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from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
from __future__ import unicode_literals
# this example reads today's numerical weather forecasts
# from the NOAA OpenDAP servers and makes a multi-panel plot.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import sys
import numpy.ma as ma
import datetime
from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap, addcyclic
from netCDF4 import Dataset as NetCDFFile, num2date
# today's date is default.
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
YYYYMMDD = sys.argv[1]
else:
YYYYMMDD = datetime.datetime.today().strftime('%Y%m%d')
# set OpenDAP server URL.
try:
URLbase="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs/gfs"
URL=URLbase+YYYYMMDD+'/gfs_00z'
print(URL)
data = NetCDFFile(URL)
except:
msg = """
opendap server not providing the requested data.
Try another date by providing YYYYMMDD on command line."""
raise IOError(msg)
# read lats,lons,times.
print(data.variables.keys())
latitudes = data.variables['lat']
longitudes = data.variables['lon']
fcsttimes = data.variables['time']
times = fcsttimes[0:6] # first 6 forecast times.
ntimes = len(times)
# convert times for datetime instances.
fdates = num2date(times,units=fcsttimes.units,calendar='standard')
# make a list of YYYYMMDDHH strings.
verifdates = [fdate.strftime('%Y%m%d%H') for fdate in fdates]
# convert times to forecast hours.
fcsthrs = []
for fdate in fdates:
fdiff = fdate-fdates[0]
fcsthrs.append(fdiff.days*24. + fdiff.seconds/3600.)
print(fcsthrs)
print(verifdates)
lats = latitudes[:]
nlats = len(lats)
lons1 = longitudes[:]
nlons = len(lons1)
# unpack 2-meter temp forecast data.
t2mvar = data.variables['tmp2m']
t2m = np.zeros((ntimes,nlats,nlons+1),np.float32)
# create Basemap instance for Orthographic projection.
m = Basemap(lon_0=-90,lat_0=60,projection='ortho')
# add wrap-around point in longitude.
for nt in range(ntimes):
t2m[nt,:,:], lons = addcyclic(t2mvar[nt,:,:], lons1)
# convert to celsius.
t2m = t2m-273.15
# contour levels
clevs = np.arange(-30,30.1,2.)
lons, lats = np.meshgrid(lons, lats)
x, y = m(lons, lats)
# create figure.
fig=plt.figure(figsize=(6,8))
# make subplots.
for nt,fcsthr in enumerate(fcsthrs):
ax = fig.add_subplot(321+nt)
cs = m.contourf(x,y,t2m[nt,:,:],clevs,cmap=plt.cm.jet,extend='both')
m.drawcoastlines(linewidth=0.5)
m.drawcountries()
m.drawparallels(np.arange(-80,81,20))
m.drawmeridians(np.arange(0,360,20))
# panel title
plt.title('%d-h forecast valid '%fcsthr+verifdates[nt],fontsize=9)
# figure title
plt.figtext(0.5,0.95,
"2-m temp (\N{DEGREE SIGN}C) forecasts from %s"%verifdates[0],
horizontalalignment='center',fontsize=14)
# a single colorbar.
cax = plt.axes([0.1, 0.05, 0.8, 0.025])
plt.colorbar(cax=cax, orientation='horizontal')
plt.show()
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