pyBKB_v2

Python scripts created and used by Brian K. Blaylock

Version 2: This code is being updated and cleaned up regularly, as opposed to the first version.

Directory	Purpose
BB_ASN	For getting data from MesoWest Above Surface Network
BB_HRRR	For raw handling HRRR data
BB_MesoWest	For grabbing data from the MesoWest API
BB_WRF	For handling WRF output data
BB_basemap	Draws various basemaps I use often
BB_cmap	Various color maps
BB_data	For handling various data types
BB_downloads	Scripts to download various data sets or images
BB_mplstyle	Matplotlib styling for publication
BB_rose	Creating wind and pollution roses
BB_skewt	Plotting SkewT
BB_special	Special and misc. functions
BB_wx_calcs	Various weather related calculations
MetPy_BB	An older version of MetPy with a fix for reading TDWR data
TDWR	Code for downloading and plotting TDWR data

Code Snippets, and "Convention"

My personal color map convention and preferences. Read this article before using python colormaps: http://matplotlib.org/users/colormaps.html

Variable	Code	Suggested Range
Air Temperature	`cmap='Spectral_r'`
Dew Point	`cmap='BrBG'`
Relative Humidity	`cmap='BrBG'`	[0, 100] %
Sea Level Pressure	`cmap='viridis'`	[976, 1040] hPa
Wind Gust	`from BB_cmap.my_cmap import cmap_gust`
	`cmap=cmap_gust()`	[0, 35] m/s
Terrain	`from BB_cmap.terrain_colormap import terrain_cmap_256()`	(mask known water points to -99)
	`cmap=terrain_cmap_256()`
Reflectivity	`from MetPy_BB.plots import ctables`
	`ctable = 'NWSReflectivity'`
	`norm, cmap = ctables.registry.get_with_steps(ctable, -0, 5)`
	`m.pcolormesh(x, y, ref, norm=norm, cmap=cmap)`

Commonly used HRRR variable names needed for indexing