Orographic Gage File Read from File Method

def _read(self, directory, filename, session, path, name, extension, spatial, spatialReferenceID, replaceParamFile):
        """
        Orographic Gage File Read from File Method
        """
        # Set file extension property
        self.fileExtension = extension

        # Open file and parse into HmetRecords
        with open(path, 'r') as orthoFile:
            for line in orthoFile:
                sline = line.strip().split()

                # Cases
                if sline[0].lower() == 'num_sites:':
                    self.numSites = sline[1]
                elif sline[0].lower() == 'elev_base':
                    self.elevBase = sline[1]
                elif sline[0].lower() == 'elev_2':
                    self.elev2 = sline[1]
                elif sline[0].lower() == 'year':
                    """DO NOTHING"""
                else:
                    # Create datetime object
                    dateTime = datetime(year=int(sline[0]),
                                        month=int(sline[1]),
                                        day=int(sline[2]),
                                        hour=int(sline[3]))

                    # Create GSSHAPY OrthoMeasurement object
                    measurement = OrographicMeasurement(dateTime=dateTime,
                                                        temp2=sline[4])

                    # Associate OrthoMeasurement with OrthographicGageFile
                    self.orographicMeasurements.append(measurement)