Merge pull request #268 from NCAR/nancycollins-patch-1

Fix grammar/typo in feature_request.md template and FO docs

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Please provide any error messages.
 
 ### Which model(s) are you working with?
 
-###Screenshots   
+### Screenshots   
 If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
 
 ### Version of DART      

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ What are you trying to accomplish?  Sometimes there may already be a way to do w
 If so, give a clear and concise description of what the problem is.
 For example, " I'm always frustrated when [...]"
 
-### Describe the your prefered solution  
+### Describe your preferred solution  
 Please provide enough detail here to help people have a discussion about your proposal
 
 ### Describe any alternatives you have considered  

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ individual files.
 
 The changes are now listed with the most recent at the top.
 
+**August 10 2021 :: Documentation and GitHub template update**
+
+- External forward operator documentation
+- Typo fixes for GitHub templates 
+
+**August 5 2021 :: bug fix for obs_seq_to_netcdf and grabbufr.x**
+
+- obs_seq_to_netcdf now works correctly with mulitple obs_seq per epoch.
+- grabbufr.x STAT function returns correctly for long filenames when using PGI
+
 **July 23 2021 :: bug fix for wrf non-initialized unique levels. Tag: v9.11.4**
 
 - The array uniquek is now initialized to an invalid level to prevent random