Weather Wizard User Manual
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1. Dummy GRIB Slice place holder Zoom 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 1 0 Fax Incr 10 Chart Controls Fax Controls GRIB Controls Projection Controls Fax Previews JX Composite Files n Composite Files Files 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 00 tests Local Patterns Patterns Routing Details Log Controls Cinta le 1 2 BUTS Iediouris net Predefined faxes n Predefined faxes Display WIND N 65 0000 5 65 0000 W 180 0000 180 0000 w 1251h 600 topleft x 0 y 0 Network Connection true The 3 main panes The Graphical User Interface GUI is made out of three principal zones e tree pane on the left e The chart panel in the center e The control pane on the right We will constantly refer to those three zones the document The control pane can be shown or hidden by using the right most icon of the toolbar Each section of the tree pane can be expanded or collapsed by clicking on its header The whole tree pane panel can be collapsed on the left to leave more room for the chart 14 Weather Wizard UTC Thu 22 2012 17 55 53 File Tools Help Composite 4 Chart HOM OF e zl hs Dummy GRIB Slice place2. COC MOSS noce 64 95455 3188057 0028275212064 3694627 1097 transparent true 15 ON ANDRE EX change color true gt circles Norca Pacirtic omnt 0 origin http www opc ncep noaa gov shtml P 06hr500bw 976708151798 emi 863807 72855 136 bottom 11 10 793220634975357 rights transparent true change color true gt iue Tene adm ce m ists cse origin http weather noaa gov pub fax PWFA11 gif 1 0 ED Sr 201 PAGE IC SURFACE ANALYSIS 4 oe P T 00 UTC 12 APR 201 es iu b 4 S A Es 2 Dotted lines around axes Pre defined GRIB Requests Similarly an equivalent feature exists for the GRIB data Updated on 04 30 12 Por FOR HIGHEST AE un 24 HOURS In the Composite editor dialog Ctrl check the box labeled GRIB Request and hit the Browse button 16 GRIB File V GRIB Request Browse 4 Set Chart size from GRIB file E Just Wind V Contours v 30 PRMSL 500mb Waves AirTemp prate 4 3D PRMSL _ 3D 500m 3D Waves 3D Temp 30 prate 3DTWS b PRMSL Cont Waves Cont Temp Cont prate Cont TWS Cont PRMSL 500mb Cont C T
3. et radii eo se orties 23 uc a 25 T HE RODTINGACAUCUEATION 25 MORE THAN TWO WAY POINTS POR THE ROUTING 26 COMMAND nee 24 26 Updated on 04 30 12 Advanced TOPICS scanners selon sente tetes ete nd 31 AT SE 31 CIUS SMOOTHING 32 DRI CTOR 33 DESIGN YOU OWN 33 Uine Me Graphical eI de cite 34 TOR 35 W an GOOGLE MAPA 35 RS 36 nae On 37 M 38 GENE RATING MACE 2 4 38 The importance naming CONVENTIONS 38 38 ne ni nee M 40 Change the MOUSE beha vi r 40 Display faxes now 24h forecast 48h forecast 96h forecast by one 40 through several COMmDOSION
4. 1 res P EM N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 0 y 0 Display From 00 13 kts to 46 07 kts Routing Details Log Controls In nutshell this 15 what the software does Notice on the right side of the chart check boxes are available They can be used to display or hide the different components of the Composite faxes and GRIB You can also hide or show the chart s contours its grid some predefined places SailMail stations and Weather Stations The default Composite is just a regular composite like the ones you find in the Patterns tree pane on the left side of the chart What makes it the Default Composite 15 the fact that it is mentioned in a Preference 11 Updated on 04 30 12 Main Concepts This document will detail the aspects of the software deserving more explanation than what you can get intuitively It will not spend time describing all the elements of graphical user interface We assume everyone can guess that a button labeled Save will be use to save something If you believe any uncovered aspect of the software would deserve a section in this document please request it using the Report a bug request an enhancement section on page 48 The Graphical User Interface Weather Wizard UTC 5 Mar 2012 21 23 10 x File Tools Help
5. 40 Export the result of a routing computation to another software 41 SHOW OMe FATO SVM esu 41 PIL CVIVGIC LOOMIS ON EIS e te 41 CD SUCH vette ee Uu Uu 42 TXT ew MESE REN 43 Use the GRIB at ihe MOUSE set aestas mice 44 Use the Geostrobhic Wind sn manne 44 FOSON AC GUIS ie net de no 45 COMPOSER a SR nt 45 Customize the prede ned DIO OS a le Res Seer acl hs ath nee 45 dita DANA D 46 Use color range and wind direction for the GRIB wind 47 Report a bug request an enhancemient aae tup Vae e eU eee oa o EU Cae ee YR E VEU NEVER o EVER 48 Preamble This tool has been designed to superimpose weather and geographic data from different origins like weather faxes GRIB files charts etc On top of that you can also plot different data like the boat position a track a suggested routing whatever involves a latitude and a longitude It is designed to be used at sea as well as ashore That means that the data to display can come from the Internet from your local file system and or from the serial port of your computer to get data from your NMEA station It 15 written in Java and as such it runs wherever Java runs on several platforms Windows Linux Mac OS This tool is not a fax viewer the
6. charts 1 0 FaxInc 10 00 Chart Controls Projection Controls Fax Controls Fax Previews GRIB Controls Routing Details 04 2011 05 10 0 Log Controls 2011 05 10 0 V GPX Data Del 2n11 nc no N 2 4 GPX File Name D OlivSoft all scripts gpxVeg 07 gpx From Sat Apr 23 20 40 00 GMT 2011 7 Up to 11 Patterns 2011 05 6232 ax sh I p gt 4 17 EM 71 ts m pter paco X AR Display WIND From 01 72 kts to 22 38 kts 65 5000 5 10 0000 W 132 0000 115 0000 w 1066 731 topleft x 264 y 118 Memory used 361 Mb 100 Kb 1016b Rendering of a GPX Track en route to San Francisco 14 GPs eXchange format 15 eXtensible Markup Language 16 OpenCPN works like a charm 36 PA TELE TETE Weather Wizard route 22 Mar 2012 aas _ 8 Distance Bearing Latitude Longitude 17 36 309 03750 8 122 39 8 W Start 111 16 292Deg T 038 32 3N 124 50 5 W 1D 00H 03M 119 24nm 199Deg T 036 39 6N 125 39 5 W 2D 00H 03M 117 61 252Deg T 03603 4N 127 57 8 W 3D 00H 09M 99 38nm 221Deg T 03448 5 129 17 7 W 40 13M 111 37nm 242Deg T 033 56 4N 131 16 4W 50 00H 19M 122 73nm 232Deg T 03241 1 133118
7. 10 6 1 00 tests Chart Controls Projection Controls Fax Controls Fax Previews Controls Routing Details Mendocino True App E OF Patterns OI _ Patterns reenter M 2012 06 00 35 53 04 N 135 07 75 W Sday s 7 9 zd EN 27 72 7 179 2 2 AutoSync Log Controls s kingman R eef 20 1 pe gemina Island l Kiritimati E T Predefined faxes Display WIND From 00 25 kts to 51 98 kts 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1474h 1645 topleft x 625 435 Memory used 94 Mb 191 Kb 808 b Completed routing showing all the isochrons and the best route If done this way the isochron calculation is an exponential process If you calculate 10 reachable points from each starting point the first isochron has 10 points the second one 100 the third one 1000 the fourth one 10000 etc This can put any computer on its knees if nothing else is done A substantial part of the routing process consists in removing the unnecessary points of an isochron before starting the calculation of the next one To start a routing you need to have a GRIB file available in the Composite and click on the chart to define an origin and a destination drop pushpins Then go to To
8. Acquisition The position of the boat can be plotted on a Composite It can be done manually or automatically from GPS data The port to read to get the GPS NMEA data is to be set at the preferences level Tools gt Preferences gt Polars Routing NMEA gt NMEA Serial Port Use the comments in a Composite There 15 the possibility to store some text with a Composite The amount of text is not limited it could be useful to store data like the text bulletins received at the same time as the documents part of the Composite The comment text can be accessed through the Composite Editor dialog tab Comments amp Set the data i context Dimensions amp Documents Comments amp GPX Forecast to midnight tonight for Kiribati Moderate easterly winds fresh and gusty timus seas Moderate northeast swells For Western Kiribati Fine apart from isolated 1l 4 t GPX Data GPX File From Up to Customize the pre defined places The places displayed on chart are stored into a file named places xm1 located in a11 scripts directory It can be edited with any editor and it can be modified from the software Tools gt Administration Tools gt Pre defined places 45 You can add lines remove lines etc You also have the possibility to show hide given place Puerto Vallarta 20 38 89 Marquesas 9315 ahiti nSociety Islands 1
9. NS 2s ANS e 4 qe NS DA ES SON e JH SES Wee RSS eaters NM xi US LE Sac 25 5555 Se 5 4 2259 SS gt 25009 SESSMENT D CP 5715225 559 0 01 NorthAtlantic Polar 00 24 48 dyn ptr 0 NorthAtlantic Polar dyn ptrn 1 NorthAtlantic dyn qulf stream ptrn 1 NorthAtlantic dyn ptrn 2 695 2 00 NorthAtlantic grib dyn bg ptrn 22 X SPA inner 2 48 NorthAtlantic grib dyn ptrn 2 96 NorthAtlantic grib dyn ptrn 2 96 NorthAtiantic grib dyn ptrn 2 NorthAtlantic4grib dyn ptrn 2 NorthAtlantic grib dyn bg ptrn Zoom 1 0 tws F 500mb waves temperature precipitation Memory used 514 Mb 571 3D rendering of PRMSL User Exits User exits provide alternate choices for the rendering of the documents part of a composite mostly GRIB files as of now Several examples are provided with the software User exits can be managed by the menu Tools gt Administration Tools gt Manage User Exits Dustlets User Exit Dustlets is a concept elaborated by Nick Thompson http nixweb com They provide an animated rendition of the wind in the GRIB files 21 Updated on 04 30 12 EE 54 GRIB Dustlet 2 Thu Mar 22 00 00 00 GMT 2012 Animation Rate s 5 Motes 0248 Wind Factor
10. Routing Way Point s On the chart all routing way points are draggable Move the mouse cursor on way point and when it turns into an open hand you can drag it from its original position and drop it in its new one those intermediate way points other than origin can be edited with a right click on the chart option Edit routing way points They can be reordered or deleted Way Point s 34 40 42N 148 22 20 W 21 42 52 N 157 57 82W 26 We izard _ File Tools Help 2012 04 10 12 AlPPacific waz i ke 4 10_12 7 cS A VE Zoom 1 01 oz 2012 04 09 18 ED 42 n Glacier Bay L amp G Incr 2012 04 09 12 A FaxInc 10 12 2012 04 09 06 j 5 2 2012 04 08 18 NS Y Le hw E z 2012 04 08_12_ 7 in b B 2 Prince Rupert Chart Controls 2012 04 07 18 A amchatsky gAttu Island a N Projection Controls 2012 04 07 12 i Mb E j 7 2012 04 06 18 4e gt 3 Fax Contr 12 2012 04 06 12 A J EX 5 12 2012 04 05 06 2012 04 04 18 A gt A a E GRIB Controls 2012 04 04 06 A s y ls 24 AS Routing Details 12 2012 04 03 18 A a E Y A E z 2012 04 03_12_A NN UT UN Lon ne
11. UTC 31 JAN 20 SOURCES OPC KOSIER KOSIER OPC ORECAST TRACKS ARE FOR VALID TIME 24 OURS TRACKS ARE FOR VALID TIME 24 HOURS WARNING LABELS ARE FOR HIGHEST CONDITIONS FROM n HARNING LABELS ARE FOR HIGHEST CONDITIONS FROM VALID TIME THROUGH 24 HOURS VALID TIME THROUGH 24 HOURS E Es y EP lt PACIFIC SURFACE ANALYSIS 9 SURFACE ANALYSIS i lt SSUED 4 4 Eee AT A 80 d 777 22 5222 77 150 160 1 7 180 166 NWS NCEP Ocean Prediction Center NWS NCEP Ocean Prediction Center www opc ncep noad qgov www opc ncep nodd gov Black and white Mercator projection from the NOAA 14217 096 41 310 14 Ae 99 2044 1 9 12 UTC MARCH 03 2012 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE Color fax using Anaximandre projection US National Weather Service Even if they are using the same projection and covering the same zone faxes are not necessary using the same scale Some faxes also arrive rotated on their side So in order to display several faxes on top of each other like a surface fax and a 500mb fax you need to e _ Rotate then when necessary e Re scale the faxes so they all fit the chart to display them on e them transparent so you can see all of them not only top one And for clarity and readabili
12. a fax before loading 1 into a Composite You have a Fax Preview section the Control Pane at the right of chart To view the faxes expand 1 and select fax already stored on your computer available Faxes tree pane on the left of the chart UKMET_sfc_2012_02_10_15 2 2012 02 10 15 2 UKMET sfc 2012 02 10 15 2 Zoom 1 01 3 2 L amp G Incr charts 1 0 stream 2012 02 10 1 3 sfc 2012 02 10 15 25 Fax 10 pb 03 guo N 65 0000 5 65 0000 W 180 0000 180 0000 w 1251h 600 topleft x 0 y 0 Updated on 04 30 12 This will allow you to see if the fax you want to display is the right one A right click on the fax preview will give you access to some zoom options Use the GRIB at the mouse feature When a GRIB is available in the composite there is a pane in the Control Panel that displays the GRIB conditions at the mouse It changes when the mouse moves Zoom Factor 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 10 10 TWS HGTSOO WAVES TEMP PRATE 4 In E N m gt ig E E c I T LE isco re gt AN m I gt EN AY lt ET sea S ET 2 x er TWD 42 La gt PRMSL 990 4 mb 500HGT 5208 m WAVES 2 0 m TE
13. create pattern after an existing Composite Then you can edit this pattern by right clicking Edit menu item on it in the pattern tree in the left pane When created a pattern is a static one i e dynamic meaning that when you use it you will be prompted to enter the location on the disc for each resource of the composite faxes and GRIB The editor will allow you to turn a static pattern into a dynamic one by entering the on line location URL for each fax as well as the GRIB request you want to make You will also have to enter a generic name for each resource so they can be saved on disc after having been downloaded dit Pattern FX Chart NLat 66 5000 N Slat 48 500015 W Long 127 5000 Long 70 0000 W Projection Mercator Dii B Width 1061 Height 1184 Offsets X 0 Y 0 Provide details for each fax Hint Transp Dyn Chan URL North Pacific Surface __ http www ope ncep North Pacific 500mb v ttp www opc ncep Central Pacific Streamline v a ttp weather noaa g Central East Surface Pacific 24 Fest iv ttp weather noaa c T Auto resize Columns GRIB Provide GRIB details PRMSL 500mb Waves AirTmp prate 3D PRMSL 3D 500mb 3D Waves 3D Temp 3D prate TW PRMSL Co
14. left blank none of the above happens Nothing is preventing you from deleting a pattern mentioned this preference If you do so an error might happen at Startup Auto save default Composite Preference Default composite Save as pattern The goal here is to auto save the default composite the one that is suggested at startup This preference will define the way to generate the name to use to save the default composite If this field is not blank then default composite will be saved automatically as stated by the pattern Pattern must look like directory prefix file pattern extension for example yyyy MM MMM Auto_ yyyy MM dd HH mm ss z waz Patterns follow the Java SimpleDateFormat specification found at http docs oracle com javase 1 4 2 docs api java text SimpleDateFormat html Let s give a concrete example 25 Updated 04 30 12 If the name pattern is defined as Auto yyyy HH mm ss 2 waz and we starting the program on Saturday April the 7 2012 at 19 01 20 in San Francisco the default composite will be saved under the Composite directory preference Composite files location file named 2012 04 Apr Auto 2012 04 08 02 01 20 GMT waz See about this the section named The importance of naming conventions page 38 The default composite can also be reloaded and saved on a regular basis driven by the prefere
15. 04 30 12 e txt for a plain text output The startTime parameter follows the specification of an XSD Duration it is representing a UTC date and time You can notice that the parameters used from the command line are identical to the ones used from the GUI o Great Cirde 2074 04 nm Choose the Routing Start Date GRIB from 2012 Apr 10 06 00 00 UT to 2012 Apr 11 06 00 00 UT Start with the GRIB Set the start date yyyy month day hh mm ss 2012 Apr 10 18 28 45 UTC Interval between isochrones 24 hour s Angular step 10 degree s Fork Width 140 degree s Avoid TWS above 1 knots V Avoid TWA below 60 degree s Stop Routing when GRIB data are exhausted Polar Speed Factor 0 75 The polars Polars are those curves predicting the speed of boat BSP or STW for given true wind speed TWS and true wind angle TWA Without the polars of your boat there is no way to compute any routing it is as simple as that x Polar Smoother 5 2 Polar Smoother File Config Help File Config Help eB amp A Polars for Bavaria Match 35 Bulk Smoothed Polars for Bavaria Match 35 15 5 02 Downwind 2 33 section 02 Downwind tws 6 0 11 tws 6 0 tws 8 0 lo 7 tws 8 0 tws 10 0 E tws 10 0 tws 12 0 D tws 1
16. 1h 1184 topleft x 0 y 0 ory used 267 Mb 99 Kb 792b Tooltip Window You can also enlarge or shrink it as you wish It displays the GRIB data at the mouse location When you close the tooltip window using its Close button the option is set to No tooltip You have to use the menu to set it back to any other option you want GRIB Slicing With a right click on the chart you can use the menu Wind and GRIB Options gt Enable GRIB Slicing This will switch the mouse behavior to Draw Line And use the mouse to draw a line on the chart this will display values of the GRIB along this line If you hold the left button clicked on the GRIB Slice panel the values will be displayed on the graphic and the corresponding position will be plotted on the chart 42 2012 04 10 18 AlPacific xm Composite Files 2011 PACIFIC SURFACE ANALYSIS ISSUED 21 21 UFC 10 APR 2 0 18 00 10 APR 2 6 j We FOR 4 GULABELS ARE FOR H eS a NE C Pm LL m 7 1 M gt 1 p g 4 1 Predefined faxes y 2 Display From 00 08 kts to 48 29 kts N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 0 y 0 Memory used 538 Mb 756 Kb 832b Use the Fax Preview control pane This feature 15 here to preview
17. 2 0 tws 14 0 tws 14 0 tws 16 0 tws 16 0 tws 20 0 3 9 tws 30 0 tws 30 0 tws 50 0 tws 50 0 tws 70 0 tws 70 0 53 upwind secton 01 tws 6 0 tws 6 0 tws 8 0 tws 8 0 tws 10 0 tws 10 0 tws 12 0 tws 12 0 tws 14 0 tws 14 0 tws 16 0 tws 16 0 tws 20 0 2 9 tws 30 0 tws 30 0 tws 50 0 tws 50 0 tws 70 0 tws 70 0 150 Polar Cartesian Polar Cartesian D OlivSoft all scripts polars sample files BavariaMatch35 polar data D OlivSoft all scripts polars sample files BavariaMatch35 polar data Polars for all TWS Polars for TWS 20 knots The Weather Wizard now comes with a tool to help you elaborate you own polars They are called polars because they are represented around a pole the center of the true wind angles each point being defined by its angle and its radius Another representation commonly used for curves is the Cartesian way with abscissa x and ordinates y This representation is also available in this tool For a given TWS and TWA the boat speed is represented by the distance between the center the pole and the curve Polars elaboration is the process that will smooth the logged points provided by the designer of the boat by some logging so you can come up with a bunch of coefficients used to calculate the boat spe
18. 5 10 0000 W 132 0000 115 0000 1066 1731 topleft x 0 y 0 Faxes received at sea with SSB GRIB files size smoothing Depending of the data you request and the area you want to cover GRIB files can be pretty big and the time they take to get downloaded with the SSB can reach unacceptable amounts Reducing the GRIB cells size has quite an impact on the document size Going from 1 x1 to 2 x2 will reduce the document size by 4 and the time it takes to download it as well The inconvenient of such a downsizing is that we lose the precision given by fine cells In order to restore this precision without having to download too big files the software provides some smoothing features Two smoothing axis exist geographical smoothing and time smoothing If you receive a GRIB defining 2 x2 cells you can smooth them so it will render 1 x1 cells As well if the GRIB contains a frame every 24 hours you can display a frame every 6 hours again this makes the document size 4 times smaller in this case It is a mathematical smoothing It is of course not as valid as the real GRIB but at sea that is generally good enough Actually the GRIB generation itself involves some smoothing algorithms GRIB Controls Wind in Google Map GRIE Smooth 1 U In short if you have a GRIB with 2 x2 cells with a frame every 24 hours you can render it as if it had 1 x1 cells with a frame ever
19. 7 36 S 17315 149 50 W Raiatea _ 16475 151274 147 46 W SAISIE g 146 19W 148 12W 149 29W Australes IsyiTubuai 23215 Australes 295 1810 Australes IsyRaiva 23525 siss sok Islands Wong 808 180 7 Nue 9335 Cockidanh 2138 Tongs ius Pre defined places user interface Updated on 04 30 12 A label can be displayed on several lines To insert a line break just add in the label Like in Cook Islands nRarotonga Contour Detection you have the possibility to detect the contours this will be useful for PRMSL and 500 the data in the GRIB can have their contours detected but this would not be as interesting as those two You can set the interval and limits of the contours to detect using Tools gt Preferences gt Miscellaneous gt Isobars list 46 Confirm Drag 8 D Interval between List of the PRMSL lt Use color range and wind direction for the GRIB wind A right click on the chart and menu Wind and GRIB Options gt Use Color Range for Wind Speed will display another rendering of the GRIB wind Weather Wizard UTC Thu 12 Apr 2012 19 01 14 fate File Tools Help S Chart 3D GRIB Da
20. 85080 ne ne nirea Mab 2012 Once Composites are chronologically ordered you can animate sequence with the button located next to Expand Collapse button at the right of the Composite toolbar Dummy GRIB Slice place holder ANALYSIS 3 2012 03 23 18 AlPacific waz Chart OR em OM O OR This will display tabs one by one every 2 seconds Clicking same button again will stop process Export the result of a routing computation to another software The result of a routing computation can be re used Beside what 15 displayed on the chart you can generate data three formats Text CSV Comma Separated Values compatible with spreadsheets e GPX After the routing is completed the result is copied in the clip board using the format you specified in the preferences Tools gt Preferences gt Polars Routing NMEA gt Routing Output Type You also have the possibility to ask the user every time a routing calculation is completed In this last case the result of the computation can be stored into a file on the file system As it is also in the clip board a Ctrl V in any editor will also do the job Show on the File System All the tree panes on the left reflect the structure of the directories and files on the File System There is in the software nothing to rename or delete those f
21. C C 65 00001 65 0000 180 0000 W 180 0000 GRIB Request check box and Browse button Chart The Browse button will lead you to those dialogs 7 0 24 48 72 96 120 144 168 192 216 240 264 288 312 336 A SF Hawaii 7 days every 6 hours 2x2 SFH aii 7 days every 6 hours 1x1 Data V PRMSL Y WIND 500 AIRTMP WAVES i SF Hawaii 10 days every 24 hours 2x2 SF Marquesas 10 days every 24 hours 2x2 Time Step 3hours 6hours 12hours 24hours Hawaii Vancouver 7 days every 6 hours 2x2 Size 1 20x20 7 4x4 4 North Pacific 10 days every 12 hours 2x2 GFS 60N 0N 120E 070W 2 2 0 6 168 PRMSL WIND HGT 500 GFS 60N 0N 120E 070W 2 2 0 6 168 PRMSL WIND HGT500 You can modify an existing request before executing it Create your own pre defined GRIB Request Once you have defined your own request in the GRIB Request Editor tab you can use the Save button to store it in order to reuse it later You will be prompted for the folder you want to store it in 17 Updated on 04 30 12 Choices amp Options There 1s a lot of ways to customize and modify the way a composite looks Pretty much all colors can be customized through the Preferences Whatever 15 set at the Preference level will become the default for furt
22. Ev Time Display WIND Memory used 239 Mb 498 Kb 896 b Double click on one pre defined fax and it will be displayed on the chart if the area it represents matches the fax one The definition of those pre defined faxes is stored into a file named dyn fax xml You can add your own pre defined faxes in this file lt dyn fax Collection lt xfolder 1 gt lt folder label By gt lt folder label Surface gt lt dyn fax title North Pacific Surface CREATOR ill ocean 64 9545583188057 ete los T42 3463 37057020733 transparent true change color true colopet255 0 2097 lt dyn fax title Central Pacific Streamline rotation 90 0T origin http weather noaa gov pub fax PWFAll gif 40 3094 5995264 left 130 08294062205468 bottom 44 69929101310054 one Ne IO O Notice in the snippet above that you need the precise coordinates of the faxes To facilitate this step you can run the program with a system variable named display fax coordinates you can modify the launching script olivsoft bat like this java Ddisplay fax coordinates true main splash Splasher Whenever a fax is displayed in a composite its coordinates will be spitted out in the console Its boundaries will be enhanced with a dotted line on the chart lt dyn fax title North Pacific Surface
23. J 2011 config BE Desktop Desktop gpx 11 GRIBFiles img lt 5 logged data My Documents My Documents patterns polars A M rt i i temp Computer Computer update dJ WeatherFaxes Folder name composites Folder Network Network Files of type Composite Directories Files of type Generated Images Directory Regular Expression for the Composites 2012 2011 09 1 0 2 0 1 9 1 2 0 9 3 0 1 00 06 12 18 AllPacific waz Help on expressions Everything Just Faxes Just GRIBs Fax Filter 500sfc Boat amp Track Generate PDF when done title for the pdf Cancel This utility will scan directory you provide will find all the composites having name matching a regular expression you provide you can choose to display all or parts of the matching composites and images will be generated in a directory located where you want Optionally you can generate a pdf file holding the generated images The last regular expression you used will be stored to be re displayed next time you come to that screen just in case The importance of naming conventions Sticking to a naming convention will allow further analysis of your weather data The regular expression mentioned above applies to the Composite file names Having a strict naming convention describing the date and the content of the Composite will allow you to search and fin
24. MP 3 c PRATE 0 55 mm h P tre pe PP PE I HL Predefined faxes emory used 769 Mb 841 Kb 584b Use the Geostrophic Wind feature Some faxes come with a Geostrophic Scale eR mum a It 15 here to estimate at a given latitude wind speed based distance 7 ares between 2 given isobars This feature 15 available in the Weather Wizard for Mercator projections use it display a surface fax and drop pushpins just click on the chart two isobars of the fax Then use the menu Tools gt Geostrophic Wind ANALYSI R 37 UTC 23 MAR 2012 aA 00 UTC 23 MAR 2012 gt NHC 1 wi IRE FOR VALID TIME 724 Pal CP NI p LLL LJ 887 A D TI 41 FOR HIGHEST CON OM 24 HOURS 2 Geostrophic Wind Speed 88 kts With friction 70 61 kts LAA P cz 44 Application Parameters Displa y Application Parameters Colors Polars Routing NMEA GRIE files location J GRIBFiles Miscellaneous Fax files location WeakherFaxes t i AirMail Composite files location Jcompasites Pattern directory patterns Confirm Drag amp Drap Zoom Interval between isobars o hic wind Position
25. W 6D 00H 23M 123 14 243Deg T 03145 4 135 21 0 W 7D 00H 29M 129 27nm 243Deg T 030 46 9N 137 35 2 8D 00H 33M 134 01 253Deg T 03007 9 140 03 2 W 90 00H 39M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 User exits Vou can write your own user exits in Java That 15 definitely the job of a Java developer user exit has to implement a Java interface named chartview util UserExitInterface You can also request a user exit using the Issues section of the project home web site see the section Report bug request an enhancement page 48 37 Updated on 04 30 12 Archiving There are several things that can be done on Composites for reporting or analysis purposes Generating images Going to the menu File gt Generate Image will allow you to generate an image file from the rendering of a Composite You will be prompted to provide a location for the image file to generate You can also generate images from the Composites stored under some given directory by going to the menu Tools gt Administration Tools gt Generate Images from Composites Choose the directory to start from and the directory to generate the images in Composite Directories Generated Images Directory Look in composites Look in all scripts 2 eam 00 tests di almanac data xml data n 2008 backgrounds Recent Items 12 2009 Recent Items celest 2010 di composites
26. Weather Wizard User Manual Updated 04 30 12 Olivier Le Diouris 2012 Table of Contents POA 5 9 Fost M 10 Get started A 11 Concept ER 12 U SERCINTEREAGE dei wis d 12 MUR REI I 13 Loudino and SAVING i 13 13 A note aDOULDOORDTOHHOS T E AIER 14 uuena a EN NA 15 PRESDEPINED GRIB IREOUESTSC N 16 Create your own pre defined GRIB Request siens 17 Choices amp 18 OPACITY TUZE R E AE A 19 RER a eee ae 19 Se E 19 19 OPTION M 20 Forte GRIP tae Nod iiec i a ec dehors ben en door nes css cie 20 SIMON atu du ELM I IM MEI m DE LI M n A UM 20 E en ren m TTL 24 PUSU L 21 Ne eee 22 ldudiggdi us eT PIA 23 umen ticum t M M H 23
27. art then Composite Options gt Open File Edit Composite Loading and Saving 999 composite can be stored on your system as file The waz file is an archive and if you are curious you can visualize its content with any archive tool Winzip 7z etc The composite waz file can be sent to someone else to be reopened on another machine It contains all it needs to be displayed Once it has been stored the composite can be re opened later on Pattern If you start from scratch and we will see later on that this is not mandatory if you want to display a fax you will have to 9 WA used to stand for Weather Assistant and the Z means it is an archive a zip 13 Updated on 04 30 12 For the chart you want to display the fax on choose boundaries and projection Select the fax you want to display on the file system Rescale the fax so 1 fits the chart or vice versa Set the offsets X and of the fax p dec ae qur Make it transparent except if it 15 a satellite picture maybe 6 Change its color if you want For each fax redo the steps 2 to 6 The pattern allows you to have all those settings stored you you don t have to set them every time You can think of it as the template for a composite When you have setup a composite of the North Pacific Ocean for example it is very likely that next time you want to create a composite on the same area the setting will be the sam
28. c bg GRIB 2 NorthAtlantic grib dyn bg ptrn E 06 01 AllPac Faxes BG Satellite ptrn North Atlantic Ocean Australia New Zealand Others m ee ae ee Display WIND w From 00 30 kts to 39 42 kts N 65 5000 5 9 5000 W 101 8000 E 28 2000 w 1091h 815 topleft x 0 y 0 Memory used 456 Mb 725 Kb 312b The backgrounds are managed like satellite pictures but they do not require an Internet connection It could be an interesting feature to produce the report of a trip for example In that case having base color for the GRIB wind close to white could increase the readability of the Composite 10 Typically when you at sea you might use your SSB to download faxes and GRIB files There are some built in utilities that will help you find the most recent document of a given sort and grab it from the pattern We ll talk more about that 14 Pre defined faxes Even if you just want to display one fax and one fax only with no in your Composite you have to do it within a Composite To facilitate this operation you can use the pre defined faxes EE 8 Predefined faxes Predefined faxes J i Pacific Surface m North Pacific 5 8 Central Pacific Stre z North Pacific Surfs Poe North Pacific Surfa North Pacific Surfe 500mb 21 12 Satellite EL
29. cent fax that has a header having the Comment property matching the regular expression Tropical Surface Analysis You can write your own search utilities Java We will discuss this in another section One of the advantages of this software 15 that even fuzzy faxes like the ones you sometimes receive at sea can make sense 31 Updated on 04 30 12 __ Weather Wizard UTC Thu 22 Mar 2012 17 47 36 File Tools Help Faxes _ Grib Files px Composite Files 04 Apr 12 2011 04 30 12 toSF SailMail waz 2 2011 04 30 00 AllPacific SailMail waz 22 2011 04 29 12 toSF SailMail waz 2 2011 04 29 00 AllPacific SailMail waz 2 2011 04 28 18 AllPacific SailMail waz 2 2011 04 27 18 AllPacific grib SailMail waz 2 2011 04 27 18 AllPacific grib 2 SailMail waz 2011 04 27 18 AllPacific 2 SailMail waz 3 2011 04 27 03 AllPad fic SailMail waz 2011 04 26 19 AllPacific grib SailMail waz 2 2011 04 26 19 AllPacific bis grib SailMail waz 2 2011 04 26 05 AllPacific SailMail waz 2 2011 04 26 00 AllPacific SailMail waz 2 2011 04 25 16 AllPacific SailMail waz Z 2011 04 23 AlPacific SailMail waz 22 2011 04 23 12 AllPacific waz 22 2011 04 23 12 AllPacific SatPic waz 22 2011 04 23 00 AllPacific waz 122 2011 04 22 18 AllPacific waz 2 2011 04 22 18 AllPacific one week waz 22 2011 04 22 12 AllPacific waz 2 2011 04 22 12 AllPacific SatPic waz 2011 04 22 00 AllPac
30. d Composite at Startup a composite should be loaded at startup 01 3 00 Pacific Sfc 500 Tropic GRIB ptrn Do you confirm Closing in 9 5 This composite will display three faxes and one GRIB for the Pacific the projection is Mercator MZ 2012 03 22 12 AllPacific waz 112 2012 03 22 06 AllPacific waz 0 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 sfc waz 112 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 500mb vwaz 2012 03 21 18 AllPacific waz 1 2012 03 21 12 AllPacific waz 2012 03 21 06 AllPacific waz 2 2012 03 20 18 NPacfic long term GRIB waz 2012 03 20 18 AllPacific waz 2012 03 20 18 AllPacific SatPic waz 7 2012 03 20 12 AllPacific waz 12 2012 03 19 18 AllPacific waz 2012 03 19 12 AllPacific waz 2012 03 19 06 AllPacific waz 112 2012 03 18 12 AlPadific waz 2012 03 17 18 AllPacific waz 2012 03 17 12 AllPacific waz 2012 03 16 18 AllPacific waz 1 2012 03 16 12 AllPacific waz MZ 2012 03 15 18 AllPacific waz i MZ 2012 03 15 12 AlPacific waz 22 2012 03 15 06 AllPacific waz Predefined faxes used 321 Mb 518 Kb 952b 2012 03 22 12 AllPacific xml OOM o OB Dummy GRIB Slice place holder 2 PACIFIC SURFACE ANALYSIS 00 UTC 22 201 Be fae DRE wie gra sare Ve E OS 7 a D 4 54 E e y ne TR D N SZ TN FLE L
31. d them appropriately The next section is enhancing this aspect Regular expressions OK it is a bit technical it sounds a bit like some computer geek stuff agreed But that is an extremely powerful tool The syntax of a regular expression can look very scary 0 9a zA 4 1 0 Sa ZAHZ 2 2 21 12 9 97 The one above can be used to validate syntax of an email address It s based on pattern matching You apply a regular expression on a text and you will know if it matches or if it does not match Many software are available and most of them for free to help you with regular expressions A dot means any character A star means any number of times 17 We would recommend Expresso available for free at http www ultrapico com 38 expression like Tropical Surface Analysis would match any character string containing Tropical Surface Analysis whatever is before or after When you want to generate images after some composites generated at some given dates an expression like en Day OO 00706 12118 AllPacific waz will find all the composites having a name containing 2012 or containing 201 1 followed by a dash then by 09 10 11 or 12 another dash then a sequence of two digits from 01 to 31 an underscore tw
32. e That s what the pattern takes care of There are two main kinds of patterns static patterns and dynamic patterns Static patterns will prompt you for the location of every resource fax es and GRIB file Dynamic patterns will get the resources where they are from the Internet or from the file system based on some criteria A note about backgrounds Some already available patterns provide a background Some people like it n Weather Wizard UTC Mon 2Apr2012023018 ar File Tools Help Faxes 2012 04 01 18 AllPacific xml 2012 03 06 12 NE Atlantic BG 2 waz Composite 3 Grib Files Chart EE Data 28 Composite Files Composite Files 2012 ge 03 Mar HH 02 Feb 8 1 01 Jan 2011 2010 2009 2008 00 4255 OR Dummy GRIB Slice place holder Zoom Factor 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 1 0 00 10 Chart Controls Projection Controls Fax Controls Fax Previews GRIB Controls Routing Details Log Controls Patterns 1 Patterns Local Patterns 01 Favorites 02 Dynamic 03 Pacific 04 5 v 05 Atlantic 06 ANZ v 1 07 Satellite 08 Others 09 Tests 10 1 L reserved downloaded Ondine Patterns Pacific Ocean 5 With background 01 3 00 Pacific Sfc 500 Tropi
33. ed for any true wind speed and any true wind angle at any time Notice on the snapshot above that the polars can and often will be made out of different sections typically one for upwind and one for downwind But anyway there is no limit in the number of sections used for the polars of a given boat 13 STW stands for Speed Through Water 28 But warned this is a long and uneasy process MaxSea has its own polar format the Weather Wizard polar tool is aware of it and can digest those data The polars used by the Weather Wizard are stored as XML files containing the coefficients of the polynomials that can be used to represent the polars For a given TWS the STW is given for any TWA by a polynomial function like STW TWA where 7 15 a polynomial function of degree 7 like Coeff TWA Coeff TWA Coeff Coeff TWA also written n TWS __ f TWA Coeff TWA 1 0 Those coefficients are obtained from raw data using least squares method Those coefficients can themselves be smoothed across the true wind speed with the same least square method to obtain a function that would compute the coefficients for any TWS This way a boat speed can be obtained for any true wind speed and true wind angle Some boats can have very different behaviors depending on their point of sail This is why we have here the possibility to have several sec
34. eft of the chart Set the data context Dimensions amp Documents Comments amp GPX Add GRIB File GRIB Request 2012 02 21 17 08 35 PST grb Set Chart size from GRIE file Just Wind Contours PRMSL 500mb Waves 130 30 130 500mb 30Waves 130 30 prate TWS Cont PRMSL Cont 500mb Cont Waves Cont Temp Cont prate Cont Chart MLat 65 5000 5 Lat 9 5000 W Long 101 8000 ELong 28 2000 3D Panel GRIB Data can also be visualized in 3D The data you want to visualize this way have to be selected the Composite Editor dialog The data displayed are the ones corresponding to the time displayed on the chart This time can be visualized in the GRIB Control pane on the right of the chart 20 2012 03 22 12 AlPacific waz Chart 3D GRIB Data Thu Mar 22 00 00 00 GMT 2012 2012 03 22 12 AlPadfic waz 2 2012 03 22 06 AllPacific waz gt 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 sfc AZ 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 50 2012 03 21 18 AlPacific waz gt 2012 03 21 12 AllPacific waz 2012 03 21 06 AllPacific waz 2012 03 20_18_NPacific long term GF 2012 03 20 18 AlPacific waz 2012 03 20 18 AllPacific SatPic waz 2012 03 20 12 AllPacific waz gt 2012 03 19 18 AllPacific waz 2012 03 19 12 AlPacific waz gt 2012 03 19 06 AlPadfic waz i alin iEn ES SN NN
35. h 1184 topleft x 0 145 Display WIND From 00 13 kts to 46 07 kts Zoom 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 10 Chart Controls o Projection Controls Satelite Nadir Fax Incr 10 38 0 Fax Controls Fax Previews GRIB Controls Routing Details Log Controls Satellite view used to render GRIB with contour detection The current list includes e Anaximandre e Mercator e Polar Stereographic e Stereographic e Lambert e Conic Equidistant e Globe Satellite view 11 Yes satellite images are often reworked to match a given projection As a result it is not always a satellite view they produce Mercator Polar Stereographic are some of the projections used for satellite images 19 Updated on 04 30 12 The Projections Control Panel is available at right of the chart and is labeled Projection Controls Options For the Wind and GRIB Data GRIB files can contain many different types of data Currently the following data are available for rendering WIND Surface wind force and direction e PRMSL Pressure at the Mean Sea Level SOOHGT Altitude of the 500mb isobar WAVES Waves height e TEMP Air Temperature at 10 meters of altitude e RAIN Precipitation rate e CURRENT When available RTOFS GRIB Requests Gulf Stream speed and direction Those options are available in the Composite Editor dialog and at the bottom l
36. her displays Those colors can also be modified for the current composite only by right clicking on the chart 2012 03 22_12_allPacific waz OOM 0 O Dummy GRIE Slice place holder CCR OS ee 1 es av Z 2012 03 21 12 AllPacific waz ES Mg 2012 03 20 18 AlPacific SatPic RE 2012 03 19_06_AlPacific waz Nadir 2017 02216 19 AllDarifi ia Zoom Factor 2012 03 21 06 AlPacific waz 2 2012 03 20 12 AllPacific waz LE 2012 03 18 12 AlPacific waz Wind and GRIB Options T og Patterns Erase boat position Change Chart Sa Color Patterns Ax 1 2012 03 21 18 AlPPacific waz D St LEONE 2 R 5 12 2012 03 20 18 AllPacific waz 2012 03 19 12 Composite Options i lt 5 4 ETT 2012 03 17 12 AllPacific waz Routing Options Change Grid Color 2 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 9 L8G Incr charts 2012 03 20_18_NPacific long ter or 2012 03 19_18_AllPacific waz D 2 amp Show printable page size 5 1 2012 03 17 18 AllPacific waz Chart Options Change Chart Color Remove pushpins Tooltip on Chart Insert routing Way Point s No Tooltip JP Edit routing way points Tooltip Window v Show Chart Vv Show Places Show SailMail stations Show Grid Enable click scroll Predefined faxes Display Fro
37. holder gPrince Rupert Vancouver 2 fs D dy Cape Mendocino E gan Francisco Island Adak Island E Hawaii Ar epe to the T 8 IS 3 Stewart Island g 4 men m E p Display WIND N 65 0000 5 65 0000 W 180 0000 180 0000 w 1251h 600 topleft x 0 y 0 Memory used 200 Mb 473 Kb 424b Lateral panes collapsed more room for the chart Composite This is probably the most important concept in this application Whenever you display something it is a composite You can save a composite you can restore a composite What you see is a Composite what you save what you restore is a Composite A composite can contain zero or more faxes zero or one GRIB file comments the boat position a track The composite records the area on the chart you want to display the projection to use the scale of each fax the color you want to display them with their possible rotation or expansion their zoom level and their coordinates on the chart If you want to display just one fax or just one GRIB file you have to do it within a composite v There are several ways to edit a composite Ctrl O menu File gt Open File Edit Composite right click on the ch
38. ific waz 2 2011 04 22 00 AllPacific SatPic waz G 6 6 6 6 6 Patterns Patterns B Local Patterns EJ Ordine Patterns 01 Favorites 02 Dynamic E SailMail N and central Pacific Sfc 500mb Streamlines ptr E SailMail NorthPacific Sfc 500mb ptrn SailMail NorthPacific48hForecast ptrn SailMail Pacific Sfc 500mb EastStreamlines ptrn SailMail dyn 0 1 Pacific Sfc 500mb EastStreamlines ptrn SailMail d yn 02 Pacific Sfc 500mb s ptrn SailMail dyn 03 Pacific GRIB Sfc 500mb EastStreamiines 05 Atlantic 06 ANZ 07 Satellite 08 09 Tests 10 Temp reserved downloaded 4 2012 03 22 12 AllPacific xml 2011 04 26 05 AllPacific SailMail waz m Predefined faxes Memory 190 Mb 592 Kb 680 b Chart 3p 2011 04 27_03_AlPacific SaiMail waz BON Of OR Display WIND From 01 64 to 24 83 kts d mic i 4 i tz i An ZoomFactor 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 10 FaxInc 10 Dummy GRIB Slice place holder mil SE gt OL PONE 1 Chart Controls Projection Controls Fax Controls Fax Previews GRIB Controls e Routing Details Log Controls s EI EL I s t or EX toT d 3 N 65 5000
39. iles this 15 to be done at the File System level For that reason there is an option labeled Show the File System available through right click on in those tree pane This will lead you to the location of the files or directories you right clicked on so you can manipulate those elements to your convenience Along the same lines there is also a Refresh Tree option available at the root of each tree that will refresh the data after one of the manipulations mentioned above Alternate tooltips on the chart A right click on the chart gives you access to Chart Options The default is to have the usual bubble option Tooltip on Chart E gt 24 AN coh M UN 239 166 04 89 W wind 40kts 285 8 prmsl 1009 mb bz waves 6 81 m temp 05 60 C 500mb 5327 m prate 00 03 mm h x31 46 Solar 10 Apr 2012 11 08 You can remove the tooltip option No Tooltip 41 Updated on 04 30 12 You can also have a Tooltip Window 2012 04 10 18 AlPacific xm Dummy Slice place holder PACIFIC SURFACE ANALYSIS 1 Ds H L I H 0 UTC 10 201 012 mme E fen Ji Predefined faxes Part ire PRE ALE A gt S 7 Wig Ne 27 2676 fl Display From 00 08 kts to 48 29 kts N 66 5000 S 48 5000 127 5000 E 102 0000 w 106
40. is means that if you have modified those files with an editor if they re not valid 1 e screwed up during the modification you will have an error message when re opening them using this tool 29 Updated 04 30 12 To produce the polar coeff file ultimately used in the Weather Wizard you modify the points and parameters of the smoothing until you are happy with the representation and you use the menu File gt Generate Polar Coeff You will be prompted to give this file a name and then you will need to mention this file in the Weather Wizard preferences section Polars Routing NMEA preference Polar file location This tool also understands the format used by MaxSea the files with po1 extension The be read File gt Import from MaxSea or produced File gt Export to MaxSea Those files are text files looking like this TWA 2 S 4 5 6 d 8 9 LO ial 45 20 5 0 220 4 0 2520 2 0 16220 9 0 2 0 4 0 Dc 620 122 ROSO TASO 39 8 SN 4 0 S 5 1 Pee 2 08 15200 30 Advanced topics At sea At sea you will probably not have access to an Internet connection Faxes and GRIB files will be downloaded through the SSB and stored on the file system This 15 where you would be tempted to use static patterns they would prompt you for each document and you would be able to refer to the document you ve downloaded with the SSB so
41. llPacific waz 2 2012 03 21_12_AllPacific waz 2 2012 03 21 06 AlPacific waz 2 2012 03 20_18_NPacific long term GRIB waz 2012 03 20_18_AllPacific waz 2012 03 20_18_AllPacific SatPic waz 44 2012 03 20_12_AllPacific waz J 2012 03 19_18_AlPacific waz 2012 03 19_12_AllPacific waz 2012 03 19_06_AllPacific waz 2012 03 18_12_AllPacific waz 2012 03 17_18_AllPacific waz 2012 03 17 12 AlPacific waz 2012 03 16_18_AllPacific waz m gt 2012 0 waz 0 Patterns di Patterns Local Patterns 01 Favorites 02 Dynamic amp 03 Padfic 04 5 2 E SailMail NorthPacific Sfc 500mb ptrn E SailMail NorthPacific48hForecast ptrn lr SailMail Pacific Sfc 500mb EastStreamlines ptrn 02 05 Atlantic 06 ANZ 07 Satellite 08 Others 09 Tests 1n i SailMail N and central Pacific Sfc 500mb Streamlines p SailMail dyn 01 Pacific Sfc 500mb EastStreamlines ptrr m Padfic Sfc 500mb E treamlines 58 SailMail dyn 03 Pacific GRIB Sfc 500mb EastStreamline m Predefined faxes Memory used 251 Mb 90 Kb 280 b 2012 03 22 12 AlPacific waz N 90 0000 5 90 0000 W 180 0000 180 0000 w 1061
42. logs above match the ones mentioned in the XML files in the previous section 34 Interfaces With Google Map amp Earth Once a Composite is loaded and when you can access an Internet connection you can render it in Google Earth or Google Map The fax rendering in Google is available when the faxes use a Mercator projection This interface with Google is available e Through the menu File gt View Composite in Google e Through the popup menu the chart right click Composite Options gt View Composite in Google 2 INANE File Edit View Tools Add Help Search Fly To Find Businesses Directions to e g 94043 Places Bora Bora Jan 25 gt 2011 Tongareva Feb 8 2011 V Tongareva Omoka Feb 8 gt 2011 g Kiritimati Feb 22 2011 V Keehi Lagoon Mar 15 2011 Drakes Bay May 19 2011 The wake of Don Pedro 4 VIS Temporary Places 4 Weather Data 2012 Mar 2 Fax 00 png e Fax 01 png Fax 02 png m Cla SERE v Layers Earth Gallery gt gt LE Primary Database gt Borders and Labels Places Photos Roads Buildings Ocean ei Weather W Gallery Uu Global Awareness More SI ISI S eT T I Data 5 earth ES Or2 540 US Deptiof s
43. m 00 13 kts to 46 07 kts N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 0 y 0 ory used 518 Mb 363 Kb 88 b The Chart Options section allows you to do such changes as well as the Wind and GRIB Options section 18 Opacity fuzziness Opacity The opacity of the different components namely faxes and GRIBs can be adjusted using the two sliders right next to chart on top of the check boxes There 15 one slider for the fax opacity and the other is for the GRIB opacity The default value for opacity is set at the Preferences level Display gt Others gt Fax transparency 0 1 0 is transparent 15 opaque Fuzziness The fuzziness of the faxes can be adjusted This is done with the three radio buttons available on the right of the chart at the bottom under the check boxes The available values are Sharp As is Blur The default value is set at the Preferences level Display gt Others gt Default blur sharp for faxes Projections Based on the different projections used by faxes and satellite images several projections are available in the software ar 20 5 U4 U n feath d U weather Wizard Thu 22 P Eile Tools Help ede Es 03 Mar H T 01 0 AllPacific waz 2012 03 22 06 AlPacific waz 5 12 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 sfc waz 2012 03 21 18 NPacific 00 48 96 500mb waz XI 2012 03 21 18 A
44. n Fax Previews 7 22 Patterns Patterns E gt A9 1 gt 1 7 7 a V m ARN Display WIND w From 00 17 to 47 34 kts N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 136 101 emory used 608 Mb 720 Kb 72b Dragging a way point Command line interface There 15 the possibility to compute a routing without using the Graphical User Interface GUT There is a script named c1i routing bat on Windows that gives an example of this feature A parameter help tells you how to use it Prompt java main BlindRouting help Usage java main BlindRouting option value option value Mandatory options toL stari lime grib polars output Optional weirlooee False timeInterval default 24 default 140 routingStep default 10 default cd limitTWA default 1 speedCoeff default 1 0 Example IS dene Rouen E 2 22 5 ue cout EET EDI OCRIBE 2002 DS ERTB E2012 polar cor EN output myviroutring gpx speedCoett 0 75 The output type is based on the extension of the file e for a GPX file compatible with other softwares like OpenCPN e comma separated values compatible with spreadsheets 27 Updated on
45. nce Miscellaneous gt Reload default composite every in minutes 24 Routing Routing 1s a vast topic be prepared The routing calculation Routing 15 this process that will find the best route for your boat based on GRIB data and polars of the boat From the starting point based on the polars that will predict the boat speed for the different headings using the GRIB data the routing process will calculate all points reachable a given amount of time The curve joining all those points reached in the same amount of time is called an isochron Then from all the points of the isochron just calculated the same process is started again defining this way another isochron As all those points are in different locations the wind for each of them speed and direction is given by the GRIB Like that step by step a series of several isochrons is calculated from the starting point to the arrival From the position where the last isochron goes through the arrival point it is then easy to back track to the starting one defining this way the best route from start to arrival Weather Wizard UTC Mon 2 Apr 2012 14 48 52 umm mm File Tools Help 2012 04 02 06 AllPacific xml 71 _ Grib Files 0 Composite Files 44 Composite Files OOM 6 DR m 2012 Zoom Factor 1 01 a L amp G Incr charts 1 0 19 2008 1
46. nt 500mb Cont Waves Cont Temp Cont prate Cc Hint Zone covered by the faxes above All Pacific current situation Request iN 45S 130E 71W2 210 6 24 PRMSL WIND HGT500 TEMP WAVES RAIN Directory GRIBFiles yyyy MM Cu Prefix GRIB _ Pattern yyyy dd HH mm ss 2 Extension grb Dynamic Patterns dit Pattern mim Chart NLat 66 5000 Slat 48 5000 5 w W Long 127 5000 E w ELong 70 0000 Projection Mercator m Width 1061 Height 1184 Offsets X 0 Y 0 Provide details for each fax Extension Scale Rotat X Offset Y Offset 99 55 2 0 338 99 55 2 0 525 99 55 2 0 447 yy dd HH mm ss 2 0 414 T Auto resize Columns 7 GRIB Provide GRIB details PRMSL 500mb Waves AirTmp prate 30 PRMSL 30 500mb 30 Waves 30 30 prate TW PRMSL Cont 500mb Cont Waves Cont Temp Cont prate Cc Hint Zone covered by the faxes above All Pacific current situation Request iN 45S 130E 71W2 210 6 24 PRMSL WIND HGT500 TEMP WAVES RAIN n Directory GRIBFiles yyyy MM m Prefix GRIB Pattern yyyy MM dd HH mm ss z Extension grb Other fax properties Notice the naming conventions for the directories and resource names They follow the standards mentioned above Also notice that the data displayed in the dia
47. o digit sequence like 00 06 12 or 18 any number of any character and finally finishing with AllPacific waz That brings us back to the importance of naming conventions for your composites The expression above will eventually find all the composites of Pacific generated in 2012 or between September 1 2011 and December 31 2011 The expression is a bit cryptic but it works well 39 Updated on 04 30 12 Hints Change the mouse behavior There are four predefined behaviors for the mouse on the chart set by the radio buttons available in the toolbar on top of the chart Chart 3D GRIB Data The four behaviors are e Drag amp Drop Zoom You click on chart to define the top left corner of a rectangle and drag to the bottom right of it When you release the mouse it zooms on the just defined rectangle the confirmation of the zoom is driven by a preference you can turn it off e Grab Scroll Drag the chart itself to move it e Draw Line Click to define a start drag to the arrival This will draw rhumbline and great circle a bubble giving the different data A dialog will summarize the operation e Just Pointer and nothing specific The default behavior is Drag amp Drop Zoom When the Drag amp Drop Zoom radio button is selected you can turn the mouse behavior to Grab Scroll by pressing the Shift key when dragging the mouse Pressing the Ctrl key will turn the Draw Line behavio
48. ols gt Routing gt Routing 12 From the Greek iso which means same and chronos which means time An isochron contains all the points the boat can reach within the same amount of time starting from the origin point 25 Updated 04 30 12 Once the routing computation 15 completed its details are available the control panel on the right under the tab labeled Routing Details A routing slice panel is also available above the chart with the different data represented as a smoothed curves Drag the mouse with the left button clicked on this panel to display details at the mouse location File non Help m Zoom Factor 1 01 L amp G Incr charts 1 0 Fax Incr 10 Chart Controls Projection Controls Fax Controls Fax Previews f PIENE nds TES GRIB Controls Patterns Patterns E n 7 9 jas A E e 1 285 UTC Tue 10 Apr 2012 06 00 37 44 96 N 122 39 81 W 0 day s 9o AutoSync Log Controls 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 136 y 101 Memory used 394 Mb 198 Kb 400 b After routing details in the Routing Slice Panel More than two way points for the routing You can force the routing to use mandatory way points Once you have defined origin and destination you can right click on the chart and Insert
49. r on Releasing Shift or Ctrl keys will return to the Drag amp Drop Zoom Display faxes now 24h forecast 48h forecast 96h forecast one by one 10 GRIE Controls Some Composites are containing faxes that are not to be displayed on top of each others because they are not representing the same slot of time Routing Details Log Controls In this case it 15 possible to turn the check boxes displayed on the right side of the chart into radio buttons A right click on the panel will do the job ee Radio Buttons This option will be stored in the Composite Scroll through several Composites Along the same lines as the section before it could be interesting to see the evolution of a situation by scrolling through several Composites elaborated from the same pattern on a regular base For example you have saved a Composite based on the same pattern every 6 hours To visualize how the situation 15 evolving open those composites by double clicking on them in the Composite tree panel the left of the chart You can re order those Composites if necessary with a right click on their corresponding tab 40 2012 17 24 26 2012 03 24 12 HIN 12 03 23 18 AlPacific waz D Shifttab right ar Shift tab left D ON em o 5 IC Waz 2 ic waz ic waz PACIFIC SURE ic waz 1
50. re are already many other tools for that This is not a GRIB viewer either many other tools can do it Again the main goal of this tool is to stack several documents A fax is received as an image on the computer several formats are used gif jpeg tiff png etc Most of the faxes are pure black and white some use gray scales some other are colored Many projections are used for weather faxes Mercator Lambert Anaximandre aka square Polar Stereographic are some of them NAnalysis chart valid 00 UTC TUE 31 JAN 2012 rr GEOSTROPHIC WIND SCALE D ENOTS POR AT 4 DIRUS POLAR STEREOGRAPHIC PROJECTION 10227 gt i metoffice gov uk Crown copyright Archived by www wetter3 de 31 01 12 00 UTC MET Fax Polar Stereographic projection using gray scale GRIdded Binary 2 National Marine Electronic Association 3 Graphics Interchange Format 4 Joint Photographic Expert Group 5 Tagged Image File Format 6 Portable Network Graphic Updated 04 30 12 Geopotantial Haight lectachs and spol Tamperaturas ACCESS Regional Valid 1 Fri 18 Aug 2011 Analysis 100 119 137 13D E 159 ait 1008 110 120 190 1308 1802 45 Caprio Cornet Asiaa 201i Australan Bureau or 20 46 31 20 46 UTC 31 18 00 UTC 31 JAN 18 00
51. t lat 36 580967 lon 134 610809 elev 4982 Eye alt 7361 87 Three faxes in Google Earth with cloud layer In the Google case Earth and Maps some files have to be generated KML or KMZ for Google Earth JavaScript for Google Maps This generation happens the temp directory under all scripts directory part of the directory where you installed the software This directory has to cleaned up from time to time 35 GPX is an XML Standard used by many navigation softwares The Weather Wizard can both consume and produce GPX data You can display a GPX route as part of a Composite Updated on 04 30 12 You can generate GPX route after a routing computation to display it for example in your navigation software 9 if it supports GPX of course File Tools Help Le GE Faxes _ Grib Files Composite Files 1 2011 05 27 18 AlPacific waz 34 2011 05 27_1 12 2011 05 27 0 2011 05 26 2011 05 25 2011 05 24 12 2011 05 23 0 12 2011 05 21 m 5 5 4 2012 03 22 12 AlPadfic waz 2011 05 12 03 grib tosF SaiMai waz ON eg of OB 18_0 N TEE O b naan S gt un in 5 16_0 3 T 13 0 2011 05 12 e Zoom Factor 1 01 L amp G Incr
52. ta D ON om O OR 2 1 04 Apr Z 2012 04 11 18 2012 04 11 12 2012 04 11 06 2012 04 10 18 2012 04 10 12 AZ 2012 04 09 18 5 22 2012 04 09 12 Z 2012 04 09 06 2012 04 08 18 i i48 2012 04 08 12 7 Patterns 1 Patterns Dummy GRIB Slice place holder AU Le I A Show printable page size Composite Options Plot Nadir Wind and GRIB Options B GRIB Details Chart Options Small dot B Routing Options Heavy dot Erase boat position Background lt Predefined faxes Remove pushpins Change Wind Base Color Predefined faxes Insert routing Way Point s Use transparency for GRIB wind feathers Edit routing way points Use Color Range for Wind Speed User Exit aa Speed Values Use thick arrows for the wind Enbale GRIB slicing Display WIND From 00 33 kts to 47 57 kts N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 0 84 Memory used 368 Mb 97 Kb 864b If you want to add wind direction to this rendition you have to set preference Display gt Others gt Display wind direction with color range wind speed to true ss SSS 2 Weather Wi
53. they d be part of a Composite This 15 certainly possible but this 15 time consuming It 1s also error prone you can easily pick up the wrong fax when prompted by the pattern The idea here 1s to mimic the behavior of a dynamic pattern but instead of pulling the documents from the Internet we will grab them from the file system based on some criteria like the most recent surface fax for the pacific found in the X XXX directory We are going to see how to express such criteria When creating or editing a pattern in the URL cell you have the possibility to use an expression like this search chartview util SearchUtil findMostRecentFax Tropical Surface Analysis S fax path This example 15 searching the faxes downloaded with SailMail When SailMail is downloading fax it stores it as an image usually a tif file along with a header a file with an hdr extension describing its content Here is an example of a SailMail header DecoderMode Fax SizeLimit 2200 StartMode Auto FileName C Program files Airmail Faxfiles 1002241518 tif Freq 4346 00 Comment NMC 15 18 Prelim Surface Analysis Part 2 NW Pac Skew 0 0000 Timer Auto LPM 120 IOC 576 StopMode Auto The search string above is scanning the directories mentioned in the Preference named Fax files location which is a path made out of one or more directories looking for the most re
54. tions the polars Like one for upwind and one for downwind when the kite 15 up You can have as many sections as you want The smoothing is done section by section the parameters of the smoothing are set at this level they are accessible with a right click on the section in the tree in the left pane Edit Node Polar Smoother ca 53 File Config Help amp HQ 27 Polars for Bavaria Match 35 Bulk Smoothed 3D 01 Upwind section 02 Downwind Edit Section 01 Upwind PolarDegree 5 1 Coeff Degree From TWA 302 100 2 Polar Cartesian D OlivSoft all scripts polars sample files BavariaMatch35 polar data Notice the two degrees one for the polar curves and another one used to smooth the coefficients of the curves The sections are sorted in the tree by name It is your responsibility to name them so they re displayed in a significant order Two kinds of files are managed by this tool The files that contain the data to smooth namely the boat speed for given tuples TWS TWA have an extension like oolar data The files that contained the final coefficients needed by the Weather Wizard have an extension like polar coeff Those two sorts of files are XML files and can be read and edited in any editor Each of them will be validated against an XML Schema Th
55. ty e Possibly change their color turn the black into something else Updated on 04 30 12 ee PACIFIC SURFACE ANALYSIS Qi 50 03 MAR 2 00 UTC 03 MAR 501 TEL SA FFM V W NBs NE N TVO NN SN SS A 1 A E AS e 4 a N 1 0 4 Y m7 mw C LI La E 40E SOE 180E 170E 180 170W 160W 150W 140W 130W 120W d PACIFIC STRE ALYSIS 03 2012 06 UTC x di A 70 U S Dept of C e NOAA Mational Weather Service Honolulu Hawaii 2 Chart of the Pacific Mercator projection Surface fax 500mb fax Tropical streamlines On the image above all the faxes arrive in black amp white and opaque the tropical streamline analysis one has been rotated by 90 degrees A chart has been added some places are displayed This 15 the kind of simple output the tool can produce It is also possible to add GRIB Data like wind speed and direction Pressure at the Mean Sea Level PRMSL 500mb isobar altitude waves height air temperature precipitation rate Among other features you can also plot the boat position and heading along with its track We ll see how in other sections Requirements This software is
56. ull ocean gif dirz WeatherFaxes yyyy MM sfc prefix NOAA sfc pattern yyyy MM dd HH mm ss z extension png gt 2 similarly for dynamic GRIB requests you have to add dynamic grib element lt grib display TWS Data true display Data display 500HGT Data true display WAVES Data false display TEMP Data false display PRATE Data false display TWS contour false display PRMSL Contour false display 200HGI contour false display WAVES contour false display TEMP contour false display PRATE contour false advsplay Iws 3D fFralse display PRMSL 3D 2 false display 500HGT 3D false display WAVES 3D 2 false display TEMP 3D 2 false display PRATE 3D false gt lt dynamic grib hint Zone covered by the faxes above All Pacific request GFS 65N 45S 130E 110W 2 2 0 6 24 PRMSL WIND HGT500 TEMP WAVES RAIN dirz GRIBFiles yyyy MM prefix GRIB pattern yyyy MM dd HH mm ss z extension grb gt In both cases notice dir attributes they can dynamically generate sub directories The names follow conventions described at http docs oracle com javase 6 docs api java text SimpleDateFormat html Take a look at the already existing patterns to see how it goes An graphical editor is also available 33 Using Graphical User Interface Updated on 04 30 12 There 15 now Wizard to do this kind of operation The first step remains the same you
57. written in Java To run it you need to have Java installed on your system Java is available for free at http java sun com You need at least a JRE for Java 5 An Internet connection will allow you to access some features but it is not mandatory Those features include e Automatic updates of the product itself e Notifications from the development team e Download faxes and GRIB files from the Internet The amount of memory required is at least around 512Mb The more you have the more data you will be able to display simultaneously 7 Java Runtime Environment 8 Java Standard Edition Updated on 04 30 12 Post installation After installing the software you need to make sure everything 15 The most important 15 to make sure Java 15 available The java executable has to be available the system path The software is started from a script named olivsoft bat on Windows and olivsoft on other operating systems On Linux script named 1 is now available If you are experiencing problems at startup you will probably need to edit and modify those scripts 10 Get started in one click The easiest way to get started 15 probably to load and display default composite To do so make sure you have access to an Internet connection and launch the software When prompted accept to load the Default Composite As per your preferences Menu Tools gt Preferences gt Miscellaneous gt Loa
58. y 6 hours The document in that case 15 16 times smaller than what it would be The download time 1s proportional to the document size 2011 Apr 26 Tue 12 00 00 GMT 237D0 00 N 120700 007W WIND PRMSL AIRTMP WAVES RAIN Think of it like this a document that would take 16 minutes to download can be obtained in about one minute That could make some sense The smoothing is available from the GRIB Control Panel on the right of the chart 32 The temp directory The temp directory under all scripts is used by different components of the Weather Wizard to generate temporary data This directory 1s to be cleaned up from time to time Design you own patterns Once you have disposed the faxes in your composite using the fax and charts control on the right side of the chart you have the possibility to generate a pattern out of it Use the menu File gt Create Pattern You will be prompted to save the pattern a directory you choose If you want to make it a dynamic pattern you will need to edit the file you have just saved You need to add dynamic resource element at the fax level Toe Deum lt fax cCollection gt lt fax hint North Pacific ourface transparent truce gt Cede 1522 OUR IE SIE de lt faxRotation gt 0 0 lt faxRotation gt lt dynamic resource url http www opc ncep noaa gov P sfc f
59. yy A Processing User Exit Processing is a development framework based on Java available for free at http www processing org The software comes with an example of a 3D animated GRIB rendering written with Processing r gt GRIB Rendering prms 22 Preferences Many preferences can drive the way you use the software They are all available through the menu Tools gt Preferences Application Parameters Display Application Parameters Colors Value Start routing from current Avoid TWS above Avoid TWA lower than Stop Routing when GRIB da Polar Speed Factor Show routing label by default Show isochrons by default Routing output type Ask user every time When a line is selected some additional help about its meaning is displayed in the bottom pane Most preferences are self explanatory and will no deserve any entry in this document Some others deserve some more details Default Composite There is a preference labeled Load Composite at Startup that is used to automatically load the composite mentioned in this preference A dialog box will be displayed to confirm this automatic load during a time defined by the preference named On startup wait If the pattern mentioned in this preference is a dynamic pattern and if you have an Internet connection you will download faxes from the Internet automatically If this preference is
60. zard UTC Thu 12 Apr 2012 19 04 10 ES File Tools Help Faxes D Composite Files 04 22 2 2012 04 11 18 2012 04 11 12 2222 12 2012 04 11 06 2012 04 10 18 XI 2012 04 10 12 AZ 2012 04 09 18 2012 04 09 12 2012 04 09 06 2012 04 08 18 2012 04 08 12 d r Patterns di Patterns Predefined faxes 1 2 NUM 2 YN 7 242 y 1 SN er iN Sy RN N EN V AN LES ENNY 9 VUA WAS WM TORUM Predefined faxes 2 P D MA ER u WARS Im sus eS E ces Hawe m CHE TANA SE Display WIND From 00 33 kts to 47 57 kts N 66 5000 5 48 5000 W 127 5000 102 0000 w 1061h 1184 topleft x 0 84 Memory used 293 Mb 717 Kb 160 b 555888888 Y SSS SN 4 gt 47 Updated 04 30 12 Report a bug request an enhancement In order to improve the software use http code google com p weatherwizard in the Issues section 48 49
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