diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+global-exclude *.nc
+global-exclude *.gb *.grib
+global-exclude *.bz2
+global-exclude *.yaml *.yml
+global-exclude *_test.py
+prune .github
+prune bin
+prune docs
+prune weather_*/test_data
+exclude tox.ini