<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Kacie<br><br></div>I've added an attribute for the 'dataOpts' argument.<br>This will be in the 6.4.0 <b>skewt_func.ncl<br><br></b>dataOpts@DrawWindBarbThk = 2.0 ; default value is 1.0<b><br><br></b></div>See Example 2 at: <br><br> <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/skewt.shtml">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/skewt.shtml</a><br><br><br></div><div>The rightmost figure shows a (slightly) thicker wind barbs.<br></div><div>Set as you see fit.<br><br></div><div>Regards, D<br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Mary Haley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:haley@ucar.edu" target="_blank">haley@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Kacie,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I don't know much about the skewT code, but the wind barbs are being drawn with a call to "wmbarb". The wmbarb documentation:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wmbarb.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/wmbarb.shtml</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">fails to mention the parameter "BLW", which increases line thickness (I'll fix the documentation shortly).</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Try adding this call:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">wmsetp("BLW",3.0) ; Default is 1.0</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I tried a value of 3.0 on a test code, and this was definitely thicker You might need to go higher.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">--Mary</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Kacie Shourd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu" target="_blank">Kacie.Shourd@dri.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, NCL-talk!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a way to make the wind barbs in a given plot (specifically in the Skew T plot) thicker for easier visibility in a publication-sized image?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have tried the following, based on what I’ve found online, but nothing seems to work:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> dataOpts@vcWindBarbLineThicknessF= 4.0
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> dataOpts@WindBarbLineThicknessF = 4.0<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have also attempted to muck with this bit of code in the skew t background:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts = True
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsLineColor = "Foreground"
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> <span style="background:yellow">gsOpts@gsLineThicknessF = 1.5</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsLineDashPattern = 0
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerIndex = 4 ; "hollow_circle"=> std pres<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerColor = "Foreground"<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">and<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""> gsOpts@gsMarkerIndex = 16 ; "circle_filled" -> Pibal<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="background:yellow">gsOpts@gsMarkerSizeF = 0.007 ; 0.007 is default</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console"">
<span style="background:yellow">gsOpts@gsMarkerThicknessF= 1.0 ; 1.0 is default</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Console""><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">but the markers referred to are the circles along at P & h levels along the y-axis. The line referred to is the axis itself.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can edit the thickness of every other line and marker I need, with the exception of the wind barb.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In some of the supplemental Fortran documentation ( <a href="http://www.ncarg.ucar.edu/supplements/wmap/index.html#HEADING1-139" target="_blank">
http://www.ncarg.ucar.edu//supplements/wmap/index.html#HEADING1-139</a> ) there is this from WMAP:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">“WBS specifies the size of the wind barb shaft; WBT specifies the length of a wind barb full tick mark; BLW specifies the line width scale factor to use in drawing wind barb lines.”<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Is there any way to access this functionality in NCL?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Attached are my script, an updated skewT background script, and the current image output.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks in advance,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kacie<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">Kacie N. Shourd</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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