MetPy 0.12.0 has been released:
- Added support for Python 3.8, dropped support for Python 2.7
precipitable_waternow issues aFutureWarningdue to an impending change to its function signature in 1.0--this will change the signature toprecipitable_water(pressure, dewpt, *, bottom=None, top=None)for better consistency with the rest of the library. To avoid this warning, import the function withfrom metpy.future import precipitable_waterstorm_relative_helicitynow issues aFutureWarningdue to an impending change to its function signature in 1.0--this will change the signature tostorm_relative_helicity(heights, u, v, depth, *, bottom, storm_u, storm_v)for better consistency with the rest of the library. To avoid this warning, import the function withfrom metpy.future import storm_relative_helicitydewpoint_rhhas been deprecated in favor ofdewpoint_from_relative_humidity, and will be removed in 1.0- Removed previously deprecated functions
get_wind_components,get_wind_dir,get_wind_speed,interp,interpolate_nans, andlog_interpas well as themetpy.griddingsub-package. - Added parser for METAR-formatted reports
- Update NEXRAD
Level2Fileto handle future format changes - Added calculation
mixed_layer_cape_cin - geopotential <-> height calculations modified to use standard gravity
- Added declarative interface for station plots
- Added arrows to go with barbs on station plots
- Compatibility fixes for future versions of Pint
- Enhancements to xarray coordinate identification
- Fixed average spacing calculation in interpolation
- Added 'wide' and 'most_cape' options for LFC/EL
- Added
wx_code_to_numericfor converting text weather codes (e.g. '+SNRA') to corresponding WMO code.
Contributors
@ahijevyc, @akrherz, @jthielen, @kgoebber, @mgrover1, @zbruick, and @dopplershift contributed code to this release.
For full release notes see the GitHub Release Page.
MetPy packages are available for Conda on the conda-forge channel and for pip from the Python Package Index.
Let us know if you run into any problems, either at MetPy issue tracker, using support-python@unidata.ucar.edu, or on the python-users list. You can also ask questions using the "MetPy" tag on Stack Overflow.
