Enhancement: Add option to easily set debugging variables

[georgemccabe]

Currently there are a few config settings that are useful when debugging issues.

• LOG_LEVEL = DEBUG adds DEBUG level output to the log file output
• LOG_LEVEL_TERMINAL = DEBUG adds DEBUG level output to the screen output
• SCRUB_STAGING_DIR = FALSE preserves files written to the staging directory that are useful for debugging

Describe the Enhancement

Consider adding an argument to run_metplus.py like --debug that will turn on multiple config settings that are commonly used for debugging. Consider other "shortcut" arguments that could make similar tasks easier.

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~1 day

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• METplus, MET, METdataio, METviewer, METexpress, METcalcpy, METplotpy

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