Read the data from text file and plot in visual basic

[jdbaba]

I have a dataset in the following format :

Station1	98.0	76.5
4	8/19/2010 00:10 AM
	0	1	2	3	
	38.6	38.5	38.3	38	
5	8/19/2010 10:33 AM
	0	1	2	3	4	
	39.7	39.7	39.6	39.6	39.5	
6	9/15/2010 8:30 AM
	0	1	2	3	4	5
	37.4	37.5	37.4	37.4	37.3	37.2
5	9/15/2010 12:15 PM
	0	1	2	3	4	
	40.3	40.3	40.3	40.3	40.2
5	9/15/2010 18:25 PM
	0	1	2	3	4	
	40.9	40.9	40.9	40.9	40.9

The above data is temperature profile. The first line shows the station name and coordinates of that station.

I am concerned about second line. I have data for 5 time periods in the above data.

The first line after the time is the depth at different heights (i.e from 0 to upto 5) and the second line is corresponding temperature.

I want to read the data such that I want to store the date and heights and temperature for each data set. So, basically I want to be able to store these data for each time.



Later I want to use the stored data to plot profiles. On the legend I want the time and the x-axis would be temperature and my y-axis would be temperature. I want to use a numeric up down button to change from one time to another in the plot window.


Btw, I am a beginner in VB.net.
Thank you for any advice.

Regards,
Jdbaba