Questions about IDV

[Rob H]

Three quick questions as I'm preparing for the next chase season...

1) I'd like to easily/automatically generate an animation that overlays dewpoints higher than 50deg, CAPE higher than 500, and a few other things. Ideally I'd do this on the GFS and check it every morning real quick so just at a glance, I could quickly tell if any days with potential were coming up. It appears that IDV can do this but I'm wondering if I'd be better off using other software to get some custom output..

2) Kind of ties in with #1, I've been playing with IDV and I was assuming that I'd be able to display 700mb temps for example. If you drill into the 'motherlode' and into a specific model, there only seem to be about two dozen parameters to pick from, and none of them are broken out at various heights in the atmosphere.

3) Is there a place I can learn more about the different models available, specifically for use with IDV? For example I see a NAM 80km and a NAM 12km. What exactly does that mean?

 

[Tom Van Kuiken]

For 700mb, go to GFS 80km, 3D, derived, than pick you level on the right.

Here is a cape bundle

http://www.meteor.iastate.edu/classes/mt301/mteor301_links.html

 

[Rob H]

Thanks - I completely missed that there's a 'Levels' tab in the data selection, and also as a right-click menu option for the field on the main map.

 

[Tom Van Kuiken]

Robert if you create a interesting bundle post it here. It would be nice to add to whats out there.