MetPy

MetPy is a collection of tools in Python for reading, visualizing, and performing calculations with weather data.

The space MetPy aims for is GEMPAK (and maybe NCL)-like functionality, in a way that plugs easily into the existing scientific Python ecosystem (numpy, scipy, matplotlib). So, if you take the average GEMPAK script for a weather map, you need to:

  • read data
  • calculate a derived field
  • show on a map/skew-T

One of the benefits hoped to achieve over GEMPAK is to make it easier to use these routines for any meteorological Python application; this means making it easy to pull out the LCL calculation and just use that, or re-use the Skew-T with your own data code. MetPy also prides itself on being well-documented and well-tested, so that on-going maintenance is easily manageable.

The intended audience is that of GEMPAK: researchers, educators, and any one wanting to script up weather analysis. It doesn't even have to be scripting; all python meteorology tools are hoped to be able to benefit from MetPy. Conversely, it's hoped to be the meteorological equivalent of the audience of scipy/scikit-learn/skimage.

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  • Ryan May
    support-python@unidata.ucar.edu
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Related Links

Documentation : Online user and API documentation

GitHub : GitHub repository of MetPy source code
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Resource Format ZIP
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Asset Size 1.6 MB
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BSD 3 clause license

                  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Unidata/MetPy/master/LICENSE

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Software Implementation Language Python

Resource Support Name Ryan May
Resource Support Email support-python@unidata.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization Unidata
Distributor UCAR/UCP - Unidata
Metadata Contact Name Ryan May
Metadata Contact Email rmay@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization Unidata

Author Ryan May
John Leeman
Seam Arms
Patrick Marsh
Eric Bruning
Publisher UCAR/UCP - Unidata
Publication Date 2015-05-01
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WW7G29
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Resource Version 1.0.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2018-03-27T23:17:45
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Metadata Language eng
Suggested Citation Ryan May, John Leeman, Seam Arms, Patrick Marsh, Eric Bruning. (2015). MetPy. 1.0.0. UCAR/UCP - Unidata. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6WW7G29. Accessed 31 October 2025.

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