Update NDBC locations prior to the MET-11.1.0 release

[JohnHalleyGotway]

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The ndbc_stations.xml file defines the "current" locations of the NDBC buoys. Prior to creating the 11.1.0 release, the contents of this file should be updated. While the MET_NDBC_STATIONS environment variable can be set to point to a user-specified version of this file, doing so operationally at EMC is problematic. As such, the MET team should ensure that static file is as up to date as possible.

The longterm preference is to modify this approach to use a version of the NDBC buoy data that is self-describing (i.e. including its lat/lon location). But that version of the NDBC data does not yet exist.

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[davidalbo]

It seems the content of the files on the web may have changed format. Running the script gives errors for all stations, for example, the wget succeeds, but an error when grepping for a particular string:

wget "https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=32D13"
Command failed  grep "var currentstnid" /d1/personal/dave/MET/MET_development/MET/scripts/python/utility/ndbc_temp_data/stations/station_page.php?station=32D13

which would make this a non-trivial issue to resolve.