MetPy 1.4.0 Released

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Hi,

MetPy v1.4.0 (codename “hohoho”) has been released:

  • Fully projection/spherical-aware spatial derivative calculations (e.g.
    vorticity, divergence)
  • Added calculations for SWEAT index, Convective Condensation Level (CCL),
    and convective temperature
  • ArrowPlot and RasterPlot added to the simplified plotting interface,
    as well as other enhancements to the simplified plotting interface
  • Many more examples in docstrings and example gallery
  • Improve integration with other libraries that use Pint for unit-handling
  • Converted GINI support to work as a proper xarray backend

For full release notes see the GitHub release page:

MetPy packages are available for Conda on the conda-forge channel,
https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/MetPy

and for pip from the Python Package Index:

Let us know if you run into any problems, either at MetPy issue tracker, or using support-python@unidata.ucar.edu.

You can also ask questions using the “MetPy” tag on Stack Overflow,

or on GitHub Discussions.

Happy Holidays from the Metpy team!

Ryan

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Ryan May
Unidata Deputy Director
UCAR
Boulder, CO

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