From 755fc49834471330496892e760fb05951b361360 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelly Werner <kkeene@ucar.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 15:10:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] updated top-level README and version_decl for V4.5 (#1847)

TYPE: text only

KEYWORDS: README, version_decl, release, v4.5

SOURCE: internal

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:
Updated top-level README and version_decl for V4.5.

LIST OF MODIFIED FILES:
M README
M inc/version_decl

TESTS CONDUCTED:
Text only - no testing necessary
---
 README           | 2 +-
 inc/version_decl | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index 0de7142d41..09debb7a68 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-WRF Model Version 4.4.2
+WRF Model Version 4.5
 
 https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/
 
diff --git a/inc/version_decl b/inc/version_decl
index 1037a64503..1c7a81726f 100644
--- a/inc/version_decl
+++ b/inc/version_decl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-   CHARACTER (LEN=*), PARAMETER :: release_version = 'V4.4.2'
+   CHARACTER (LEN=*), PARAMETER :: release_version = 'V4.5'