<div dir="ltr">Thanks Adam once more.<div>I had a look at . NoHeaderFooter =True or NoTitles=True have no effect. I had a look at $NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl. 

There is no reference to LeftString, CenterString nor RightString in any of the subs. Now I understand why they are not recognized as resources.</div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>;  VTlab = (/ "T+00", T+00", "T+06", "T+12", "T+18", "T+24", "T+30", "T+36", "T+42", "T+48"/)   ; Validity for file name <br><br>; get time information and strip out the day and hour<br>  times_in_file = files_all[:]->Times<br>  dims = dimsizes (times)<br>   ntimes = dimsizes (times(:,0))<br><br>  times_to_use = new(dims(0),string)<br><br>  do i=0,dims(0)-1<br>    times_to_use(i) = chartostring(times_in_file(i,8:12))<br>  end do<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br>  do it = 0,ntimes(0)-1,2             ; TIME LOOP<br><br>    print("Working on time: " +  times_to_use(it) )<br>    res@TimeLabel =  times_to_use(it)   ; Set Valid time to use on plots<br><br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br>; First get the variables we will need        <br><br>    tc = wrf_user_getvar(files_all,"tc",it)        ; T in C<br>    u  = wrf_user_getvar(files_all,"ua",it)        ; u averaged to mass points<br>    v  = wrf_user_getvar(files_all,"va",it)        ; v averaged to mass points<br>    p  = wrf_user_getvar(files_all, "pressure",it) ; pressure is our vertical coordinate<br>    z  = wrf_user_getvar(files_all, "z",it)        ; grid point height<br>    rh = wrf_user_getvar(files_all,"rh",it)        ; relative humidity<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br>    do level = 0,nlevels-1                 ; LOOP OVER LEVELS<br>      pressure = pressure_levels(level)<br><br>      tc_plane = wrf_user_intrp3d(tc,p,"h",pressure,0.,False)<br>      z_plane  = wrf_user_intrp3d( z,p,"h",pressure,0.,False)<br>      rh_plane = wrf_user_intrp3d(rh,p,"h",pressure,0.,False)<br>      u_plane  = wrf_user_intrp3d( u,p,"h",pressure,0.,False)<br>      v_plane  = wrf_user_intrp3d( v,p,"h",pressure,0.,False)<br><br>      spd     = (u_plane*u_plane + v_plane*v_plane)^(0.5) ; m/sec<br>      spd@description = "Wind Speed"<br>      spd@units = "m/s"<br>      u_plane = u_plane*1.94386     ; kts<br>      v_plane = v_plane*1.94386     ; kts<br>      u_plane@units = "kts"<br>      v_plane@units = "kts"<br><br>      wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"Plots00-" + "P" + pressure_levels(level) + "_" + times_to_use(it) + "Z")   <br>      <br>      ; Plotting options for T                <br> <font color="#f3f3f3"> <span style="background-color:rgb(153,0,255)">      opts = res<br>        print(opts)</span><span style="background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">)</span></font><br><br>        opts@cnLineColor = "Red"<br>        opts@ContourParameters = (/ 5.0 /)<br>        opts@cnInfoLabelOrthogonalPosF = 0.07  ; offset second label information<br>        opts@gsnContourLineThicknessesScale = 2.0<br>        contour_tc = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks,tc_plane,opts)<br>        delete(opts)<br>       <div>       ; MAKE PLOT                             <br>        if ( pressure .eq. 850 ) then   ; plot temp, rh, height, wind barbs<br>          opts_z@ContourParameters = (/ 20.0 /)<br>          contour_height = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks,z_plane,opts_z)<br>          plot = wrf_map_overlays(files_all[it],wks,(/contour_rh,contour_tc,contour_height, \<br>                                    vector/),pltres,mpres)<br>        end if<br><div><br></div><div>    end do      ; END OF LEVEL LOOP<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br>  end do        ; END OF TIME LOOP<br>end<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><div id="gmail-m_-2110672127339147988gmail-m_-2063917176174049324gmail-m_-1170957471822237576gmail-m_6353160373876870093DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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