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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/2404230000F015.gfs
Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2404230000F015.gfs
Searching file for grids...
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
Date: 15 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 23 APR 24
Station: 58.49,24.35
Latitude:   58.49
Longitude:  24.35
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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 1012    21   1.5  -0.5  87  2.0   0.7 240   9 273.8 274.4 273.3 283.7  3.65
  1 1000   115   0.5  -2.3  81  2.8  -0.6 244  16 273.7 274.2 272.6 282.5  3.23
  2  950   523  -3.3  -4.2  94  0.8  -3.7 249  21 273.8 274.3 272.2 281.9  2.95
  3  900   948  -6.4  -8.0  89  1.6  -6.9 258  25 274.9 275.3 271.9 281.4  2.33
  4  850  1393  -9.7 -10.1  97  0.4  -9.8 259  26 276.0 276.3 272.2 281.8  2.08
  5  800  1859 -10.2 -19.3  47  9.1 -12.3 259  28 280.3 280.4 273.1 283.3  1.04
  6  750  2356 -10.6 -25.8  28 15.2 -13.6 255  27 285.1 285.2 275.1 287.0  0.62
  7  700  2885 -12.4 -26.7  29 14.3 -15.1 252  26 288.8 288.9 277.0 290.7  0.62
  8  650  3448 -14.9 -26.1  38 11.2 -17.1 254  25 292.1 292.2 278.7 294.3  0.70
  9  600  4051 -16.5 -19.6  77  3.0 -17.3 261  23 297.0 297.2 281.8 301.2  1.35
 10  550  4701 -20.1 -25.9  60  5.8 -21.2 270  21 300.3 300.4 282.6 303.0  0.84
 11  500  5400 -25.6 -29.9  68  4.2 -26.3 273  15 301.8 301.9 283.0 303.9  0.64
 12  450  6155 -31.0 -33.2  81  2.2 -31.3 271  14 304.3 304.4 283.8 306.0  0.52
 13  400  6977 -38.4 -38.9  95  0.5 -38.5 265  14 305.1 305.1 283.9 306.2  0.33
 14  350  7879 -46.5 -46.5 100 -0.0 -46.5 298   7 306.0 306.0 284.0 306.6  0.17
 15  300  8882 -54.8 -54.9  99  0.1 -54.8  91   3 308.1 308.1 284.7 308.4  0.07
 16  250 10074 -46.0 -71.8   4 25.8 -46.6 216   9 337.7 337.7 293.7 337.7  0.01
 17  200 11568 -43.5 -74.8   2 31.3 -44.5 184   8 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9  0.01
 18  150 13497 -44.3 -75.4   2 31.1 -45.5 166   5 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.7  0.01
 19  100 16170 -51.2 -80.6   2 29.4 -52.1 161   7 428.7 428.7 308.7 428.7  0.01
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5285.40 m
Freezing level:          993.28 mb =   169.56 m =   556.30 ft
Wetbulb zero:           1005.16 mb =    73.31 m =   240.52 ft
Precipitable water:        0.33 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     61.84 %
Est. max temperature:      3.48 C =   38.27 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.63 mb =   270.41 m =   887.17 ft T:   -0.95 C
700-500 lapse rate:        5.28 C/km
ThetaE index:              2.26 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   934.18 mb =   655.33 m =  2150.00 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       2.98 g/kg
  Conv temperature:        1.91 C =   35.45 F
Cap Strength:             16.18 C
Lifted Index:             16.66 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:     18.49 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      8.77 C
Showalter Index:          16.89 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       31.41 C Risk: None
  Vertical Totals Index:  15.89 C
  Cross Totals Index:     15.51 C
K Index:                  -8.52   Risk: None
Sweat Index:              67.71   Risk: None
Energy Index:              4.67   Risk: None

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                 3.67 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           2.71 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):      1.77 J/kg
Cap Strength:             16.59 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     937.27 mb =   629.39 m =  2064.91 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     872.27 mb =  1191.70 m =  3909.73 ft
Equ Level (EL):          852.27 mb =  1371.95 m =  4501.08 ft
B at Equ Level:            3.60 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    832.27 mb =  1554.85 m =  5101.14 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            259.2 at   22.5 knts
Storm direction:                 289.2 at   16.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    3.2 neg:    0.5 tot:    3.7 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      72.9 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   68.7 neg:  -15.3 tot:   53.4 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.65
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    4.3 stream:    2.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.00
Bulk Rich Number:          0.61
Bulk Shear:                5.98 m/s

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