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

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