From 4147b73841a8ffb7e9d3c9efeeff17fdb664d517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2024 13:23:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] create directory containing output file if it does not
 already exist

---
 use_cases/Hurricane_Matthew/Visualization/map_funcs.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/use_cases/Hurricane_Matthew/Visualization/map_funcs.py b/use_cases/Hurricane_Matthew/Visualization/map_funcs.py
index c74d6e4..70e9e76 100644
--- a/use_cases/Hurricane_Matthew/Visualization/map_funcs.py
+++ b/use_cases/Hurricane_Matthew/Visualization/map_funcs.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 """
 
 import sys
+import os
 import numpy as np
 import datetime as dt
 import wrf
@@ -517,6 +518,9 @@ def map_plot(opts):
     if lg_text is not None:
         ax.legend(loc=lg_loc, fontsize=lg_fontsize).set_zorder(15)
 
+    # create output directory if it does not already exist
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(fname), exist_ok=True)
+
     # Save and close the figure
     plt.savefig(fname)
-    plt.close()
\ No newline at end of file
+    plt.close()