Unidata IDV Workshop for version 7.0u1  > 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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