Load new TC-Diagnostics output from TC-Pairs.

[JohnHalleyGotway]

Describe the New Feature

dtcenter/MET#2168 defines a new MET tool named TC-Diag. And dtcenter/MET#392 enhances TC-Pairs to read the Tropical Cyclone Diagnostics output from TC-Diag (or other sources) and incorporate it into the output of the TC-Pairs tool.

Exactly HOW that output should be incorporated has not yet been clearly defined. Two options being considered are:

1. Tack on additional columns to the end of the existing TCMPR line type.
2. Create a new TCDIAG output line type that corresponds to the existing TCMPR line type but contains storm diagnostics data instead of ADECK/BDECK differences.

The big caveat is that number, type, and order of the diagnostics data could change run to run based on the user configuration. So the challenge is loading that data intelligently into the database.

We are looking to METplus Analysis Tools team for direction on how this data should be formatted.

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• Create an initial development version of a new TC-Diag tool to support the computation of tropical cyclone diagnostics MET#2168
• Enhance TC-Pairs to read hurricane model diagnostic files (e.g. SHIPS) and TC-Stat to filter the new data MET#392

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[venitahagerty]

This issue was resolved by issues 131 and 141. This issue was closed by completion of PR 139.