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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/nam_218/2409131200F051.nam218
Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2409131200F051.nam218
Searching file for grids...
Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 15 SEP 24
Station: 32.94,-95.95
Latitude:   32.94
Longitude: -95.95
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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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  0 1000   114                                                                 
SFC  996   147  27.4  19.4  62  8.0  21.8 113   9 300.8 303.5 295.0 343.0 14.34
  2  950   563  21.9  18.0  78  3.9  19.2 115  10 299.4 301.9 294.2 339.6 13.78
  3  900  1034  22.1  16.7  72  5.3  18.4  84   1 304.2 306.7 295.3 344.3 13.44
  4  850  1531  21.2  16.6  75  4.5  18.0 339  14 308.3 311.0 296.9 351.1 14.14
  5  800  2054  17.3  15.0  86  2.4  15.7 337  20 309.6 312.2 296.8 350.7 13.49
  6  750  2602  13.2   7.5  68  5.7   9.7 357  20 311.0 312.6 293.8 337.8  8.72
  7  700  3180   9.7   3.2  64  6.5   6.0 358  22 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.8  6.90
  8  650  3791   5.6  -1.5  60  7.2   1.9 353  19 315.4 316.4 292.3 332.1  5.27
  9  600  4439   0.1  -6.2  62  6.3  -2.9   2  19 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.1  4.00
 10  550  5129  -5.1 -12.2  58  7.1  -7.9  17  16 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.9  2.72
 11  500  5871  -9.0 -31.0  15 22.0 -14.2  63   4 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2  0.58
 12  450  6677 -15.1 -31.6  23 16.5 -18.6  18   4 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5  0.61
 13  400  7555 -20.9 -23.6  79  2.7 -21.6 351   5 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.8  1.42
 14  350  8535 -25.6 -28.2  79  2.5 -26.2 283  19 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.1  1.07
 15  300  9634 -33.3 -40.2  50  6.9 -34.2 259  39 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9  0.38
 16  250 10895 -39.3 -68.6   3 29.2 -40.5 277  45 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6  0.01
 17  200 12403 -47.0 -77.4   2 30.4 -47.7 288  56 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3  0.01
 18  150 14239 -61.4 -81.6   5 20.2 -61.6 290  46 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3  0.00
 19  100 16685 -70.6 -85.7   9 15.1 -70.6 289  21 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5757.75 m
Freezing level:          599.32 mb =  4448.41 m = 14594.36 ft
Wetbulb zero:            630.04 mb =  4043.76 m = 13266.78 ft
Precipitable water:        1.83 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     64.09 %
Est. max temperature:     34.92 C =   94.85 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.63 mb =  1164.19 m =  3819.48 ft T:   21.82 C
700-500 lapse rate:        6.93 C/km
ThetaE index:             26.92 C Layer  800.0- 450.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   766.99 mb =  2412.16 m =  7913.82 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:      13.81 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       37.01 C =   98.63 F
Cap Strength:              5.49 C
Lifted Index:             -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible
Lifted Index @300 mb:     -0.32 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      1.47 C
Showalter Index:          -6.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable
Total Totals Index:       55.69 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable
  Vertical Totals Index:  30.11 C
  Cross Totals Index:     25.58 C
K Index:                  40.24   Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             365.81   Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible
Energy Index:             -5.24   Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):               577.07 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:          33.97 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):    283.44 J/kg
Cap Strength:              5.35 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     875.24 mb =  1276.71 m =  4188.63 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):     640.24 mb =  3913.75 m = 12840.24 ft
Equ Level (EL):          290.24 mb =  9862.57 m = 32357.13 ft
B at Equ Level:          571.67 J/kg
Max Parcel Lev (MPL):    200.24 mb = 12394.74 m = 40664.66 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):              2.7 at   14.7 knts
Storm direction:                  32.7 at   11.0 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    1.5 neg:    3.9 tot:    5.4 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     162.2 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   67.7 neg:   -7.8 tot:   59.9 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.49
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    7.8 stream:    3.9 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.16
Bulk Rich Number:         10.65
Bulk Shear:               54.19 m/s

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