Overlay small soundings above a map to analyze spatial and temporal trends in thermodynamic profiles
Version 0.2 is here as of 3/6/21! NEW features:
- get_soundingmaps.py is now the main interface through which you can make soundingmaps. Run in either interactive mode to set variables through the interpreter or tweak the variables in the script to pick your own region and model of interest.
- severe weather parameters:
- CAPE/CIN shading
- Parcel path plot
- HGZ outline for unstable soundings
- LCL marker for unstable soundings
- sub-ground data now masked out
- option to plot wet bulb profiles
- black dot marks origin of sounding data
This code now relies on MetPy 1.0, so make sure you're working with the most up-to-date version
This is very much a work in progress! The plotting routines are a bit clumsy and it's not as easy as it should be to change domain locations/sizes.
I'm posting this so others in the community can adapt it for their own ideas, help make it better, and also so I can learn more about how the development of open-source code actually works. Any and all tips/advice about how to work best in github, good coding practices, how to make this script or others like it more efficient, etc. are very much welcomed!
Enjoy and happy coding. -Jack