Hi- There are a couple of scripts in the Ferret distribution: yes? go vector_demowhich shows a number of vector styles - if you haven't seen that take a look and see if any of those are similar to what you want. It shows examples that call the scripts scattered_vectors.jnl and stick_vectors.jnl
Also, this VERY OLD script which uses aline. yes? go wind_barbsYou might also look at the scripts that draw vectors using the polygon command for ideas:
yes? go poly_vector_demo Ansley On 5/5/2011 2:42 AM, Hein Zelle wrote:
Dear all, does anyone here have experience in plotting SYNOP observations using Ferret? We're almost exclusively using Ferret for operational plotting these days, but I haven't tried to get these sorted out. Also, has anyone managed to plot wind vectors as "wind barbs" representing 0, 5, 10, 15 knots etc? I've started a script that does this, but the performance is fairly bad and it could be a lot more robust. If anyone else has tackled the problem, I'd be very interested. Kind regards, Hein Zelle