From bb2c94c9f700f53b149288d0c93546e1c247962a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akrherz <akrherz@iastate.edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:32:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] drop unused NLDAS grib download per #595

---
 scripts/RUN_0Z.sh            |  3 --
 scripts/dl/download_nldas.py | 59 ------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 62 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 scripts/dl/download_nldas.py

diff --git a/scripts/RUN_0Z.sh b/scripts/RUN_0Z.sh
index 8514fbb636..88913975f1 100644
--- a/scripts/RUN_0Z.sh
+++ b/scripts/RUN_0Z.sh
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ python max_reflect.py $(date -u --date '1 days ago' +'%Y %m %d') 0
 cd ../dbutil
 python rwis2archive.py $(date -u --date '1 days ago' +'%Y %m %d')
 
-cd ../dl
-python download_nldas.py &
-
 cd ../qc
 python check_n0q.py
 
diff --git a/scripts/dl/download_nldas.py b/scripts/dl/download_nldas.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f0ed3dcfb..0000000000
--- a/scripts/dl/download_nldas.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-"""Fetch the NLDAS forcing-a files for archiving
-Run at 00 UTC and get the files from 4 days ago!
-"""
-import datetime
-import os
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-
-import requests
-from pyiem.util import exponential_backoff, logger, utc
-
-LOG = logger()
-
-
-def do(ts):
-    """Run for a given date!"""
-    for hr in range(24):
-        now = ts.replace(hour=hr, minute=0, second=0)
-
-        uri = (
-            "https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/nldas/"
-            f"prod/nldas.{now:%Y%m%d}/nldas.t12z.force-a.grb2f{hr:02.0f}"
-        )
-        try:
-            req = exponential_backoff(requests.get, uri, timeout=60)
-            if req is None or req.status_code != 200:
-                raise RuntimeError(
-                    f"status code is {0 if req is None else req.status_code}"
-                )
-        except Exception as exp:
-            LOG.warning("download failed for: %s, %s", uri, exp)
-            continue
-        tmpfd = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
-        tmpfd.write(req.content)
-        tmpfd.close()
-
-        cmd = [
-            "pqinsert",
-            "-p",
-            (
-                f"data a {now:%Y%m%d%H%M} bogus "
-                f"model/nldas/nldas.t12z.force-a.grb2f{hr:02.0f} grib2"
-            ),
-            tmpfd.name,
-        ]
-        LOG.info(" ".join(cmd))
-        subprocess.call(cmd)
-
-        os.remove(tmpfd.name)
-
-
-def main():
-    """Go Main Go"""
-    ts = utc() - datetime.timedelta(days=5)
-    do(ts)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()