From 27832f0e40a5baa49c73cb3e35456c32e6901568 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Katelyn FitzGerald <7872563+kafitzgerald@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:54:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add release notes for version 1.4.2

Updated release notes for version 1.4.2.
---
 doc/source/new.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/source/new.rst b/doc/source/new.rst
index 1035cae..03eb680 100644
--- a/doc/source/new.rst
+++ b/doc/source/new.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ What's New
 Releases
 -------------
 
+v1.4.2 (December 2025)
+- Release 1.4.2
+- Remove Python upper version pin and drop Python 3.9
+
 v1.4.1 (November 2025)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 

From 95e8e216f46221752efec372831137528894030b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Katelyn FitzGerald <7872563+kafitzgerald@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 12:55:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Bump version from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2

---
 src/wrf/version.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/wrf/version.py b/src/wrf/version.py
index bf25615..daa50c7 100644
--- a/src/wrf/version.py
+++ b/src/wrf/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "1.4.1"
+__version__ = "1.4.2"