get_upper_air_data

metpy.io.get_upper_air_data(time, site_id, source='wyoming', **kwargs)

Download and parse upper air observations from an online archive.

Parameters:

• time (datetime) – The date and time of the desired observation.
• site_id (str) – The three letter ICAO identifier of the station for which data should be downloaded.
• source (str) – The archive to use as a source of data. Current can be one of ‘wyoming’ or ‘iastate’. Defaults to ‘wyoming’.
• kwargs – Arbitrary keyword arguments to use to initialize source

Returns:

metpy.io.cdm.Dataset containing the data

Deprecated since version 0.6.0: Function has been moved to the Siphon library and will be removed from MetPy in 0.8.0.