From 255169ca247e28bfc9cdf2578b3b32390c3eaa35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:01:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update version for beta2 release

---
 metplus/VERSION | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/metplus/VERSION b/metplus/VERSION
index 96c8219662..8e6dce3f91 100644
--- a/metplus/VERSION
+++ b/metplus/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.1.0-beta2-dev
+5.1.0-beta2

From 635d26a54ab72d2ef8192ea414a28fcf080f6173 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 17:14:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added release notes for 5.1.0-beta2 release

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 docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
index e6cffdac4a..b569df9e8b 100644
--- a/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
+++ b/docs/Users_Guide/release-notes.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,43 @@ When applicable, release notes are followed by the
 describes the bugfix, enhancement, or new feature.
 
 
+METplus Version 5.1.0-beta2 Release Notes (2023-04-26)
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+  .. dropdown:: Enhancements
+
+     * Update use cases to use new Python directory structure in MET
+       (`#2115 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2115>`_)
+
+  .. dropdown:: Bugfix
+
+     * App specific OBS_WINDOW variables not taking precedence over generic
+       (`#2006 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2006>`_)
+     * Skip-if-output-exists logic incorrectly skips files
+       (`#2096 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2096>`_)
+     * PointStat -obs_valid_beg/end arguments not set properly
+       (`#2137 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2137>`_)
+     * Allow setting of convert, censor_thresh, and censor_val in regrid dictionary
+       (`#2082 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2082>`_)
+     * METplus run errors if no commands were run
+       (`#2098 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2098>`_)
+     * Fix the documentation PDF build
+       (`#2087 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2087>`_)
+
+  .. dropdown:: New Use Cases
+
+     * Multi-Variate MODE (`#1516 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/1516>`_)
+
+  .. dropdown:: Documentation
+
+     * Enhance the Release Notes by adding dropdown menus
+       (`#2076 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2076>`_)
+
+  .. dropdown:: Internal
+
+     * Add 'LICENSE.md' to the METplus repo
+       (`#2058 <https://github.com/dtcenter/METplus/issues/2058>`_)
+
 METplus Version 5.1.0-beta1 Release Notes (2023-02-28)
 ------------------------------------------------------