<div dir="ltr">I'm not sure if I have my dimension settings wrong or if the max function is not capable of calculating the max of user defined fields. Take for instance the significant tornado parameter:<div>'define stp = cterm*ltermA*hterm*stermA'</div><div><br></div><div>To get the max function to work correctly, I cannot just do max(stp,t=1,t=24), I have to expand out each of the terms in that stp algorithm down to the actual fields available in the model data such as CAPEsfc for instance.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a new script that I created that does some if statements and such that simply cannot be broken down into one single line or their individual fields from the model data and thus, I cannot get the max function to work. It only will calculate one timestep.</div><div><br></div><div>I have tried setting t to vary, such as set t 1 24, etc but nothing works. Is there a way around this, or am I missing something?</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a snippet of the code that I am trying to work with:</div><div><br></div><div><div>...</div><div><br></div><div> if ('hgtprs(z=botzlev)' <= hgt0c)</div><div> 'wt=0'</div><div> endif</div><div> if ('hgtdiffZero' > 0 & 'hgtdiffTop' < 0)</div><div> 'wt=hgtdiffZero/(HGTtop0C-HGT0C)'</div><div> endif</div><div> if ('hgtdiffTop' >= 0)</div><div> 'wt=1'</div><div> endif</div><div> nextZlev = botzlev+1</div><div> 'define levDiff = hgtprs(z='nextZlev')-hgtprs(z='botzlev')'</div><div> 'hailsum=hailsum+(wt*E*levDiff)'</div><div><br></div><div> botzlev = botzlev + inc</div><div> endwhile</div><div><br></div><div> 'set gxout shaded'</div><div> 'SHI=hailsum*0.1'</div><div> 'MEHS=0.1*(2.54*pow(SHI,0.5))'</div><div>endif</div><div><br></div><div>'define hs = max(smth9(MEHS/2.54),t=1,t=24)'</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b>-------</b></div>William (L.B.) LaForce IV<br>Meteorologist<div><a href="http://www.tornadoinsanity.com" target="_blank">www.tornadoinsanity.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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