Package: wrfplot
Application LicenseWorks on both Linuxand Windows. Mac OSsupport is available viaconda.Status of DocumentationDetails of PyPi packageStatus of buildsConda detailsAbout wrfplotwrfplotis a command line application written in Python programming language to plot set of diagnostic variables from World Research and Forecasting (WRF) atmospheric model output file. Though, WRF model output files are simple NetCDF, it requires one to install various software and libraries to plot a few variables.  Python has many modules that can deal with WRF model output data set. However, setting up theses libraries, plotting variables through reading lot of documentation is tedious process.wrfplotaims to fill this gap by proving an application that is easy to install and use.The idea of developing wrfplot came to my mind as I frequently revisit the same code base again and again to tweak few lines of code to get changes in final plots. Therefore, I was looking for a command line application that would help me to tweak the common WRF model forecast images by providing appropriate command line options. I could not find any and hence created one.DocumentationDocumentation of this project is located athttps://wrfplot.readthedocs.io.Use CasesA typical use case of wrfplot would be to include as part of your WRF model run framework to plotting of variables immediately after the model run is completed. The other use case would be to use it for producing publication quality 2D maps which does not much tweaking for your publication.Installation on all Platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac OS)Support for all platforms is provided throughconda-forge. If you have already conda installed, then following command is enough to installwrfplot:conda install -c cond-forge wrfplotCheck your installation by typing following command which should show the version number:wrfplot --version
0.1.0Binary (standalone) InstallationSince it is intended to be used as command line, the application is also distributed as stand-alone on both Linux and Windows. You must download the correct version of application installer or setup file. Both are described below:Windows OnlyGo tohttps://github.com/wxguy/wrfplot/releasesand look for latest release. The Windows setup executable will have namewrfplot-windows-64bit.exe. Click on the link and download it to local disk. The rest of the installation procedure is same as you do for any other windows setup files. Once installed Check if installation is successful by typing following command incmdwindow which should not produce any errors:wrfplot --version
0.1.0Linux OnlyYou must have at leastUbuntu 22.04,Red Hat 8.xor above for this to work. There is no additional packages or admin rights are required to install this package. Go tohttps://github.com/wxguy/wrfplot/releasesand look for latest release. The Linux installer will have namewrfplot-linux-64bit.run. Click on the link and download it to local disk. Thereafter execute the below command (assuming that the Linux installer is downloaded at~/Downloads):bash ~/Downloads/wrfplot-linux-64bit.runthat would produce the output as indicated below:Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing wrfplot_Linux_Installer  100%  
Removing previous install directory...
Installing wrfplot to /home/wxguy/.wrfplot...
Renaming '/home/wxguy/wrfplot' directory to '/home/wxguy/.wrfplot'..
'/home/wxguy/.local/bin' directory already exists. Not creating it.
Linking wrfplot executable...
Updating .bashrc file to include install directory...
/home/wxguy/.local/bin directory already added to PATH. Skipping...
Installation completed. Please restart your terminal to continue using wrfplot...Once installed Check if installation is successful by typing following command in terminal which should not produce any errors:wrfplot --version
0.1.0Mac OS OnlyAt the moment, Mac OS support is not available in binary format. You can installwrfplotusing method mentioned above.How to use?Please refer tohttps://wrfplot.readthedocs.iofor complete documentation on how to usewrfplotapplication.TODOAdd following command line options:--cmap:   Use user provided colour map--ulevels:   To plot upper level data as per user defined upper levels--clevels:   Control contour levels--animation:   Create animation for specific variable(s) in GIF for max compatibility. The animation option is implemented through--gifand--gif-speedoptions. Completed.--save-format:   Save image in specific file format--list-save-format:   List all supported image file format--title:   Custom title for the plot--title-font-size:   Specify title font sizeAuthorJ Sundar aka WxGuy (wrf.guy@gmail.com)