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@edrewitz edrewitz released this 18 Apr 16:33
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WxData 1.6

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(C) Eric J. Drewitz 2025-2026

Documentation And Examples

WxData Documentation and Examples

What's New?

  1. cfs_pressure() - An end-to-end client that downloads, pre-process and post-processes 6-hourly Climate Forecast System (CFS) data (for pressure-field variables).

  2. cfs_flux() - An end-to-end client that downloads, pre-process and post-processes 6-hourly Climate Forecast System (CFS) data (for flux-field variables).

  3. download_current_single_station_nexrad2_radar_data() - Downloads the latest NEXRAD II radar data for a user-specified radar site and returns a list of Py-ART radar objects corresponding to all the scans for a given radar.

  4. download_current_multi_station_nexrad2_radar_data() - Downloads the latest NEXRAD II radar data for a user-specified list of radar sites and returns a list of Py-ART radar objects corresponding to all the scans for a given radar for all radars specified by the user.

  5. get_aws_open_data() - A raw data client that allows users to download any publicly available data (data not hidden behind an API key) from Amazon AWS servers.

  6. cfs_post_processing - A new module consisting of post-processors for CFS Pressure and CFS Flux data.

Improvements

Nothing at this time.

Bug Fixes

  1. Fixed the xmACIS2 data client to handle invalid characters.