SKT (skt) Resources
- sktCape
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktParcelPathLineOn instead.
- sktColoredBandsOn
-
Controls whether filled green bands are drawn between alternating
isothermal line pairs. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: False
- sktDewPointLineColor
-
Specifies the color of the dewpoint sounding. This resource is unique
to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "RoyalBlue"
- sktDewPointMissingV
-
Sets the missing value for dew point temperature values in the
TDC argument. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktDrawColAreaFill
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktColoredBandsOn instead.
- sktDrawColLine
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktUseMultipleLineColors instead.
- sktDrawDryAdiabat
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This is an old resource name. Use sktDryAdiabaticLinesOn instead.
- sktDrawFahrenheit
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This is an old resource name. Use sktTemperatureUnits instead.
- sktDrawHeightScale
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightScaleOn instead.
- sktDrawHeightScaleFt
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This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightScaleUnits instead.
- sktDrawIsobar
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This is an old resource name. Use sktIsobarLinesOn instead.
- sktDrawIsotherm
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This is an old resource name. Use sktIsothermalLinesOn instead.
- sktDrawMixRatio
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This is an old resource name. Use sktMixingRatioLinesOn instead.
- sktDrawMoistAdiabat
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This is an old resource name. Use sktMoistAdiabaticLinesOn instead.
- sktDrawStandardAtm
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This is an old resource name. Use sktStdAtmosphereLineOn instead.
- sktDrawStandardAtmThk
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This is an old resource name. Use sktStdAtmosphereLineThicknessF instead.
- sktDrawWind
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktWindBarbLineOn instead.
- sktDryAdiabaticLinesOn
-
Controls whether dry adiabatic lapse rate lines are drawn. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktGeopotentialLabelColor
-
The text color for the geopotential (Z) string when the resource
sktGeopotentialLabelsOn is True.
Default: "Foreground"
- sktGeopotentialLabelsOn
-
Prints geopotential (Z) on the plot if True. This resource is unique
to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: True
- sktGeopotentialMissingV
-
Sets the missing value for geopotential values in the Z
argument. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktGeopotentialWindBarbColor
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Specifies the color of wind barbs where wind speeds and directions are
given at coordinates where pressures are missing, but geopotential
values do exist. The geopotential values are interpolated to pressure
values and those values are used for plotting the wind barbs. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "Blue"
- sktHdir
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbDirections instead.
- sktHeight
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbPositions instead.
- sktHeightScaleOn
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Controls whether a reference height scale is drawn on the right of the
chart that corresponding to the standard atmosphere heights associated
with the pressure values on the left of the chart. This resource is
unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
The old resource name was sktDrawHeightScale.
Default: False
- sktHeightScaleUnits
-
Controls whether the labels on the height scale are in feet (the
default) or kilometers ("km"). This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: "feet"
- sktHeightWindBarbColor
-
Specifies the color of the wind barbs at height levels when sktHeightWindBarbsOn is set to True. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "OrangeRed3"
- sktHeightWindBarbComponents
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Controls how wind speed and direction are calculated for wind barbs
specified using sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds and sktHeightWindBarbDirections. If set to
"SpeedDirection" (the default), then sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds and sktHeightWindBarbDirections are assumed to
specify the speed and direction of the wind barb; in this case the
direction should be in degrees clockwise from north. If sktHeightWindBarbComponents is set to "UV", then
sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds and sktHeightWindBarbDirections specify the u and
v components, respectively, for the wind barbs. This resource is
unique to Ngl.skewt_plt
Default: "SpeedDirection"
- sktHeightWindBarbDirections
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Specifies the wind directions for wind barbs when sktHeightWindBarbComponents is set to
"SpeedDirection", or specifies the v components of wind barbs when
sktHeightWindBarbComponents is set to
"UV". This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt
Default: N/A
- sktHeightWindBarbPositionMissingV
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Sets the missing value for values specified with the sktHeightWindBarbPositionsk resource. Either set
all sktHeightWindBarbPositions values to
missing, or none - otherwise you will get wind barbs positioned at odd
places where the height values are missing, since skewt_plt interpolates pressures to
geopotential values at the heights without regard to potential missing
height values. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktHeightWindBarbPositions
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Specifies the heights of wind reports to be plotted when sktHeightWindBarbsOn is set to True. Wind barbs
will be plotted at the indicated heights. For an example, see skewt2.py. This resource is
unique to Ngl.skewt_plt
Default: N/A
- sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds
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Specifies the wind speeds for wind barbs when sktHeightWindBarbComponents is set to
"SpeedDirection", or specifies the u components of wind barbs when
sktHeightWindBarbComponents is set to
"UV". This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt
Default: N/A
- sktHeightWindBarbsOn
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Controls plotting of wind barbs at specified heights. For example,
specifying values for resources sktHeightWindBarbPositions, sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds, sktHeightWindBarbDirections, and setting
sktHeightWindBarbsOn to True would plot
the wind barbs in accordance with the resource values. For an
example, see skewt2.py.
This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: False
- sktHmissingV
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This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbPositionMissingV instead.
- sktHspd
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This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbSpeeds instead.
- sktHspdHdir
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbComponents instead.
- sktIsobarLinesOn
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Controls whether horizontal isobar (pressure) lines are drawn. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktIsothermalLinesOn
-
Controls whether diagonal isothermal (temperature) lines are drawn.
This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktMixingRatioLinesOn
-
Controls whether mixing ration lines and labels are drawn. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktMoistAdiabaticLinesOn
-
Controls whether the moist (or saturated) adiabatic lines and labels
are drawn. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktParcel
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktParcelPathStartCoordinate instead.
- sktParcelPathLineColor
-
Specifies the color of the parcel path line, plotted only when cape
> 0 and sktParcelPathLineOn is set to
True. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "Red"
- sktParcelPathLineOn
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Controls whether the CAPE (Convective Available Potential Energy) is
plotted when cape > 0. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: True
- sktParcelPathStartCoordinate
-
Specifies the start coordinate of the parcel sounding path. See
This resource is unique to
Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: 0 (surface)
- sktPlotWindH
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This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbsOn instead.
- sktPlotWindP
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This is an old resource name. Use sktPressureWindBarbsOn instead.
- sktPmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktPressureMissingV instead.
- sktPressureMissingV
-
Sets the missing value for pressure values in the P argument.
This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktPressureWindBarbColor
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Specifies the color of the wind barbs at the pressure labels when
sktPressureWindBarbsOn is set to True.
This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "Black"
- sktPressureWindBarbComponents
-
Controls how wind speed and direction are calculated for wind barbs
specified using the WSPD and WDIR arguments in
Ngl.skewt_plt. If set to
"SpeedDirection" (the default), then WSPD and WDIR
are assumed to specify the speed and direction of the wind barb; in
this case the direction should be in degrees clockwise from north. If
set to "UV", then WSPD and WDIR specify the u and v
components, respectively, for the wind barbs. This resource is unique
to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "SpeedDirection"
- sktPressureWindBarbStride
-
Used to thin the number of wind barbs plotted at pressure values (see
sktPressureWindBarbsOn; sktPressureWindBarbStride specifies a stride).
For example, setting sktPressureWindBarbStride to 3 would cause the
plotting of every third wind barb. This resource is unique to
Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: 1
- sktPressureWindBarbsOn
-
Controls whether wind barbs are plotted at pressure levels. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: True
- sktPrintZ
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktGeopotentialLabelsOn instead.
- sktStdAtmosphereLineOn
-
Controls whether a standard atmosphere line is drawn. This resource
is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktStdAtmosphereLineThicknessF
-
Specifies a scale factor for the thickness of the standard atmosphere
line. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: 2.0
- sktTCmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktTemperatureMissingV instead.
- sktTDCmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktDewPointMissingV instead.
- sktTemperatureMissingV
-
Sets the missing value for temperature values in the TC
argument. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktTemperatureSoundingLineColor
-
Specifies the color of the temperature sounding. This resource is
unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "Foreground"
- sktTemperatureUnits
-
Controls whether the temperature labels along the X-axis are in
Fahrenheit (the default) or celsius (centigrade). This resource is
unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: "fahrenheit"
- sktThermoInfo
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktThermoInfoLabelOn instead.
- sktThermoInfoLabelColor
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Specifies the color of the information label drawn when sktThermoInfoLabelOn is set to True. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: "Goldenrod4"
- sktThermoInfoLabelOn
-
If True, plots values for Plcl, Tlcl, Shox, Pwat, and Cape at the top
of the plot, below the main title. Definitions:
- Plcl
- Lifting Condensation Level [mb, hPa].
- Tlcl
- Temperature at the LCL.
- Shox
- Showalter Index
- Pwat
- Total Precipitable Water [cm].
- Cape
- Convective Available Potential Energy [Joules].
Default: True
- sktUseMultipleLineColors
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Controls whether certain lines are drawn in color or all lines are
drawn in the foreground color. This resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_bkg.
Default: True
- sktWDIRmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktWindDirectionMissingV instead.
- sktWSPDmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktWindSpeedMissingV instead.
- sktWindBarbLineOn
-
Controls whether a vertical line, with position markers for wind
barbs, is drawn at the right of the chart. This resource is unique to
Ngl.skewt_bkg
Default: True
- sktWindDirectionMissingV
-
Specifies the missing value for values in the WDIR argument
to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktWindSpeedMissingV
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Specifies the missing value for values in in the WSPD argument. This
resource is unique to Ngl.skewt_plt.
Default: -999.
- sktWspdWdir
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktPressureWindBarbComponents instead.
- sktWthin
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktPressureWindBarbStride instead.
- sktZmissingV
-
This is an old resource name. Use sktGeopotentialMissingV instead.
- sktcolDewPt
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This is an old resource name. Use sktDewPointLineColor instead.
- sktcolPpath
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This is an old resource name. Use sktParcelPathLineColor instead.
- sktcolTemperature
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This is an old resource name. Use sktTemperatureSoundingLineColor instead.
- sktcolThermoInfo
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This is an old resource name. Use sktThermoInfoLabelColor instead.
- sktcolWindH
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This is an old resource name. Use sktHeightWindBarbColor instead.
- sktcolWindP
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This is an old resource name. Use sktPressureWindBarbColor instead.
- sktcolWindZ
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This is an old resource name. Use sktGeopotentialWindBarbColor instead.
- sktcolZLabel
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This is an old resource name. Use sktGeopotentialLabelColor instead.