Describe Expected Changes

1. In MPR line type:
   • Renames columns CLIMO_MEAN, CLIMO_STDEV, and CLIMO_CDF as OBS_CLIMO_MEAN, OBS_CLIMO_STDEV, and OBS_CLIMO_CDF, respectively.
   • Adds new columns FCST_CLIMO_MEAN and FCST_CLIMO_STDEV.
2. In ORANK line type:
   • Renames columns CLIMO_MEAN, CLIMO_STDEV as OBS_CLIMO_MEAN, OBS_CLIMO_STDEV, respectively.
   • Adds new columns FCST_CLIMO_MEAN and FCST_CLIMO_STDEV.
3. Makes similar name changes in gridded NetCDF output files from Grid-Stat.

• Link to relevant issue(s): Enhance MET to support separate climatology datasets for both the forecast and observation inputs MET#2924
• Link to relevant pull request(s): Feature #2924 fcst climo, PR 2 of 3 MET#2942

Define the Metadata

Title

• Define the Title of this issue as Update Truth: For dtcenter/{REPO}#{PR_NUMBER} to indicate the repository and pull request that warranted this issue.

Assignee

Assign this issue to the author of the pull request that warranted this issue. Optionally assign anyone else who should review the differences in the output.

• Select engineer(s) or no engineer required
• Select scientist(s) or no scientist required

Milestone and Projects

• Select Milestone as the next official version if updating truth data for the develop branch OR select next METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z bugfix version if updating truth data for a main_vX.Y branch.
• If updating truth data for the develop branch, select the METplus-Wrappers-X.Y.Z Development project OR if updating truth for a main_vX.Y branch, select the Coordinated METplus-X.Y Support project

Update Truth Checklist

• Review the GitHub Actions workflow that was triggered by the PR merge
  • If no differences were found, note this in a comment.
  • If all of the differences are expected, note this in a comment.
    Include any details of how the review was performed.
  • If unexpected differences are found, the following instructions can
    help uncover potential explanations. If none of these apply and the
    source of the differences cannot be determined, contact the
    METplus wrappers lead engineer (@georgemccabe) for assistance.
    • Search for other open issues that have the label type: update truth
      applied by clicking on the label on this issue. Coordinate with the
      author of these issues to ensure all diffs are properly reviewed.
    • Check if any additional GitHub Actions testing workflows have been
      triggered since the workflow that corresponds to this issue was run.
      Review the latest run to ensure that there are no diffs that are
      unrelated to this issue.
    • If the incorrect differences are caused by the changes from the
      issue that warranted this issue, consider reverting the PR and
      re-opening the issue.
  • Iterate until one of the above conditions apply.
• Approve the update of the truth data
  • Contact the METplus wrappers lead engineer (@georgemccabe) or
    backup lead (@jprestop) to let them know that the truth data can
    be updated.
• Update the truth data.
  This should be handled by a METplus wrappers engineer.
  See the instructions to update the truth data
  for more info.
• Close this issue.