tamiratB/pyESA

Contributions for weather forecast groups in West Africa (WA), Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA). # PyCPT2 PyCPT is a python interface to CPT, the IRI Climate Predictability Tool (iri-pycpt.github.io). I made minor changes to the core PyCPT plotting functions to include administrative boundary shapefiles, improved the predictor and predictand domains plot. These updates also enable us to save the predictor and predictand domains, and each weekly forecasts separately (please check `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-s2s.ipynb` notebook). If you would like to incorporate these changes for your specific country, please follow these steps and refer to the specific examples provided in `exampleNotebooks` for Ethiopia. This has been tested with the latest `pycpt-2.8.2` as installed following the instructions at PyCPT Installation Guide. **Steps to follow** 1. Clone this github repository as follows: `git clone github.com` 2. Copy the following files from the cloned repository to the specified pyCPT installation directory: `cp pyESA/pycpt/src/pycpt/{subseasonal.py,notebook.py}` `/home/username/miniconda3/envs/pycpt-2.8.2/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pycpt/` **Note:** `username` typically refers to the name of your computer login account. Please verify the path to your PyCPT installation. *Next steps:* 3. Activate your pycpt conda environment (e.g., `conda activate pycpt-2.8.2`) 4. Run the Jupyter Notebook (e.g., `jupyter-notebook`) and open your `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-operational.ipynb` or `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-s2s.ipynb` notebook. 5. Perform a fresh start by selecting "Restart & Clear Output" or restarting the Jupyter kernel to incorporate the changes from step 2. 4. Define the path to your regional shapefiles and pass this defined variable for each plotting function as the last argument (refer to the update in `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-operational.ipynb` or `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-s2s.ipynb` provided in this github repository). 5. Run all cells in `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-operational.ipynb` and/or `exampleNotebooks/pycpt-s2s.ipynb`. …