Brian Blaylock

The ability to download NBM QMD data was added in #301 by @fleegs79. This capability should be documented/demonstrated in this notebook: https://github.com/blaylockbk/Herbie/blob/main/docs/user_guide/_model_notebooks/nbm.ipynb - [ ] Show examples of setting `model='nbm'`...

grib_projection should be a coordinate, not variable, I think

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So, Herbie parses some details about the grid projection in the `gribfile_projection` variable. I think it would make more sense to put that in the "coordinates" instead.  I'm not...

The goal of these changes to the model templates is to help improve maintainability in the model templates. - Do the input validation to the model template rather than in...

Based on: http://willrudisill.net/coding/2023/04/10/make_dem_hillshademaps.html  Other references - https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/specialty_plots/advanced_hillshading.html - https://matplotlib.org/stable/gallery/specialty_plots/topographic_hillshading.html 

https://predictablysunny.com/posts/inset_map_cartopy/

https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/text/annotations.html#placing-artist-at-anchored-axes-locations Does this make it cleaner to add fig letters and should I update my add_fig_letters function to use it

common_features: add terrain background map plotted from GFS

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I would like to add this as a map background option for the `cartopy_tools.common_features` class...  Could be terrain field from GFS, HRRR, or another model This would require Herbie...

Publish on Conda-forge since this is an optional dependency of Herbie and goes2go

This should probably be published on PyPI since it is an optional dependency of Herbie and goes2go.

Add an accessor to extract data nearest a particular latitude/longitude point

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This could be a useful feature for some people interested in timeseries of values (e.g., cloud top temperature) at a one or more locations. Ideally, a user should be able...