Nexrad images

FlightAware ADS-B Flight Tracking
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Hi All

I ran the pipeline for Nexrad images, and let it run for 25 mins or so…I then entered the command for lotting nexrad images, with this result:
todd@todd-VirtualBox:~/dump978$ ./plot_nexrad.py <nexrad.txt
CONUS 16:15 dimensions 1152 676 layers 1
Regional 16:50 dimensions 447 406 layers 1
Regional 17:00 dimensions 447 406 layers 1
Regional 16:35 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
Regional 16:20 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
Regional 16:30 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
Regional 16:25 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
CONUS 17:00 dimensions 1152 676 layers 1
Regional 16:10 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
CONUS 16:45 dimensions 1152 676 layers 1
Regional 16:15 dimensions 447 449 layers 1
Regional 16:45 dimensions 447 406 layers 1
Regional 16:55 dimensions 447 406 layers 1
Regional 16:40 dimensions 447 406 layers 1
CONUS 16:30 dimensions 1152 676 layers 1

A dumb question…where can I actually see Nexrad images, not just text

Thanks as always
Todd

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It should have created .jpg files in the directory that you ran the script in.

Regards,
LitterBug

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Aha…I see the png files now

Thx
Todd

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Nice…

The CONUS images were fine…the Regional ones had no images…any explanation?

Todd

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There is no rain in your area?

LitterBug

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How is this accomplished? What software is being used?

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You need to be using dump978, extract_nexrad, and plot_nexrad.py.

Regards,
LitterBug

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Pretty cool. Here’s what came out when I ran it:

imgur.com/a/MzIIh

Are the missing patches caused by lost messages? I am pretty far from the uplink site and don’t normally receive their transmissions, so I figure some could have been dropped.

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Yeah, the radar images are spread over many uplink messages (with some retransmissions maybe?), so if you’re not receiving most of them then it will be patchy.

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Thanks for the reply (and for providing all the programs in the first place :mrgreen: )