Does Metpy retain the original metar strings after parsing?

[wxbinge]

After ingesting the metar file, metpy does its magic and parses the strings into a dataframe. However, is there a column or function that retained the original metar string that was parsed?

[dopplershift]

The original report is not retained. The full remarks section should be available as "remarks". Do you have a need for the original report? Or is this more of a debugging aid?

[wxbinge]

Both. I want to retain the original report because I'm doing a lot with METAR reports, so I would like to keep it for debugging and as an aid for the hourly reports I am producing in Google Earth.

[dopplershift]

As an aid? Meaning mousing over and showing the raw report? Or...?

[wxbinge]

Yes, very similar. It's part of a CSV file I am constructing. The metpy metar parser does what I need to do to help build this CSV file, but I would love to add the original metar string as my final column in the file. I'll be able to easily add to the routine I use to build a KML file to display in Google Earth.

[dopplershift]

I'd be open to a PR adding this as the last column called "full_report".

[wxbinge]

Yes, that would be great to add in as a last column.