<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I responded to this offline because Barry was still having problems with his mailer. I'll include the response below.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><span class="gmail-il">Barry</span>,</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">The WRF plotting functions make the map outlines very thin and faint, so it may that they are there, but hard to see.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">I see you have tried to set several map resources. These are the ones I recommend that you start with:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpOutlineOn = True</div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpUSStateLineColor = "Black"</div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpNationalLineColor = "Black"<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpGeophysicalLineColor = "Black"<br></div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpUSStateLineThicknessF = 3.0</div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@mpNationalLineThicknessF = 3.0</div><div class="gmail_default"> mpres@<wbr>mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 3.0</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">If this doesn't give you as many outlines as you want, then try:</div><div class="gmail_default"><p> mpres@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "AllBoundaries"</p><p>If you still want more, then add:</p><p> mpres@mpDataSetName = "Earth..2"</p><p>You likely want to change the "thickness" resources to whatever thickness you want for the outlines.</p><p>As for minimizing space around the map: you are using wrf_xxx plotting routines, and they always want to put a bunch of titles at the top and bottom of your plots. To get rid of some of those titles, set:</p><p></p><p> opts_tc@NoHeaderFooter = True</p><p>You may need to set this for all your wrf_contour and wrf_vector calls.</p><p>Please read the documentation for wrf_contour, wrf_vector, and wrf_map_overlays. It tells you which resources you can set to get rid of titles:</p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_map_overlays.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/<wbr>Document/Functions/WRF_arw/<wbr>wrf_map_overlays.shtml</a><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_contour.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/<wbr>Document/Functions/WRF_arw/<wbr>wrf_contour.shtml</a><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/WRF_arw/wrf_vector.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/<wbr>Document/Functions/WRF_arw/<wbr>wrf_vector.shtml</a><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"></div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:34 AM, 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">I'm forwarding two messages on behalf of Barry Lynn, whose messages are not making it to ncl-talk for some reason.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I've CC'ed <a href="mailto:wrfhelp@ucar.edu" target="_blank">wrfhelp@ucar.edu</a> as well.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><table cellpadding="0" style="font-size:12.8px"><tbody><tr><td style="width:226.667px"><br></td><td><br></td><td><br></td><td rowspan="2"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hi:</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Can someone please tell me how to turn off the WRF model information that appears on the bottom of the map page.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, is there a way to limit the white space around the map? I am outputting to pdf and then converting to gif.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Thank you.</span><br clear="all" style="font-size:12.8px"></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Here was another:</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><table cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width:226px"><table cellpadding="0" style="width:226px"><tbody><tr><td><h3><span name="Barry Lynn" style="font-size:12.8px">Barry Lynn</span> <span><span><</span><a href="mailto:barry.h.lynn@gmail.com" target="_blank">barry.h.lynn@gmail.com</a><span>></span></span></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><div><span title="Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 8:43 PM" alt="Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 8:43 PM">8:43 PM (10 hours ago)</span><div style="outline:0px"><span><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></span></div></div></td><td></td><td rowspan="2"><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><table cellpadding="0" style="width:396.667px"><tbody><tr><td><div><span>to <span dir="ltr" name="ncl-talk">ncl-talk</span></span></div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt=""></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi:<div><br></div><div>I live overseas, am unable to turn on country boundaries. As you can see, I have tried many different things.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres = True ; Set map options (none set here)</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">; mpres@mpDataBaseVersion = "HighRes"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">; mpres@mpDataBaseVersion = "MediumRes"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpDataBaseVersion = "LowRes"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">; mpres@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "Geophysical"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpOutlineBoundarySets = "National"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpOutlineOn = "True"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">; res@gsnAddCyclic = False ; Don't add longitude cyclic pt.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpGridAndLimbOn = False</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpGeophysicalLineColor="<wbr>Black"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpGeophysicalLineThickne<wbr>ssF=1.5</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"> mpres@mpOutlineOn = "True"</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D<div><div>Senior Lecturer,</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Institute of the Earth Science, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel </span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"></div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Tel: 972 547 231 170</span><br style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">Fax: (972)-25662581</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></span></div><div>C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD<br>Weather and Climate Focus<br><a href="http://weather-it-is.com" target="_blank">http://weather-it-is.com</a><br>Jerusalem, Israel<br>Local: 02 930 9525<br>Cell: 054 7 231 170<br>Int-IS: x972 2 930 9525<br>US <a href="tel:914%20432%203108" value="+19144323108" target="_blank">914 432 3108</a><br></div></div></div>
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