%matplotlib inline
import xarray as xr
fname = 'http://thredds.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/grib/NCEP/GFS/Global_onedeg/Best' # Remote OPeNDAP Dataset
#fname = 'my_raster_time_series_data.nc' # Local NetCDF file
ds = xr.open_dataset(fname)
dsloc = ds.sel(lon=230.5,lat=55.0,method='nearest')
dsloc['Wind_speed_gust_surface'].plot();