[python #KOZ-297880]: broken support link...

Greetings!

Not sure what the problem is that caused your message's rejection. Can you 
forward the rejection response you received to address@hidden so she can 
investigate further?

That particular file is available in MetPy's static collection of test/example 
data:

  https://github.com/Unidata/MetPy/tree/main/staticdata

It will be automatically downloaded and cached by the `get_test_data()` that's 
used in the example you linked to.

These text products are produced by the National Weather Service's Weather 
Prediction Center. We host a rolling one-month collection of these files on our 
THREDDS server:

  https://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/catalog/noaaport/text/fronts/catalog.html

For a more extensive archive, you might consider looking over the offerings 
from NCEI, though I didn't find them there on a quick scan. Another option is 
the archive of NWS products from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet, under COD 
product code:

  
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/list.phtml?source=DMX&by=pil&pil=COD&year=2023&month=8&day=28&year2=2024&month2=8&day2=28&view=grid&order=asc

The data you linked to on Zenodo look like decoded versions of the text 
products, and according to the documentation only contains the 4 front types 
(cold, warm, stationary, occluded), and ignores the rest of the product. Since 
these are already decoded, you shouldn't need to use MetPy's 
`parse_wpc_surface_bulletin()` function at all. The plotting code should be 
readily adaptable to the information contained in the netCDF files.

Cheers,

Ryan

> good morning,
> 
> I sent the following message to python support and the e-mail was rejected by 
> unidata:
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Thank you for listening; I really appreciate it...
> 
> Two questions for now:
> 
> on the web page:
> 
> https://unidata.github.io/MetPy/latest/examples/plots/Plotting_Surface_Analysis.html#sphx-glr-examples-plots-plotting-surface-analysis-py
> 
> you use a file called:  'WPC_sfc_fronts_20210628_1800.txt' -- can you please 
> tell me where I can find it (and hopefully, an archive of such files)
> 
> And, do you know if these files will work in the code that you provide:
> 
> https://zenodo.org/records/2651361
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: KOZ-297880
Department: Support Python
Priority: Low
Status: Closed
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