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MetPy: An Open Source Python Toolkit for Meteorology

28 May 2015

MetPy is an Open Source project aimed at providing a Pythonic library for meteorological data analysis that meshes well with the rest of the scientific Python ecosystem. The project heavily leverages the work already done by the Numpy, Scipy, and Matplotlib projects, and adds on top functionality specific to meteorology: plotting (e.g. Skew-Ts), calculations, and reading files (e.g. WSR-88D NIDS files).

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NHC Hurricane Tracks in Python

18 July 2014

Editor's note: Florita Rodriguez is a 2014 Unidata Summer Intern from Marble Falls, TX. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Texas A&M University in May, 2014.

Florita Rodriguez writes:

I created this hurricane track IPython notebook for all to enjoy. This project was suggested to me by some Python enthusiasts here at Unidata and while I was familiar with IPython and its notebook feature, this was a great opportunity for me to explore the interactive use provided by IPython interactive widgets and how to create an interactive environment in which National Hurricane Center data could be visualized.

Read Florita's full posting over on the Unidata Developers' Blog.

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