Unidata IDV Workshop for version 5.7 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Miscellaneous Displays
3.11.2 Weather Text Products
Weather text products produced by the National Weather Service
and other international agencies can be accessed through the
IDV.
- Load in the bundle
from the toolbar menu.
- Zoom in over an area experiencing some weather.
- Select the
menu to open the Weather Text Product control.
- Expand the
Public Products category and select the
Area Fcst Discussion product. This will plot some stations
in the main view window.
- Click on one of the stations in the view window to see the latest
discussion.
- Select the
Zone Forecasts product for the
same station.
- With the Zone Forecast displayed, click on the HTML tab. This
presents an web-ified version of the forecast.
- Select the
Show Glossary checkbox. Click on
one of the glossary links.
- Expand the
Observed Data category and select
the Surface Hourlies product.
- Select the
Display tab in the control window and
increase the density of the stations shown. Select the
Layout Model to change the way the stations are shown.
- Go back to the
Products tab in the display and
select the Text tab.
- Select several stations (use Ctrl-Click) in the main view window
- Change the
Time Covered to 6 hours.
- Spend some time trying other products/times.
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