14. S2S Blocking plot

14.1. Description

The CBL_plot.py is plotting only a portion of the original CBL.py script created by Doug Miller at the University of Illinois.

For more background on this plot, please refer to the METplus use case documentation.

14.2. Required Packages

  • Python 3.8

  • Matplotlib 3.3.1

  • Cartopy 0.17.1

  • metcalcpy (refer to Section 1.1.3)

  • numpy

  • psutil

  • pytest

  • pyyaml

  • scikit-image

  • scipy

14.3. How to Use

Import CBL_plot into the script:

import CBL_plot as cblp

Generate the following as numpy arrays in the code (except month_str and output_plotname):

  • lons: A numpy array of the longitude values under consideration.

  • lats: A numpy array of the latitude values under consideration.

  • mmstd: A numpy array of the mean weight heights.

  • mean_cbl: A numpy array of the mean CBL values that correspond to the lons.

  • month_str: Indicates the months comprising this plot. (ex. DJF for December, January, February.)

  • output_plotname: The full path and filename of the output plot file. Two versions are written, .pdf and .png files.

Invoke the plotting function

cblp.create_cbl_plot (lons, lats, mean_cbl, mmstd, month_str, output_plotname)

A .pdf and .png version of the CBL contour world map plot are generated as output, based on what was specified (path and name) in the output_plotname.