This data set contains 8760 hour simulation weather data for 26 cities in Central & South America. The data is intended for use with the HAP energy analysis program. When you download this data set, a file named WTA300.EXE will be placed on your system. To use this data with the HAP program, you first need to expand this file onto a 1.44MB (or higher) floppy disk. To do this, first go to a DOS window. Change to the directory where you have downloaded the WTA300.EXE file. Place a blank, formatted disk in either drive A: or drive B: From the DOS prompt, enter:

WTA300 A:

if your disk is in drive A:, or

WTA300 B:

if your disk is in drive B: When your computer has finished extracting, label the disk:

HAP Simulation Weather

Central & South America

You can now use this disk directly with the HAP program as outlined in the manual section describing simulation weather.

When you have finished installing, you can remove the WTA300.EXE file from your hard disk.