PythonBallooning

UMaine ECE 498 Python Ballooning

Running the predictor

#1 Install python and Libs

To make your first prediction you'll need to have Python 2.7 and the libaries listed below installed.

Standard Libraries:

• math
• datetime
• calendar
• os
• time
• urllib
• urllib2
• re
• zipfile
• pytz
• shutil

Non-Standard Libarries:

• wx
• wx.lib.masked
• numpy
• pygrib
• wget

#2 Download the codebase

$ git clone https://github.com/UMaineECE498/PythonBallooning.git
-or-
https://github.com/UMaineECE498/PythonBallooning/archive/master.zip

#3 Run the GUI

Run the build/input.py script with ./build/input.py

#4 Enter values and wait

1. Use the gui to enter values to run the prediction with
2. Click the run prediction
3. Watch the status messages in the terminal. [This may take some time to download the GRIB(wind) and STRM(elevation) data]