feature/5_read_TCDiag_ASCII_into_TCPairs

[jvigh]

The goal of this issue is to get the TCDiag output from the retrospective read into TCpairs to support plotting development.

Some TCDiag outputs (generated on Casper using the python-based TCDiag code) have been staged to Seneca:
seneca:/d1/projects/TCDiag/data_output/DIAGNOSTICS/TCDIAG/2022/al092022

This repo has been cloned to Seneca at:
seneca:/d1/projects/TCDiag/TCDiag-use-cases

[bikegeek]

Skew-T diagram is available in the METplotpy repository:
https://github.com/dtcenter/METplotpy/tree/feature_337_tcdiag_skewt/metplotpy/plots/skew_t

[bikegeek]

Issue created in METplotpy to enhance the TCMPR plotter to read TCDiag lines and filter based on one column and plot another column:
dtcenter/METplotpy#342

[jvigh]

@KathrynNewman I've modified the standard TCPairs use case to try to read the TCDiag data, however I've run into an error:

It doesn't seem to like me using {date?fmt=%Y} in the file templates, however this is what the example use case uses. Is there some reason that METplus doesn't know what this date is? For instance, should it be instead using init_time?

I'll continue reading the documentation to see if I come up with anything. If you're available for a screenshare, I'm happy to set up a time this evening or Monday.

[jvigh]

@georgemccabe I am getting an error in the TC-Pairs use case, but I'm not sure what it means. Something about a type error and a key model not getting passed. Do you know what this is about?

[georgemccabe]

@jvigh, it looks like there a bug in the logic that handles setting the -diag option through the wrapper. I created dtcenter/METplus#2179 to track this work.

[georgemccabe]

@jvigh, what do you have set for MODEL in your METplus config for this run? If it is a single variable, then you can change {model?fmt=%s} to {MODEL} in the diag template and it should substitute it properly.

If the value for MODEL is a comma-separated list of values, then do you expect the logic to find files to pass with the -diag argument that match each of the models listed? This is how the logic to find adeck and edeck files is handled.

[jvigh]

ToDo for @jvigh: Minna needs TCMPR output (.tcst files) generated by running the TC-Pairs tool using the -diag command line option to provide diagnostic data. The data should go to Seneca or Mohawk.