met.py

import os
import sys
import re

class Station:
	
	def __init__(self, file):
		file = open(file, 'r')
		self.data = { "obs": {} }
		for line in file.readlines():
			if "=" in line:
				keyValue = line.split("=")
				self.data[keyValue[0].strip().lower().replace(' ', '_')] = keyValue[1].strip()
			elif "Obs:" not in line:
				s = re.split("\s+", line.strip())
				self.data["obs"][s[0]] = s[1:]
		
		if "normals" in self.data:
			self.data["normals"] = [normal for normal in re.split("\s+", self.data["normals"].strip())]
	
		if "standard_deviations" in self.data:
			self.data["standard_deviations"] = [sd for sd in re.split("\s+", self.data["standard_deviations"].strip())]
			
			
	def __getattr__(self, name):
		if name in self.data:
			return self.data[name]
		else:
			return ""

if __name__ == "__main__":
	
	MET_DATA_DIR = "All"
	
	stations = []
	for dir in os.listdir(MET_DATA_DIR):
		for file in os.listdir(os.path.join(MET_DATA_DIR, dir)):
			stations.append(Station(os.path.join(MET_DATA_DIR, dir, file)))
	
	# stations is now an array of Station objects
	# here is what you can do with a station object:
	station = stations[0]
	print station.number
	print station.name
	print station.country
	print station.lat
	print station.long
	print station.height
	print station.start_year
	print station.end_year
	print station.first_good_year
	print station.source_id
	print station.source_file
	print station.jones_data_to
	print station.normals_source
	print station.normals_source_start_year
	print station.normals_source_end_year
	print station.normals
	print station.standard_deviations_source
	print station.standard_deviations_source_start_year
	print station.standard_deviations_source_end_year
	print station.standard_deviations
	print station.obs