v1.5.0

Highlights

• Drawing fronts and boundaries using Matplotlib path effects for appropriate meteorological styling (e.g. cold fronts)
• Drawing regions with a scalloped style
• Parser for WPC surface bulletins
• CAPE and CIN calculations now use the virtual temperature correction
• Revamped the list of pre-defined plotting areas for the simplified plotting interface
• "Dark mode" now available in the docs (thanks pydata-sphinx-theme!)
• Last release to support Python 3.8

New Features 🎉

• Fronts Plotting Support by @dopplershift in #2420
• Function for parsing WPC coded surface bulletins by @23ccozad in #1944
• Add scalloped path effect by @nawendt in #2992
• Additional path effects by @nawendt in #3003

Enhancements 😄

• A few doc fixes by @dopplershift in #2971
• unit redefinition help for /s by @kgoebber in #2994
• DOC: Add simple example plotting fronts using path effects by @dopplershift in #2997
• Using Virtual Temperature in CAPE/CIN calculations by @mgrover1 in #2437
• DOC: Simplify docstring example by @dopplershift in #3026
• Update areas by @kgoebber in #2949

Bugs Fixed 🐛

• BUG: Fix up some legacy NEXRAD level 2 parsing issues by @dopplershift in #2996
• Fix formatting of "Returns" from most_unstable_parcel by @dopplershift in #3009
• Improve GEMPAK "thinned GFS" files by @dopplershift in #3024
• Support floats in image_range by @wxmann in #3028
• BUG: Raise error in moist_lapse on solver fail by @dopplershift in #3025

Other Changes

• Add ruff instructions to contributor's guide by @dcamron in #2979
• Update METAR link to use production TDS by @dopplershift in #3018
• CI: Swap over to PyPI trusted publishing by @dopplershift in #3019
• Use weighted_continuous_average in bunkers_storm_motion by @dcamron in #2999

New Contributors

• @wxmann made their first contribution in #3028

Full Changelog: v1.4.1...v1.5.0