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Sounding Display

-SHARPpy Documentation-

Unless otherwise noted; inqueries about the sounding display can be resolved by referencing the SHARPpy documentation found here

-Local Modifications-

Wind bars and Hodograph segments are color-coded base on height AGL in KM from 0-1, 1-3, 3-6, 6-9, and >9KM in magenta, red, green, yellow, and cyan respectively.

Sounding Index Descriptions

-STANDARD-

FRZ	Lowest freezing level (mb) or BG for below ground
WB0	Wet bulb zero (mb) or BG for below ground
PW	Precipitable water (in)
RH	Average relative humidity from surface to 500 mb (%)
MAXT	Maximum estimated forecast temperature (C) using a 150mb layer
TH	1000-500 mb thickness (m)
L57	700-500 mb lapse rate (C/km)
LCL	Lifting condensation level (mb) using parcel choice
LI	Lifted index @ 500 mb (C) using parcel choice
SI	Showalter index (C)
TT	Total totals index (C)
KI	K index
SW	SWEAT index
EI	Energy index (cal)

-PARCEL- : Thermodynamic Parameters

CAPE	Convective available potential energy (J/kg) using parcel choice
CINH	Convective inhibition (J/kg) using parcel choice
LCL	Lifting condensation level (mb) using parcel choice
CAP	Cap strength (C) using parcel choice
LFC	Level of free convection (mb) using parcel choice
EL	Equilibrium level (mb) using parcel choice
MPL	Maximum parcel level (mb) using parcel choice

-WIND- : Kinematic Parameters

STM	Estimated storm motion (knts) from 0-6 km AGL mean layer, spd 75% of mean, dir 30 deg veer from mean
HEL	0-3 km AGL storm relative helicity
SHR+	0-3 km AGL positive shear magnitude (sum of veering shear values)
SRDS	0-3 km AGL storm relative directional shear (directional difference of storm relative winds)
EHI	0-3 km AGL energy helicity index
BRN	Bulk Richardson number
BSHR	0-6 km AGL bulk shear value (kts)

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      MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11)

Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2404220600F036.gfs
Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2404220600F036.gfs
Searching file for grids...
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 23 APR 24
Station: 58.59,26.25
Latitude:   58.59
Longitude:  26.25
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LEV PRES  HGHT  TEMP  DEWP  RH  DD   WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E   W
     mb     m     C     C    %   C     C  deg knt   K     K     K     K    g/kg
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SFC 1008    59  -0.6  -2.2  89  1.6  -1.2 227   8 272.0 272.5 271.5 280.7  3.22
  1 1000   121  -0.4  -2.8  84  2.4  -1.3 232  13 272.7 273.3 271.8 281.2  3.09
  2  950   529  -3.6  -4.6  92  1.0  -4.0 242  23 273.6 274.0 271.9 281.4  2.85
  3  900   953  -6.6  -8.9  84  2.2  -7.4 258  29 274.7 275.0 271.5 280.7  2.17
  4  850  1397  -9.9 -11.2  90  1.3 -10.3 259  30 275.8 276.1 271.8 281.1  1.91
  5  800  1864  -9.8 -21.0  39 11.2 -12.2 254  28 280.7 280.9 273.1 283.4  0.89
  6  750  2362 -10.3 -25.1  28 14.9 -13.3 250  27 285.4 285.6 275.3 287.5  0.66
  7  700  2892 -11.7 -25.1  32 13.4 -14.5 248  26 289.5 289.7 277.5 291.8  0.71
  8  650  3456 -14.2 -21.0  56  6.8 -15.7 252  25 292.9 293.1 279.7 296.4  1.11
  9  600  4061 -16.2 -19.2  78  3.0 -17.0 254  26 297.3 297.6 282.0 301.7  1.39
 10  550  4711 -20.0 -26.6  56  6.6 -21.2 257  26 300.3 300.5 282.5 302.9  0.79
 11  500  5410 -25.5 -33.1  49  7.6 -26.5 260  26 302.0 302.1 282.8 303.6  0.47
 12  450  6165 -31.6 -32.2  94  0.6 -31.7 262  25 303.5 303.6 283.6 305.4  0.57
 13  400  6987 -38.0 -38.5  95  0.5 -38.1 274  23 305.6 305.7 284.1 306.8  0.34
 14  350  7890 -46.2 -46.2 100 -0.0 -46.2 275  17 306.4 306.5 284.2 307.0  0.17
 15  300  8895 -53.9 -54.5  93  0.6 -53.9 258  10 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.7  0.08
 16  250 10083 -47.1 -71.5   5 24.3 -47.7 219   9 336.0 336.0 293.3 336.0  0.01
 17  200 11571 -44.1 -75.2   2 31.2 -45.0 197  11 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0  0.01
 18  150 13497 -45.3 -76.2   2 30.8 -46.3 188   9 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0  0.01
 19  100 16170 -50.5 -80.1   2 29.5 -51.4 189  11 430.1 430.1 308.9 430.1  0.01
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5289.64 m
Freezing level:      Surface below freezing
Wetbulb zero:        Below ground
Precipitable water:        0.32 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     60.73 %
Est. max temperature:      3.04 C =   37.48 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.33 mb =   262.53 m =   861.32 ft T:   -1.51 C
700-500 lapse rate:        5.47 C/km
ThetaE index:              0.66 C Layer  900.0- 850.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   922.85 mb =   756.47 m =  2481.83 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       2.81 g/kg
  Conv temperature:        1.60 C =   34.89 F
Cap Strength:             16.92 C
Lifted Index:             17.52 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:     20.03 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:     10.11 C
Showalter Index:          17.58 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       29.81 C Risk: None
  Vertical Totals Index:  15.54 C
  Cross Totals Index:     14.27 C
K Index:                  -9.04   Risk: None
Sweat Index:              84.76   Risk: None
Energy Index:              4.77   Risk: None

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                 7.23 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           3.80 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):  21340.79 J/kg
Cap Strength:             17.51 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     932.45 mb =   675.17 m =  2215.10 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):      -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            253.9 at   25.9 knts
Storm direction:                 283.9 at   19.4 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    3.9 neg:    0.9 tot:    4.8 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      73.4 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:  101.0 neg:  -23.9 tot:   77.0 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.60
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    5.6 stream:    3.3 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.00
Bulk Rich Number:          0.53
Bulk Shear:               13.62 m/s

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