login to ldm ( ssh -X username@ldm.atms.unca.edu )

> cd /ldm-data/data/gempak
> nsharp


------------------------------------------> assuming that NSHARP appears...


click on "Load" icon --> "Model Soundings" --> "Select Model" --> "BROWSE" 

under "file selection pop-up menu"...
	"/ldm-home/data/gempak/*" should appear in "Filter" window (no quotes)
        choose "/ldm-home/data/data/model" in "Directories" window and 
		press "Filter" button
        choose "/ldm-home/data/data/model/gfs" in "Directories" window and
		press "Filter" button

choose your particular model case study and hit "OK" at the bottom of 
the "file selection pop-up menu"

choose the model forecasts of interest in "Model times:" window
	and choose the location in the "Location:" window [e.g. "35.6;-82.4" no quotes]

click "OK" at top of "Model Sounding Selection" window

to save an image click on "File" in "SKEWT HODOGRAPH ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH PROGRAM" 
window --> "Print" --> "Postscript File Only"

Note: be sure to save the postscript file to your home ("/home/uncanet.unca.edu/username/")
directory where you'll have write permission

Use "gimp" application on debris to convert from postscript to jpeg or gif format file

---> sometimes the "nsharp" program runs slowly and you have to wait for the 
"not allowed" icon to disappear!!!! <--------------