Update with WW3 develop branch 20241220

[JessicaMeixner-NOAA]

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• All sub component pull requests have been reviewed by their code managers.
• Run the full Intel+GNU RT suite (compared to current baselines) on either Hera/Derecho/Hercules
• Commit 'test_changes.list' from previous step

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Description:

This is a draft PR as I continue to do testing. Wanted to share now as this PR is long overdue.

This PR brings in many features of WW3, two answer changing things of note:
The commit from 1/16/2024 changes answers to baselines in UFS and after great efforts to determine the cause we have not been able to. They do not change the answers in meaningful ways -- more to follow.
Another PR in WW3 that changes answers addresses a bug where we don't find points in the unstructured grid if the longitude is +/- 360 from the grid definition.

Commit Message:

Sync WW3 develop (20241220) to dev/ufs-weather-model

Priority:

• Normal: Has bug fixes and features that are needed for GFS

Git Tracking

UFSWM:

• None

Sub component Pull Requests:

• WW3: Sync develop branch 20241220 to dev/ufs-weather-model  NOAA-EMC/WW3#1337

UFSWM Blocking Dependencies:

• None

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Changes

Regression Test Changes (Please commit test_changes.list):

• PR Updates/Changes Baselines.

Input data Changes:

• WW3_Input data will need to be updated.

Library Changes/Upgrades:

• No Updates

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Testing Log:

• RDHPCS
  • Hera
  • Orion
  • Hercules
  • Jet
  • Gaea
  • Derecho
• WCOSS2
  • Dogwood/Cactus
  • Acorn
• CI
• opnReqTest (complete task if unnecessary)