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September 22, 1992
New users--
Welcome to Weather Professional!
I'm sure you'll be intrigued, if not stunned by it's capabilities. The
National Weather Service and the Air Force have programs like this, but
amazingly, nothing similar has been designed for non-professionals. Those
that do exist, though, are usually tied to one specific database and involve
a certain degree of money.
I have raised the price to $15, which is warranted due to the extensive
additions and source code restructuring/programming. The price is low, but
nevertheless it could go up again if/when more significant improvements
occur.
If you are already a registered RADARSCAN user, read the information at
the bottom to learn how to update your copy with this demo. Otherwise,
have fun!
Tim Vasquez
REGISTERED RADARSCAN V1.0, V1.1 USERS ONLY
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This is a rather extensive update, since the philosophy and structure
of the program has changed, along with the name. You'll probably NEVER have
to do this much in one of my updates again, but if so, READ.ME will always
tell you what exactly to do.
To update your program, make a new directory, preferably C:\WEATHER,
and unzip this entire package into it. Then follow these instructions.
1. MANDATORY!!! Copy RADAR.PLT from your old directory, renaming it to
WEATHER.PLT in the new one. You can use a command like:
COPY C:\RADSCAN\RADAR.PLT C:\WEATHER\WEATHER.PLT
2. If you have customized your town and city list, copy RADAR.CTY from
the old directory to WEATHER.CTY in the new one. Allow it to
overwrite the old file.
3. If you have customized your palette files, rename them in the same way,
from RADAR.CO1 to WEATHER.CO1 and RADAR.CO2 to WEATHER.CO2.
3. I strongly recommend that you DO NOT rename/move RADAR.STN, though, as
WEATHER.STN already contains a very long list of national stations.
If you do, however, you may affect the capability of your program to
plot numerous upper-air and surface reports.
4. Your new program is WEATHER.EXE in the new directory. Read the
enclosed WEATHER.DOC and type WEATHER by itself to run the program.
Changes you might want to be aware of:
* The data file is no longer RADAR.TXT, but DATA.TXT.
* There are NO command line parameters. However, if your data is not
in DATA.TXT, specify it by adding it to the end of the WEATHER
startup command (e.g. WEATHER 04JUL92.DAT).
* You do not need to memorize the time for the weather data. Weather
Pro will accurately figure it out for you.
* All commands are now keystroke-driven. Once inside the program, you
can plot or look at maps or change the configuration. See WEATHER.DOC
for further details.