<div dir="ltr">Dave, and all,<div>Thank you very much. I have given up on this. WRFUserARW.ncl is so hard coded that it is not possible to modify the titling. For example the code below works in capturing the validity date and validity time but the titling in ncl does not allow variables in the title. The code below was meant to write: res@MainTitle  = "WRF Surface Pressure, Winds and Temperatures ~C~ Valid at valid_time(i) Z on valid_date(i) From Init_time Z on Init_date".</div><div>This is not possible.</div><div>Thank you very much for spending your time on this. I think we can think of making better titles in python.</div><div><br></div><div>  system("perl /home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/<a href="http://sort_files.pl">sort_files.pl</a>")<br><br>  data1 = asciiread("/home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/datesfile.txt",-1,"string")<br>  data2 = asciiread("/home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/timesfile.txt",-1,"string")<br><br>; Need to read files above into a 1d array to be used in title<br>;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br><br>  Init_date = data1(0)<br>  Init_time = data2(0)<br>;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br><br>  valid_date = new(numFILES, "string")<br>  valid_time = new(numFILES, "string")<br>  do i = 0, numFILES-1<br>     valid_date(i) = data1(i)<br>     valid_time(i) = data2(i)<br>     ;print(valid_time(i))<br>  end do<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 6:18 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <<a href="mailto:dave.allured@noaa.gov">dave.allured@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Zilore, it is easier for people to answer one question at a time, and not have to analyze long scripts.  When possible, post the shortest possible script or code snippet that illustrates the problem.<br><br>> Not knowing how to extract part of a file name in ncl,<div>> I have used perl to extract yyyy-mm-dd and hh from</div><div>> wrfout_d01_yyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss. These are written</div><div>> to files and are like below<div><br></div><div>I suggest learn how to do this in NCL, it is not hard.  External scripts and files are more complicated than necessary, and can cause additional problems.  There are many string functions, and more than one way to do this.  Please examine the string functions on the NCL string manipulators category page, they are extremely useful for many situations.</div><div><br></div><div>I suggest use <b>str_get_fields</b> three times.  The first two times, use delimiter "_" which gets you yyy-mm-dd and hh:mm:ss separately.  The third time, input substring hh:mm:ss and use delimiter ":", which gets you hh.  That function will handle an array of strings in a single call, which is what you want for this application.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 1:36 PM Zilore Mumba via ncl-talk <<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@mailman.ucar.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The attached graphics should have accompanied my earlier mail. One has the usual wrf-ncl graphics titling and the other has titling from my modified script.</div><div id="gmail-m_-7717976776214344835gmail-m_3476672490321337477DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br><a href="#m_-7717976776214344835_m_3476672490321337477_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" width="1" height="1"></a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 9:13 PM Zilore Mumba <<a href="mailto:zmumba@gmail.com" target="_blank">zmumba@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Firstly, my sincere apologies for this very long mail.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Coming from a weather forecasting
background, it is preferable to have the title on the graphic as, e.g.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">WRF Surface Pressure, Winds and
Temperatures</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Valid at 06Z on 2022-04-07, From 00Z on 2022-04-07"</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This quickly tells the forecaster
1) what he/she is looking at, 2) the validity time and date, and 3) the model initiation
time and date.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The current titling and subtitling
in wrf-ncl scripts is not convenient for a forecasting setup.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In the script below I have stripped
off the ncl hard-coded titles, mainly with ”opts@FieldTitle = " " and
opts@PlotLevelID = " ", and then setting all units to “”</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Not knowing how to extract part of
a file name in ncl, I have used perl to extract yyyy-mm-dd and hh from
wrfout_d01_yyy-mm-dd_hh:mm:ss. These are written to files and are like below</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Variable: data1</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Type: string</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Total Size: 104 bytes</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">            13 values</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Number of Dimensions: 1</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dimensions and sizes:        [13]</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Coordinates: </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Number Of Attributes: 1</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 
_FillValue :  missing</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Variable: data2</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Type: string</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Total Size: 104 bytes</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">            13 values</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Number of Dimensions: 1</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dimensions and sizes:        [13]</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Coordinates: </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Number Of Attributes: 1</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> 
_FillValue :  missing</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0cm;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">If anyone can assist</p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font color="#f3f3f3">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span>how
to read data1 and data2 into 1d subscripted arrays</font></span></p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font color="#f3f3f3">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">     </span>how
to correctly position the main title, if possible</font></span></p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt 21.3pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </p>

<p style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I
know ncl scripts are being migrated to python, so this may not be interesting.</p><div><br></div><div><br>;   Example script to produce plots for a WRF real-data run,<br>;   with the ARW coordinate dynamics option.<br>;   Interpolating to specified pressure levels<br><br>load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/gsn_code.ncl"<br>load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/wrf/WRFUserARW.ncl"<br><br>begin<br>;<br>; The WRF ARW input file.  <br>     DATADir = "/home/zmumba/DA/OUTPUT/2022022800/noda/"<br>     FILES = systemfunc (" ls -1 " + DATADir + "wrfout_d01* ")<br>     numFILES = dimsizes(FILES)<br><br>     files_all = addfiles(FILES+".nc","r")<br><br><br>; Perl script takes the files and extracts yyyy-mm-dd and hh<br>;-----------------------------------------------------------<br>  system("perl /home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/<a href="http://sort_files.pl" target="_blank">sort_files.pl</a>")<br><br>  data1 = asciiread("/home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/datesfile.txt",-1,"string")<br>  data2 = asciiread("/home/zmumba/DA/SCRIPTS/03_Ncl_Scripts/timesfile.txt",-1,"string")<br><br><br>; Need to read files above into a 1d array to be used in title<br>;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br><br><br>;Code below does not work<br>;-------------------------<br>  ; Init_date = date1(0)<br>  ; Init_time = date2(0)<br>;,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,<br>  ;do i = 0, numFILES-1<br>  ;   valid_date(i) = data1(i)<br>  ;   valid_time(i) = data2(i)<br>  ;   print(valid_time(i))<br>  ;end do<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>; We generate plots, but what kind do we prefer?<br>;  type = "x11"<br>;  type = "pdf"<br>; type = "ps"<br>; type = "ncgm"<br>  type = "png"<br>;  wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"plt_PressureLevel1")<br><br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>; What times and how many time steps are in the data set?<br>; get time information and strip out the day and hour<br>  times_in_file = files_all[:]->Times<br><br>  dims = dimsizes (times_in_file)<br>  ntimes = dims(0)<br><br>  times_to_use = new(dims(0),string)     ;create empty array<br><br>  do i=0,dims(0)-1<br>    times_to_use(i) = chartostring(times_in_file(i,8:12))<br>    print(times_to_use(i))<br>  end do<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>; Set some Basic Plot options<br>  res = True<br>  ;res@NoHeaderFooter = True<br><br>  res@MainTitle  = "WRF Surface Pressure, Winds and Temperatures ~C~ Valid at Valid_time(i)Z on Valid_date(i) From Init_time Z on Init_date"<br>  res@tiMainOffsetXF = 6.0<br>  res@InitTime   = False<br>  res@Footer = False<br><br>  pltres = True<br>  mpres = True<br>  mpres@mpFillOn                    = False        ; turn off gray fill<br>  mpres@mpOutlineBoundarySets       = "National"   ; turn on country boundaries<br>  mpres@mpGeophysicalLineColor      = "Navy"       ; color of cont. outlines<br>  mpres@mpGeophysicalLineThicknessF = 1.5          ; thickness of outlines<br>  mpres@mpNationalLineColor         = "Black"<br>  mpres@mpNationalLineThicknessF    = 2.5          ; turn on country boundaries<br><br>  mpres@mpDataBaseVersion           = "MediumRes"  ; choose higher resolution<br>  mpres@mpDataSetName               = "Earth..4"   ; choose most recent boundaries<br><br>  mpres@mpMaxLatF                   = -4           ; choose subregion<br>  mpres@mpMinLatF                   = -21<br>  mpres@mpMaxLonF                   =  37<br>  mpres@mpMinLonF                   =  21<br><br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>; The specific pressure levels that we want the data interpolated to.<br>  pressure_levels = (/ 850., 700., 500., 300./)   ; pressure levels to plot<br>  nlevels         = dimsizes(pressure_levels)     ; number of pressure levels<br><br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<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>  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>    tc@units = ""<br>      u@units = ""<br>        v@units = ""<br>        p@units = ""<br>        z@units = ""<br>        rh@units = ""<br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>    do level = 0,nlevels-1                 ; LOOP OVER LEVELS<br><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>      spd@units = ""<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>      u_plane@units = ""<br>      v_plane@units = ""<br><br>      wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"Plots00-" + "P" + pressure_levels(level) + "_" + times_to_use(it) + "Z")   <br>      <br>      ; Plotting options for T                <br>        opts = res<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>        opts@FieldTitle = ""       ; overwrite Field Title<br>               opts@PlotLevelID = ""<br>               opts@cnInfoLabelString = ""<br>        contour_tc = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks,tc_plane,opts)<br>        delete(opts)<br><br>      ; Plotting options for RH                <br>        opts = res                          <br>        opts@cnFillOn = True  <br>        opts@pmLabelBarOrthogonalPosF = -0.1<br>        opts@ContourParameters = (/ 10., 90., 10./)<br>        opts@FieldTitle = ""       ; overwrite Field Title<br>              opts@PlotLevelID = ""<br>        opts@cnInfoLabelString = ""<br>        opts@cnFillColors = (/"White","White","White", \<br>                              "White","Chartreuse","Green",\<br>                              "Green3","Green4", \<br>                              "ForestGreen","PaleGreen4"/)<br>        contour_rh = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks,rh_plane,opts)<br>        delete(opts)<br><br>      ; Plotting options for Wind Speed                <br>        opts = res                          <br>        opts@cnLineColor = "MediumSeaGreen"<br>        opts@ContourParameters = (/ 10. /)<br>        opts@cnInfoLabelOrthogonalPosF = 0.07  ; offset second label information<br>        opts@FieldTitle = ""       ; overwrite Field Title<br>          opts@PlotLevelID = ""<br>        opts@cnInfoLabelString = ""<br>        opts@gsnContourLineThicknessesScale = 3.0<br>        contour_spd = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks,spd,opts)<br>        delete(opts)<br><br>      ; Plotting options for Wind Vectors                 <br>        opts = res          <br>        ;opts@FieldTitle = "Wind"   ; overwrite Field Title<br>        opts@FieldTitle = ""       ; overwrite Field Title<br>               opts@PlotLevelID = ""<br>        ;opts@cnInfoLabelString = ""<br>        opts@NumVectors = 47       ; wind barb density<br>        vector = wrf_vector(files_all[it],wks,u_plane,v_plane,opts)<br>        delete(opts)<br><br><br>      ; Plotting options for Geopotential Heigh<br>        opts_z = res                          <br>        opts_z@cnLineColor = "Blue"<br>        opts_z@FieldTitle = ""       ; overwrite Field Title<br>              opts_z@PlotLevelID = ""<br>        ;opts@cnInfoLabelString = ""<br>        opts_z@gsnContourLineThicknessesScale = 3.0<br><br><br>      ; MAKE PLOTS   <br>                                    <br>;        wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"plt_PressureLevel1"+level+it)<br><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><br>        if ( pressure .eq. 700 ) then   ; plot temp, height, wind barbs<br>          opts_z@ContourParameters = (/ 30.0 /)<br>          contour_height = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks, z_plane,opts_z)<br>          plot = wrf_map_overlays(files_all[it],wks,(/contour_tc,contour_height, \<br>                                    vector/),pltres,mpres)<br>        end if<br><br>        if ( pressure .eq. 500 ) then   ; plot temp, height, wind barbs<br>          opts_z@ContourParameters = (/ 60.0 /)<br>          contour_height = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks, z_plane,opts_z)<br>          plot = wrf_map_overlays(files_all[it],wks,(/contour_tc,contour_height, \<br>                                    vector/),pltres,mpres)<br>        end if<br><br>        if ( pressure .eq. 300 ) then   ; plot windspeed, height, wind barbs<br>          opts_z@ContourParameters = (/ 60.0 /)<br>          contour_height = wrf_contour(files_all[it],wks, z_plane,opts_z)<br>          plot = wrf_map_overlays(files_all[it],wks,(/contour_spd,contour_height, \<br>                                    vector/),pltres,mpres)<br>        end if<br>        delete(opts_z)<br>;        delete(wks)<br><br>    end do      ; END OF LEVEL LOOP<br><br>;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;<br><br>  end do        ; END OF TIME LOOP<br><br>end</div></div>
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