LAPs color bar change? Run to Run legend standardization issues.

May20th 2346Z

May 21st 0102Z

Just wanted to point out in the above two LAPs images. The color bar associated with number of CAPE is NOT fixed. This can cause some confusion when one model run is being actively overwritten with a new one. In this case the 22Z was overwritten with the 23Z model. The color for around 3000 j/kg dropped from Yellow/Orange to Green/Yellow. I believe this may be due to lower end of the CAPE spectrum being dynamic with runs (in this case -500 switched to -1000). It may be an idea to permanently fixed color bars to keep this from becoming a problem for the non-number oriented mets. Yes, they/we do exist!

Grant H.

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