lass="sd">    Return</span>
<span class="sd">    ------</span>
<span class="sd">    maxstep : int</span>
<span class="sd">        The maximum forecast time step in hours from the forecast base time.</span>
<span class="sd">        This is the maximum step for non flux (accumulated) forecast data.</span>

<span class="sd">    &#39;&#39;&#39;</span>
    <span class="c1"># if maxstep wasn&#39;t provided</span>
    <span class="c1"># search for it in the &quot;step&quot; parameter</span>
    <span class="k">if<