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+from metpy.units import units
+
+import matplotlib as mpl
+from matplotlib.colors import LinearSegmentedColormap
+
+def register_colormaps():
+ # Define custom colormap
+ clcov_cmap = {
+ 'red': (
+ (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
+ (0.1, 0.9, 0.9),
+ (1.0, 0.3, 0.3),
+ ),
+ 'green': (
+ (0.0, 0.5, 0.5),
+ (0.1, 0.9, 0.9),
+ (1.0, 0.3, 0.3),
+ ),
+ 'blue': (
+ (0.0, 0.9, 0.9),
+ (0.1, 0.9, 0.9),
+ (1.0, 0.3, 0.3),
+ ),
+ }
+
+ mpl.colormaps.register(LinearSegmentedColormap('clcov', clcov_cmap))
+
+def register_units():
+ # Define custom gpm and gpdm units. The default gpm in metpy is aliased to meter.
+ # We need the correct definition
+ units.define('_gpm = 9.80665 * J/kg')
+ units.define('_gpdm = 10 * _gpm')