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Hi Kevin, Thank you for the question. Please note, however, that your question pertains to the McIDAS-X software package while these McIDAS-V Support Forums are only for McIDAS-V. Since the email address for the account you registered under indicates that you are a MUG member, the McIDAS Help Desk w...

Hi Boris,

In another post it was suggested that you visit the Class system at noaa.ncdc.gov. I believe you have also discussed this with UNIDATA and the SSEC Datacenter. Let us know if you have further questions.

Hi Kris - I am able to replicate something similar to your problem. If I create a globe display and display a field as a 3D isosurface, then the color bar will be hidden by the isosurface as I zoom through. However, just looking at a 2D Color-Filled Contour Plan View, I am not able to see the color ...

The newest version of McIDAS-V, version 1.01, is now available for free download from the McIDAS-V Website ! For current McIDAS-V users, notable changes since version 1.0 include: - Added a new option to change the font, font size, and alignment of contour labels - Added the ability to display loops...

Thanks HP,

We also found the problem in-house. We hope to have a fix soon.

Rick

Help Desk replied: Sorry about the late reply; I was hoping to have a more definitive answer to your question. In any case, here's what I can tell you: McIDAS-V attempts to read in BUFR files using Unidata's netCDF package. So back on 23 November I dug up the sample BUFR file named amv34.2009033121....

This question was recently received by the McIDAS Help Desk: Hello, Some time ago I sent an email to McIdas Help Desk to find out whether McIdas-X could read Bufr files. I sent a sample Bufr file. He said McIdas-X had only a limited capability handling the Bufr format. I'm wondering if McIdas-V read...

On November 17th, a McIDAS-V Brainstorming session was held for all scientists at SSEC and CIMSS. At the session, one basic question was asked of the users: What would you like to see in McIDAS-V? The following discussion is from that brainstorming session: There are still gaps at dateline when disp...

On November 17th, a McIDAS-V Brainstorming session was held for all scientists at SSEC and CIMSS. At the session, one basic question was asked of the users: What would you like to see in McIDAS-V? The following discussion is from that brainstorming session: -V should handle memory problems before th...

On November 17th, a McIDAS-V Brainstorming session was held for all scientists at SSEC and CIMSS. At the session, one basic question was asked of the users: What would you like to see in McIDAS-V? The following discussion is from that brainstorming session: Memory limits are sometimes a problem (Jim...