is a sample loop from today: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/nbassill/live/NCLexample.gif

You'll notice the winds gusts (properly) change their opacity with time. The weird thing is that the reference vector changes its opacity with time as well, despite the fact I'm not instructing it to. The code is very long, so I'll just send the important parts of the script, below:


....

;;;; this part plots the site winds, and determines opacity based on time

size = dimsizes(sitewindtime)-1
tres                      = True
tres at tfPolyDrawOrder  = "PostDraw"
tres at txFont = "helvetica-bold"
tres at txFontHeightF        = 0.013
;tres at txFontThicknessF = 3
do n=0,size(0)-1,1
      if sitewinds(n).gt.25
      tres at txFontOpacityF = 1-(sitewindtime(n)/35)
      stationtext  =     gsn_add_text(wks,plot,round(sitewinds(n),3),sitewindlons(n),sitewindlats(n),tres)
      end if
end do

....


;;;; vector stuff

        res_vc                            = res

        res_vc at vcGlyphStyle               = "LineArrow"
        res_vc at vcLineArrowThicknessF      = 5
        res_vc at vcMinDistanceF             = 0.01
        res_vc at vcRefLengthF               = 0.03
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoOn               = True
        res_vc at vcRefMagnitudeF           = 25
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoString1          = "25 mph"
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoSide             = "Top"
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoString2On        = False
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoPerimOn          = False
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoOrthogonalPosF   = -0.76    ; more positive moves up
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoParallelPosF     = 0.94    ; more positive moves to right
        res_vc at vcRefAnnoBackgroundColor  = "SkyBlue"
        res_vc at vcVectorDrawOrder         = "PreDraw"
        res_vc at vcMinAnnoFontHeightF      = .012
        res_vc at vcGlyphOpacityF   = 1
        res_vc at txFontOpacityF = 1
        vector  = gsn_csm_vector(wks,udata,vdata,res_vc)

        overlay(plot,vector)


....


;;; next two lines were my attempt to try resetting things before drawing
tres                      = True
tres at txFontHeightF        = 0.01

draw(plot)


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If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.


Nick Bassill, PhD

Modeler & Meteorologist, New York State Mesonet

LC SB-28, 1400 Washington Ave.,

SUNY, University at Albany, NY 12222

(518) 442-6375

http://nysmesonet.org/
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