Add support for many commonly changed MET config variables

[georgemccabe]

We would like to support setting MET config variables through the wrappers for values that are likely to be changed from the default. This will reduce the need for user's to create their own wrapped MET config files to configure.

Here is a list of variables from @malloryprow that she has changed:

GridStat: model, desc, obtype, regrid, fcst, obs, climo_mean, mask,
fourier, output_flag, grid_weight_flag, tmp_dir, output_prefix, version
StatAnalysis: model, fcst_lead, fcst_valid_beg, fcst_valid_end,
fcst_valid_hour, fcst_init_beg, fcst_init_end, fcst_init_hour, fcst_var,
obs_var, fcst_lev, obs_lev, obtype, vx_mask, interp_mthd, fcst_thresh,
line_type, jobs, tmp_dir, version
PB2NC: message_type, obs_window, pb_report_type, level_category,
obs_bufr_var, obs_prepbufr_map, quality_mark_thresh, tmp_dir, version
PointStat: model, regrid, fcst, obs, message_type, obs_window, mask,
output_flag, tmp_dir, version
TcPairs: model, storm_id, basin, cyclone, storm_name, init_beg, init_end,
init_inc, init_exc, valid_beg, valid_end, check_dup, interp12,
match_points, version
SerisAnalysis: model, obtype, regrid, fcst, obs, block_size,
output_stats, tmp_dir, version

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Add support for setting environment variables from METplus config settings.

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3 days - we should divide this into sub-tasks for different tools.

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Ideally for 4.0.0

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2791541 and 2799991

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[georgemccabe]

PR #888 handles unsupported MODE configs

• fcst.filter_attr_name
• fcst.filter_attr_thresh
• fcst.censor_thresh
• fcst.censor_val
• fcst.vld_thresh
• obs.filter_attr_name
• obs.filter_attr_thresh
• obs.censor_thresh
• obs.censor_val
• obs.vld_thresh
• mask dictionary (all values: grid, poly, grid_flag, poly_flag)
• weight dictionary (all values)
• nc_pairs dictionary (all values)
• match_flag
• max_centroid_dist
• total_interest_thresh
• interest_function.centroid_dist
• interest_function.boundary_dist
• interest_function.convex_hull_dist

It also handles unsupported PointStat configs:

• obs_quality
• output_flag dictionary (all values)
• interp dictionary (all values: vld_thresh, shape, type.method, and type.width)
• climo_mean.time_interp_method
• climo_stdev.time_interp_method

[georgemccabe]

PR #893 added support for PB2NC config variables:

• pb_report_type
• level_range dictionary (all items: beg and end)
• level_category
• quality_mark_thresh

PR #894 added support in GridStat wrapper for:

• interp dictionary (all items)
• nc_pairs_var_name
• grid_weight_flag
• fcst.file_type
• obs.file_type
• climo_mean and climo_stdev dictionaries (all items)

Also added support for all climo_mean and climo_stdev items for

• SeriesAnalysis wrapper
• PointStat wrapper
• EnsembleStat wrapper

[georgemccabe]

Closing this issue so it is tied to the 4.0.0 release. Remaining work will be documented in #896 for the 4.1.0 release.