[5pt] Update "generate_nws_lid.py" and generate new NWS lid points, including Alaska points

[AliForghani-NOAA]

Update "generate_nws_lid.py" and generate new NWS lid points, including Alaska points.
Also, need to compare new lid points (simply in QGIS) with previous ones. There may be a few changes (additions/removals) in the points for the CONUS domain but we mainly want to see the AK forecast points added -- need the updated lid points for AK, before we can generate catfim.

[mluck]

This might be a duplicate of #1130.

[AliForghani-NOAA]

This issue is about updating tools/generate_nws_lid.py. Does issue #1130 involve only updating this file?

[mluck]

Ah, you're right.

[AliForghani-NOAA]

@CarsonPruitt-NOAA
This map displays 4741 NWS_LID points compiled using tools/generate_nws_lid.py:

Here I am retrieving stations from these two groups:

• lid stations with rfc_forecast_point= True
• lid stations in /data/inputs/ahp_sites/evaluated_ahps_sites.csv

The lid stations in AK (Alaska), HI, and PR, with above two criteria have also been selected, as shown in the map. In the previous version of the code, all of lid stations in PR and HI (regardless of meeting above two criteria), were also being retrieved. I have updated this version to exclude such stations.

Similar to 'usgs_gages.gpkg' dataset compiled last week, the selected lid stations, including those in Alaska, will be stored in a single gpkg file (nws_lid.gpkg) with EPSG=5070. The Alaska stations can be identified using their HUC8 numbers (beginning with '19').

Could you please confirm:
1- If the above two criteria adequately compile all necessary NWS_lid stations
2- If it is correct to include all stations, especially Alaska stations, in a single gpkg file with EPSG=5070?

[CarsonPruitt-NOAA]

Thanks for the detailed review, Ali! Yes on both accounts. Let's move forward with what you have.

[AliForghani-NOAA]

Sounds Good!