Winds are shown with the meteorological wind barb symbol. The location of the barb on the plot shows wind observation time, and height above mean sea level; the barb's orientation gives wind direction in a map view sense (up is north; right is east).

If necessary, select Profiler data and times as described in Loading Profiler Data.

1. In the Field Selector window create a Time/Height Display using the Profiler winds field.

The Profiler Time-Height display and control appears in a new window.



2. Working with the Profiler Time-Height Display
• Enlarge the display by dragging the edges of the window border with the mouse.
• Use the Windbarb size box to enlarge the wind barbs size to 7.
• Use the Vertical interval entry box to change the vertical separation between wind barbs to 500 meters.
• Click on the Color Table button to get a menu of named color tables supplied in the IDV. Change color table to Basic->Bright 38.
• The Stations box appears with a list of all stations selected. Use it to switch between stations displayed. View all the stations' plots.
• The checkbox Latest data on left is used to change the ordering of times displayed on the x axis.
3. Remove All Displays
• If other displays are in the main IDV window, select the Edit→Remove All Displays menu item or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out.

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