WRF Python compatibility on MAC IOS with M1

[MauricioLorey10]

I'm having trouble using WRF Python on IOS with M1. There's a solution?

[erogluorhan]

Great feedback, thanks! On a different software tool with similar developments needs with WRF-Python, we are working on this. I am hoping we can get a solution soon there, which could hopefully be applicable immediately here. Stay tuned!

[wjcapehart]

Some of the problems seems also to be tied to "basemap" which is failing on conda for the M1 chip.

[kafitzgerald]

Just noting that this has gotten substantially easier now that basemap is available on conda-forge for this platform.

There's now a build in the WRF-Python CI testing for M1, but not yet a release on conda-forge. I'll wait to close this until that's the case.

This conda environment file should get you an environment where you can relatively easily build wrf-python though.