Feature/noaacloud met update

[EdwardSnyder-NOAA]

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:

Minor changes so that the MET VX tasks can run on parallel works NOAA cloud platforms. Tested by hand on AWS and GCP, and via Jenkins for Azure.

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

TESTS CONDUCTED:

• hera.intel
• orion.intel
• cheyenne.intel
• cheyenne.gnu
• gaea.intel
• jet.intel
• wcoss2.intel
• NOAA Cloud (indicate which platform)
• GCP, AWS, and Azure
• Jenkins
• fundamental test suite
• comprehensive tests (specify which if a subset was used)

DEPENDENCIES:

DOCUMENTATION:

ISSUE:

This PR addresses the MET VX request in #387.

CHECKLIST

• My code follows the style guidelines in the Contributor's Guide
• I have performed a self-review of my own code using the Code Reviewer's Guide
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• My changes need updates to the documentation. I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• My changes do not require updates to the documentation (explain).
• My changes generate no new warnings
• New and existing tests pass with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published

LABELS (optional):

A Code Manager needs to add the following labels to this PR:

• Work In Progress
• bug
• enhancement
• documentation
• release
• high priority
• run_ci
• run_we2e_fundamental_tests
• run_we2e_comprehensive_tests
• Needs Cheyenne test
• Needs Jet test
• Needs Hera test
• Needs Orion test
• help wanted

CONTRIBUTORS (optional):

[MichaelLueken]

@EdwardSnyder-NOAA These changes look good to me! Are you going to open another PR to bring these changes into develop as well?

[mark-a-potts]

Looks good to me.