1. RADAR2_LOCAL_PLT.PY: This program will describe structure of a NexRad level II archive file and plot out a field from a NexRad level II archive file if desired. Data downloaded from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/ To run: pyrun 2 radar2_local_plt.py png -KEWX-lev2.png 2. RADAR2_REMOTE_SAVE.PY: This script will retrieve a Nexrad level II file from NCEI NexRad BigData site and save locally in NetCDF or Shapefile format. User will define a date, time and output_type as input parameters Script will retrieve a list of remote files for a given data and then find the file closest to desired time. Will then retrieve and save in user-defined location. To run: python-run.sc 4 radar2_remote_save.py KBRO 2017/08/26 003000 SHP 3. RADAR2_REMOTE_SAVE_PLT.PY: Similar to above but will also create a panel plot of up to the 1st 9 sweeps. These can either be plan or an a map backgnd. vars: "Reflectivity","Reflectivity_HI","RadialVelocity","RadialVelocity_HI" To run: pyrun 6 radar2_remote_save_plt.py KBRO 2017/08/26 003000 NC png Reflectivity -NexRadII_KCRP201708260030_mapHI.png -NexRadII_KCRP201708260030_plan.png 4. RADAR2_THREDDS_PLT.PY: This program will retrieve NexRAD level II data remotely using thredds. Will formulate a query statement and list out characteristics... Will use cartopy to plot out desired variable(+sweep) onto screen. Can create plots of 1 or a list of stations. To run: pyrun 2 radar2_thredds_plt.py Reflectivity_HI png -KCRP20170826_002504_V06.png