Merge pull request #69 from srcarter3/website

Updates to website branch to reflect new changes in METARs blog

examples/notebooks/METAR_Station_Plot_with_MetPy.ipynb

@@ -273,26 +273,29 @@
     "# define a dictionary and array that will be populated from our for loop below\n",
     "obs = dict({params: [] for params in params})\n",
     "station_names = []\n",
+    "time_title = \"\"\n",
     "\n",
-    "# only grab the first skyCover record related to a station \n",
-    "new_station_id = True\n",
-    "# cycle through all the data in the response\n",
-    "for ob in response:\n",
+    "# cycle through all the data in the response, in reverse order to get the most recent data first\n",
+    "for ob in reversed(response):\n",
     "    avail_params = ob.getParameters()\n",
-    "    # if it has cloud information and is the first entry for this station id\n",
-    "    if \"skyCover\" in avail_params and new_station_id:\n",
-    "        # store the associated cloud cover int for the skyCover string\n",
-    "        obs['skyCover'].append(get_cloud_cover(ob.getString(\"skyCover\")))\n",
-    "        new_station_id = False\n",
+    "    #print(avail_params)\n",
+    "    # if it has cloud information, we want the last of the 6 entries (most recent)\n",
+    "    if \"skyCover\" in avail_params:\n",
+    "        if i == 5:\n",
+    "            # store the associated cloud cover int for the skyCover string\n",
+    "            obs['skyCover'].append(get_cloud_cover(ob.getString(\"skyCover\")))\n",
+    "        i = i + 1\n",
     "    elif \"stationName\" in avail_params:\n",
-    "        new_station_id=True\n",
     "        # If we already have a record for this stationName, skip\n",
     "        if ob.getString('stationName') not in station_names:\n",
     "            station_names.append(ob.getString('stationName'))\n",
+    "            i = 0\n",
     "            for param in single_value_params:            \n",
     "                if param in avail_params:\n",
     "                    if param == 'timeObs':\n",
     "                        obs[param].append(datetime.fromtimestamp(ob.getNumber(param)/1000.0))\n",
+    "                        if time_title == \"\":\n",
+    "                            time_title = str(ob.getDataTime())\n",
     "                    else:\n",
     "                        try:\n",
     "                            obs[param].append(ob.getNumber(param))\n",
@@ -392,7 +395,7 @@
     "\n",
     "# Set plot bounds\n",
     "ax.set_extent((-118, -73, 23, 50))\n",
-    "ax.set_title(str(ob.getDataTime()) + \" | METAR | \" + edexServer)\n",
+    "ax.set_title(time_title + \" | METAR | \" + edexServer)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Winds, temps, dewpoint, station id\n",
     "custom_layout = StationPlotLayout()\n",