RealtimeStorm.get_ships

RealtimeStorm.get_ships(time)

Retrieves a Ships object containing SHIPS data for a requested time.

Parameters

time (datetime.datetime) – Requested time of SHIPS forecast.

Returns

tropycal.ships.Ships – Instance of a Ships object containing SHIPS data for the requested time.

Notes

SHIPS data is available courtesy of the UCAR Research Applications Laboratory (RAL).

  1. A list of available times for SHIPS data can be retrieved using Storm.search_ships().

  2. On rare occasions, SHIPS data files from UCAR have empty data associated with them. In these cases, a value of None is returned.