Pysteps

What's Changed
* Fmi geotiff importer fixes by pulkkins in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/284
* Allow Seed et al. weights to become negative by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/289
* Cascade scale fix by pulkkins in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/283
* Extrapolation fixes by pulkkins in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/290
* Implement option for saliency-based blending by NathalieRombeek in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/285
* Nowcast refactoring by pulkkins in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/291
* Improve documentation of rainfarm downscaling by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/292

Breaking changes
* `pysteps.downscaling.rainfarm` module: the keyword argument `ds_factor` becomes a positional argument without default value (0af3e01e57d22c80c3c41eedea35bc2f0e0a8d75)

Future warnings
* `v1.8.0`: rename input arguments in `pysteps.nowcasting.linda`, `pysteps.nowcasting.sprog`, `pysteps.nowcasting.steps`, `pysteps.nowcasting.sseps` modules (c81c848888c8eab31f1868e352377969718c9316)

New Contributors
* NathalieRombeek made her first contribution in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/285

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/compare/v1.6.3...v1.7.0

What's Changed
* Additions to Seed et al. weights function to prevent numeric instability by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/278
* Make sure a skill array with the right dimensions is returned when multiple models are used by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/279
* Remove unnecessary print statement from steps-blending by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/281
* Fix T-DaTing labels when continuing tracking by ritvje in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/280

New Contributors
* ritvje made her first contribution in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/280

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/compare/v1.6.2...v1.6.3

What's Changed
* Minor exporters adjustment by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/272
* Place ensemble member number determination for blending inside forecast loop to prevent out of memory issues by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/273
* Ensure clim window has same size as skill today and place forecast_prev update at end of extrapolation loop by RubenImhoff in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/274


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/compare/v1.6.1...v1.6.2

* Fix duplicate link in the README
* Fix imports of optional dependencies in `pysteps.blending.utils`
* Skip tests if missing optional dependency

What's Changed

New features
* New STEPS blending module by RubenImhoff cvelascof ladc wdewettin in 233 (including 231, 232, 236, 255)
* New linear blending module by wdewettin in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/229
* New SAL verification module by EsmailGhaemi in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/248

Docs and others
* Update contributing guide by aperezhortal in 241
* Use new theme for docs by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/259
* Replace miniconda by micromamba in CI by aperezhortal in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/257
* Apply black new stable release (22.1.0) by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/261
* Set minimum python version to 3.7 by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/253

Breaking changes
* Remove deprecated plotting options by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/266


New Contributors
* EsmailGhaemi made his first contribution in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/248
* wdewettin made his first contribution in 229 and 233
* ladc made her first contribution in 233

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/compare/v1.5.1...v1.6.0

This release includes minor fixes and documentation updates.

What's Changed
* Update contributing guide by aperezhortal in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/241
* document tdating by feldmann-m in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/245
* Fix compatibility with matplotlib>=3.5 by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/246
* Add project_urls by dnerini in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/247

New Contributors
* feldmann-m made their first contribution in https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/pull/245

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/pySTEPS/pysteps/compare/v1.5.0...v1.5.1