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Change Log

Source: CHANGELOG.md

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased] yyyy-mm-dd

Added

  • nm_to_sm Convert nautical miles to survey miles. (#99)
  • tidy_adv to replace tidy_fstadv which will be removed in release 0.2.2 (#103)
  • get_storm_list returns dataframe of all known cyclones. (#114)

Changed

  • gis_download and gis_latest can accept parameters for rgdal::readOGR (#104).

  • ep_prblty_stations now returns all stations.

  • al_prblty_stations, cp_prblty_stations and ep_prblty_stations datasets were modified with additional columns. Changes are documented.

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Fixed

  • tidy_fcst now returns all forecast periods; previously only returned hours 12:96 (#107)
  • NHC GIS page went from using POST to GET parameters at some point recently for wind speed probability datasets. Func gis_wsp modified accordingly. (#108)

Security

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[0.2.0-6] 2017-07-16

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Changed

  • get_storms and get_storm_data now use asynchronous http requests to make data collection faster. (#94)
  • Prefaced all built-in data objects with “df”; modified names slightly.

Removed

  • load_storm_data has been removed. Archived data can now be accessed through rrricanesdata.

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[0.2.0-5.1] 2017-07-10

Added

  • Instructions for Linux users to install libgdal1-dev, libproj-dev, and libxml2-dev. (#95)

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[0.2.0-5] 2017-07-08

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[0.2.0-4] 2017-06-25

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Changed

  • Added variable Key to discus dataframes. (#80)
  • Removed variable Adv from posest. Position estimates do not have advisory numbers. (#81)
  • Fix scrape_adv_num to accomodate possible “INTERMEDIATE” text in Public Advisory headers. (#83)
  • Remove variable Adv from update. Updates do not have advisory numbers. (#84)
  • Added variable Key to get_public dataframes. (#85)
  • Added variable Key to get_update dataframes. (#86)
  • Removed non-existent wind radii variables in get_fstadv. Hrs 48 and 72 hours only have 34 and 50kt wind fields. Hrs 96 and 120 have none. (#89)

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[0.2.0-3] 2017-06-22

Added

  • Examples for functions knots_to_mph, mb_to_in, status_abbr_to_str, get_discus, get_fstadv, tidy_fstadv, tidy_wr, tidy_fcst and tidy_fcst_wr.

Changed

  • Added data files to make building vignettes quicker.
  • Added skip_on_cran to tests. Additionally, slimmed down some tests. Previous tests exist in branch tests and will be redeveloped.
  • Minor documentation updates and corrections.

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[0.2.0-2] 2017-06-22

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Fixed

  • Advisories now issued when tropical cyclone development is anticipated, but not yet occurred, and watches and warnings need to be issued. See AL022017, AL032017.
  • Added additional time zones (HDT, HST, MDT, MST)
  • Appended additional headers (TCE, WTPA, MIATCM, MIAWRKAD1, MIAWRKAP)

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[0.2.0-1] 2017-06-16

Added

  • GIS functions gis_advisory, gis_breakpoints, gis_latest, gis_outlook, gis_prob_storm_surge, gis_windfield and gis_wsp added. These functions return one or more URLs to datasets that can be downloaded with gis_download.
  • shp_to_df added to convert lines and polygons spatial dataframes to dataframes. Points dataframes can be converted using tibble::as_dataframe (target the @data object).

Changed

  • load_storm_data now returns full datasets from the rrricanesdata repo including tidied fstadv data. See documentation for notes on other products. (#76)

Removed

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Deprecated

  • Not yet deprecated but a warning that al_prblty_stations, cp_prblty_stations and ep_prblty_stations may be removed on a future release. (#46)

Fixed

  • dplyr 0.6.0 has renamed the .cols parameter of mutate_at to .vars. Have modified pkg to accept both dplyr 0.5.0 and >= 0.6.0. This will be removed in future releases. (#74)

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[0.1.3] 2017-06-11

Added

  • rrricanes.http_sleep to control time to sleep between multiple HTTP requests.

Changed

  • Update documentation for get_fstadv, get_prblty, get_wndprb, tidy_fstadv, tidy_wr, tidy_fcst and tidy_fcst_wr.

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Fixed

  • Correct tidy_fcst and tidy_fcst_wr when all forecast periods do not exist. Previously, was expected that all forecast fields would exist. This may not always be the case. Now works only available forecast periods. (#73)

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[0.1.2] - 2017-06-08

Added

  • dplyr.progress_bar for all products
  • rrricanes.working_msg option to show current working advisory.
  • tracking_chart() for a base world plot. al_tracking_chart() for chart centered on Atlantic basin. ep_tracking_chart() for chart centered on northeast Pacific.
  • load_storm_data() helps get datasets that have already been scraped and processed. Designed to make it more efficient to get data faster.
  • status_abbr_to_str converts storm status abbreviations (i.e., TD, TS, HU) to string.
  • saffir returns Saffir-Simpson classification of tropical cyclones; abbreviated.
  • twoal and twoep for Atlantic and east Pacific tropical weather outlooks.
  • Added options rrricanes.http_timeout and rrricanes.http_attempts to give user more control over failures.

Changed

  • get_storm_data now takes link as first parameter for chaining. Returns a list of dataframes for each product.
  • tidy_fstadv, tidy_wr, tidy_fcst and tidy_fcst_wr have been added to replaced now-removed fstadv_split().
  • Completed package top-level documentation.

Removed

  • fstadv_split. Dataframe can be split if desired by user.

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Fixed

  • Fix call to get_storms on some Linux distros which generated xpath_element fun error. (#67)
  • Fix call to get_storm_data. Issue similar to #67. (#68)
  • Fix call to gis_wsp. Call in rvest::html_nodes generated “xpath_attrib” error. Add test for gis_wsp. (#70)

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[0.1.0] - 2017-05-12

Added

  • al_prblty_stations Get list of locations for wind speed probabilities in Atlantic basin.
  • cp_prblty_stations Get list of locations for wind speed probabilities in central Pacific basin.
  • fstadv_split split dataframe returned from fstadv() to four narrow dataframes.
  • get_discus get storm discussions from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_fstadv get forecast/advisory products from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_nhc_link returns link to NHC homepage
  • get_posest get position estimates from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_prblty get strike probabilities from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_products get links to all products for a storm.
  • get_public get public advisory statements from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_storms get a list for storms from a year’s archive page.
  • get_storm_data get one or multiple products for a storm
  • get_update get updates from a storm’s archive page.
  • get_wndprb get wind speed probabilities from a storm’s archive page.
  • knots_to_mph Convert values from knots to mph (for wind and gust values).
  • mb_to_in convert barometric pressure from millibars to inches.
  • wndprb Access a specific wind speed probability for a storm.

Changed

  • Correct version, CHANGELOG and NEWS from previous “release”.

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