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 Model Evaluation Tools Plus (METplus) Repository
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-Welcome to the METplus GitHub repository.
+Welcome to the METplus GitHub repository hosted to the community through
+the Developmental Testbed Center (DTC)
 
 Click here to view the documentation: https://ncar.github.io/METplus
 
 METplus is a Python scripting infrastructure around the MET verification tools
 (and eventually METViewer, a tool used for plotting MET output verification statistics).
 
-This infrastructure utilizes the NCEP produtil package. 
-A Platform-independent weather and ocean forecasting utility package. 
-Developed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
+This infrastructure utilizes the NCEP produtil package, which is a platform-independent
+weather and ocean forecasting utility package developed at the National Oceanic
+and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).