prop/lib/microwaveprop/backtest
Graham McIntire a840cb9629 Phase 5: Frontal geometry detection via Thermal Front Parameter
FrontalAnalysis module (Weather.FrontalAnalysis):
- detect_fronts/3 computes the Thermal Front Parameter (TFP) from
  2D grids of surface temperature and pressure using Nx vectorized
  ops. TFP = -nabla|nabla(theta)| . nabla(theta)/|nabla(theta)|.
  Most negative values mark cold fronts.
- central_gradient/1 for 2D finite differences with edge handling
- nearest_front/3 finds closest front point with distance and bearing
- path_front_angle/2 computes angle between a QSO path and the
  front (0 = parallel = good, 90 = crosses = dead)

Backtest feature stubs for distance_to_front and parallel_to_front
(return nil until the pipeline caches per-cell frontal features from
the hourly HRRR grid run). The FrontalAnalysis module itself is
tested and ready for integration.

NEXRAD spike docs also included in this commit.
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