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Kernel: Python 3 (Ubuntu Linux)

NOAA SDK in Python 3 (Ubuntu Linux)

https://github.com/paulokuong/noaa

from noaa_sdk import noaa
n = noaa.NOAA()

fc = n.get_forecasts(postal_code="30005", country='US', hourly=True)[:48]
fc[:2]
[{'number': 1, 'name': '', 'startTime': '2018-11-30T13:00:00-05:00', 'endTime': '2018-11-30T14:00:00-05:00', 'isDaytime': True, 'temperature': 58, 'temperatureUnit': 'F', 'temperatureTrend': None, 'windSpeed': '5 mph', 'windDirection': 'SW', 'icon': 'https://api.weather.gov/icons/land/day/rain,20?size=small', 'shortForecast': 'Slight Chance Light Rain', 'detailedForecast': ''}, {'number': 2, 'name': '', 'startTime': '2018-11-30T14:00:00-05:00', 'endTime': '2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00', 'isDaytime': True, 'temperature': 58, 'temperatureUnit': 'F', 'temperatureTrend': None, 'windSpeed': '5 mph', 'windDirection': 'SW', 'icon': 'https://api.weather.gov/icons/land/day/rain,20?size=small', 'shortForecast': 'Slight Chance Light Rain', 'detailedForecast': ''}]
# convert short forecast wording to numeric level
# only order matters: 0, 1, 2
def snow_number(s):
    if 'Heavy Snow' in s:
        ret = 2
    elif 'Snow' in s:
        ret = 1
    else:
        ret = 0
    return ret

import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(fc)[['startTime','temperature','shortForecast']]
# fix types
df['Time'] = pd.to_datetime(df['startTime'])
df['Snowfall'] = df['shortForecast'].apply(snow_number)
df = df.set_index('Time')
df.head()

df[['temperature','Snowfall']].plot(subplots=True, sharex=True, figsize=(13,4.5), fontsize=8)
array([<matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot object at 0x7f00f4c14cc0>, <matplotlib.axes._subplots.AxesSubplot object at 0x7f00f4b91198>], dtype=object)
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