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Listing 3. plotdays.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
#
#
# plotdays.pl
#
# This guy uses the PGPLOT module, which in turn is based
# on the pgplot FORTRAN libraries...  It's a long story, but
# it works.  The goal is to produce some GIF format files
# of interesting statistics for the last X days.
#
use PGPLOT;  # Load PGPLOT module

require "timelocal.pl";

$DATADIR = "/home/weather/data";

$twentyfourhours = 86400;  #seconds in a day

@daysofweek = ('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');

# Get the number of days of interest
if( $#ARGV >= 0 ) { $days=$ARGV[0]; }
else { $days = 7; }

$maxouttemp = 0;  $minouttemp = 100;
$maxbp = 0;  $minbp = 100;
$maxraind = 0;  $minraind = 100;
$maxrainrate = 0;  $minrainrate = 100;
$maxwinds = 0;  $minwinds = 100;

# Loop through the number of days we are interested in.
# My loop index _decreases_, day X is further back
#  in history than X-1.
#
# In true FORTRAN style, we are keeping parallel arrays for
#  each statistic and label.  And $j holds the total number
#  of data points for each statistic's array.
$j = 0;
for($i=$days; $i >= 0; $i-- )
{
   # Caculate file name for that day in the past.
   $dtime = time();
   $ttime = $dtime-($twentyfourhours * $i);
   @time = localtime($ttime);

   $DAYFILE = sprintf "%s/%02d%02d%02d",
      $DATADIR, $time[4]+1, $time[3], $time[5];

   $daylabel[$i] = sprintf "%s", $daysofweek[$time[6]];
   $daydate[$i] = sprintf "%2d/%02d/%02d",$time[4]+1,$time[3],$time[5];

   if( -r "$DAYFILE" )
   {
      # Open that day's file and read the data into local arrays
      # We are interested in outtemp, humidity,
      # pressure, rainfall, and windspeed.
      open(IN, "$DAYFILE") or die "Cannot open file $DAYFILE";
      while (<IN>)
      {
         ($time, $date, $wdir, $winds, $aux, $intemp,
         $outtemp, $hum, $bp, $raind, $rainm, $rainrate)
            = split;

         # Just in case a Min or Max slips in somehow
         if( $time =~ /[M]/ ) { next; }

         ($hour,$min) = split(/:/,$time);

         # Make basetime be the time in seconds at
         #  first of the day on that recent day in question
         # We want to end up with a Unix-style long integer
         #  time value for each data point.
         $time[0] = $time[1] = $time[2] = 0;
         $basetime[$i] = timelocal(@time);

         $today_time = (((60*$hour)+$min)*60);
         $readingtime = $basetime[$i] + $today_time;
         $readingtime = $readingtime - $basetime[$days];

         # This is the X value for each plot
         $xval[$j] = $readingtime;

         $outtemp[$j] = $outtemp;
         if( $outtemp > $maxouttemp ) { $maxouttemp = $outtemp; }
         if( $outtemp < $minouttemp ) { $minouttemp = $outtemp; }

         $dp[$j] = &dewpoint($outtemp,$hum);

         $bp[$j] = $bp;
         if( $bp > $maxbp ) { $maxbp = $bp; }
         if( $bp < $minbp ) { $minbp = $bp; }

         $raind[$j] = $raind;
         if( $raind > $maxraind ) { $maxraind = $raind; }
         if( $raind < $minraind ) { $minraind = $raind; }

         $rainrate[$j] = $rainrate;
         if( $rainrate > $maxrainrate )
            { $maxrainrate = $rainrate; }
         if( $rainrate < $minrainrate )
            { $minrainrate = $rainrate; }

         $winds[$j] = $winds;
         if( $winds > $maxwinds ) { $maxwinds = $winds; }
         if( $winds < $minwinds ) { $minwinds = $winds; }

         $j++;
      }

      close IN;
   }
}

# Then I just create the plots using a whole bunch
#  of calls to pgplot routines.  Not real pretty, but
#  it gets the job done.

#
# Temp and dewpoint plot
#
$dev = "temp.gif/GIF";
$dev = "?" unless defined $dev;

pgbegin(0,$dev,1,1);  # Open plot device
pgpap(7.0,0.55);
pgscr(1,0.75,0.75,0.75);
pgscr(5,0.40,0.70,0.40);
pgscr(0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
pgscf(1);             # Set character font
pgslw(1);             # Set line width
pgsch(1.2);           # Set character height
pglabel("","",""); # Labels

$top = (int(($maxouttemp)/10)+1) * 10 ;
$bottom = (int(($minouttemp)/10)) * 10 ;
$left = 0;
$right = ($basetime[0] + $twentyfourhours) - $basetime[$days];
pgswin($left,$right,$bottom,$top);
pgbox( 'ABCGI',$twentyfourhours,0,'ABCGINMVS',10,2);
pgsci(0);                # Change colour
pgdraw($xval[0],$outtemp[0]);

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   pgdraw($xval[$i],$outtemp[$i]);
}

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+3.5 ,0,0,"Temperature (F)");
pgsci(4);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+1 ,0,0,"Dewpoint (F)");
pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgptxt(int(($right-$left)/2), $top+3.5 ,0,0, "$time $daylabel[0] $date ");

pgsci(0);                # Change colour
pgdraw($xval[0],$dp[0]);

pgsci(4);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   pgdraw($xval[$i],$dp[$i]);
}

pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgsch(1.20);           # Set character height

for( $i=$days; $i >= 0; $i-- )
{
   $offset = (($days-$i) * $twentyfourhours) + int($twentyfourhours/2);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-2 ,0,0.5,$daylabel[$i]);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-4 ,0,0.5,$daydate[$i]);
}
pgend;    # Close plot

###
#
# Atmospheric Pressure Plot
#
$dev = "pressure.gif/GIF";
pgbegin(0,$dev,1,1);  # Open plot device
pgpap(7.0,0.55);
pgscr(1,0.75,0.75,0.75);
pgscr(5,0.40,0.70,0.40);
pgscr(0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
pgscf(1);             # Set character font
pgslw(1);             # Set line width
pgsch(1.2);           # Set character height

pglabel("","",""); # Labels

$top = (int($maxbp * 2) + 1) / 2;
$bottom = (int($minbp * 2)) / 2;
$left = 0;
$right = ($basetime[0] + $twentyfourhours) - $basetime[$days];
pgswin($left,$right,$bottom,$top);
pgbox( 'ABCGI',$twentyfourhours,0,'ABCGINMVS',.5,2);

pgsci(0);                # Change colour
pgdraw($xval[0],$bp[0]);
pgsci(2);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   pgdraw($xval[$i],$bp[$i]);
}

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+.05 ,0,0,"Pressure (inches of mercury)");
pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgptxt(int(($right-$left)/2), $top+.05 ,0,0, "$time $daylabel[0] $date ");

pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgsch(1.20);           # Set character height

for( $i=$days; $i >= 0; $i-- )
{
   $offset = (($days-$i) * $twentyfourhours) + int($twentyfourhours/2);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-.05 ,0,0.5,$daylabel[$i]);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-.10 ,0,0.5,$daydate[$i]);
}
pgend;    # Close plot

###
#
# Daily Rainfall and Rainfall Rate
#
$dev = "raind.gif/GIF";
pgbegin(0,$dev,1,1);  # Open plot device
pgpap(7.0,0.55);
pgscr(1,0.75,0.75,0.75);
pgscr(5,0.40,0.70,0.40);
pgscr(0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
pgscf(1);             # Set character font
pgslw(1);             # Set line width
pgsch(1.2);           # Set character height

pglabel("","",""); # Labels

if( $maxraind > $maxrainrate ) { $maxrain = $maxraind; }
else { $maxrain = $maxraind; }

if( $minraind > $minrainrate ) { $minrain = $minraind; }
else { $minrain = $minraind; }

$top = (int($maxrain * 2) + 1) / 2;
$bottom = (int($minrain * 2)) / 2;
$left = 0;
$right = ($basetime[0] + $twentyfourhours) - $basetime[$days];
pgswin($left,$right,$bottom,$top);
pgbox( 'ABCGI',$twentyfourhours,0,'ABCGINMVS',.5,2);

pgsci(0);                # Change colour
pgdraw($xval[0],$raind[0]);

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   pgdraw($xval[$i],$raind[$i]);
}

pgsci(4);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   # Just print positive data points for rainrate
   if( $rainrate[$i] > 0 )
   {
      $y[0] = $rainrate[$i];
      $x[0] = $xval[$i];
      pgpt(1,\@x,\@y,20);
   }
}

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+.08 ,0,0,"Daily Rainfall (inches)");
pgsci(4);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+.04 ,0,0,"Rainfall Rate (inches per hour)");
pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgptxt(int(($right-$left)/2), $top+.05 ,0,0, "$time $daylabel[0] $date ");

pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgsch(1.20);           # Set character height

for( $i=$days; $i >= 0; $i-- )
{
   $offset = (($days-$i) * $twentyfourhours) + int($twentyfourhours/2);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-.05 ,0,0.5,$daylabel[$i]);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-.10 ,0,0.5,$daydate[$i]);
}
pgend;    # Close plot

###
#
# Windspeed Plot
#
$dev = "winds.gif/GIF";
pgbegin(0,$dev,1,1);  # Open plot device
pgpap(7.0,0.55);
pgscr(1,0.75,0.75,0.75);
pgscr(5,0.40,0.70,0.40);
pgscr(0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
pgscf(1);             # Set character font
pgslw(1);             # Set line width
pgsch(1.2);           # Set character height

pglabel("","",""); # Labels

$top = (int(($maxwinds)/5)+1) * 5 ;
$bottom = (int(($minwinds)/5)) * 5 ;
$left = 0;
$right = ($basetime[0] + $twentyfourhours) - $basetime[$days];
pgswin($left,$right,$bottom,$top);
pgbox( 'ABCGI',$twentyfourhours,0,'ABCGINMVS',5,0);

pgsci(0);                # Change colour
pgdraw($xval[0],$winds[0]);

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
for( $i=0; $i < $j; $i++)
{
   pgdraw($xval[$i],$winds[$i]);
}

pgsci(2);                # Change colour
pgptxt(0, $top+1 ,0,0,"Windspeed (MPH)");
pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgptxt(int(($right-$left)/2), $top+1 ,0,0, "$time $daylabel[0] $date ");

pgsci(5);                # Change colour
pgsch(1.20);           # Set character height

for( $i=$days; $i >= 0; $i-- )
{
   $offset = (($days-$i) * $twentyfourhours) + int($twentyfourhours/2);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-.70 ,0,0.5,$daylabel[$i]);
   pgptxt($offset, $bottom-1.4 ,0,0.5,$daydate[$i]);
}
pgend;    # Close plot

exit;

# Subroutines to do things like calculate dewpoint
#  and corrected atmospheric pressure.
sub cbp
{
   local($in) = @_;
   return(sprintf("%2.2f", $in + $CBP_CORRECTION));
}

sub ctof
{
   local ($C) = @_;
   $F = (9/5 * $C) + 32;
   return $F;
}

sub ftoc
{
   local ($F) = @_;
   $C = 5/9 * ($F - 32);
   return $C;
}

sub dewpoint
{
   local ($F, $H) = @_;

   $rh = $H/100; # RH. Fraction, [0..1] not %.
   $t = ftoc($F); #Celsius Temperature

   $es = 6.112 * exp(17.67 * $t / ($t + 243.5));
   $e = $rh * $es;
   $loge = log($e/6.112);
   $dp = 243.5 * $loge/(17.67 - $loge);
        return ctof($dp);
}
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