[awips2-users] Python-AWIPS 18.1.3 Released

[Michael James <mjames@xxxxxxxx>]

https://python-awips.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
https://github.com/Unidata/python-awips/releases/tag/v18.1.3
https://pypi.org/project/python-awips/

python-awips 18.1.3 is a minor release with the following changes:

* control for bytestring encodings with Python 3 and unicode with Python 2
* best-practice syntax updates, removed unused imports and classes
* Jupyter Notebook updates for

   - GLM:
   
https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/Unidata/python-awips/blob/master/examples/notebooks/GOES_Geostationary_Lightning_Mapper.ipynb
   - Profiler time series:
   
https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/Unidata/python-awips/blob/master/examples/notebooks/Profiler_Wind_Barb_Time-Series.ipynb
   - METAR station plot:
   
https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/Unidata/python-awips/blob/master/examples/notebooks/METAR_Station_Plot_with_MetPy.ipynb

To update:

   - pip install python-awips -U



Michael James
Unidata Program Center
Boulder, CO