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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/2502080600F009.gfs
Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2502080600F009.gfs
Searching file for grids...
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT  8 FEB 25
Station: 58.49,29.3
Latitude:   58.49
Longitude:  29.30
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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 1038    89  -4.5  -5.7  91  1.2  -4.9 122   4 265.8 266.2 266.1 272.2  2.40
  1 1000   383  -4.3  -7.3  80  3.0  -5.2 149  15 268.9 269.2 268.0 274.9  2.21
  2  950   787  -3.3 -15.0  40 11.7  -6.4 170  16 273.8 274.0 269.5 277.4  1.25
  3  900  1216  -1.5 -20.3  22 18.8  -6.2 179  16 279.9 280.1 272.6 282.5  0.85
  4  850  1671  -1.9 -22.0  20 20.1  -6.8 179  16 284.2 284.3 274.9 286.5  0.77
  5  800  2151  -4.1 -22.7  22 18.6  -8.6 176  16 286.8 286.9 276.2 289.2  0.77
  6  750  2656  -7.2 -25.3  22 18.1 -11.1 168  17 288.8 288.9 277.0 290.8  0.65
  7  700  3190 -10.1 -31.3  16 21.2 -13.9 159  20 291.3 291.4 277.9 292.6  0.40
  8  650  3758 -13.5 -31.6  20 18.1 -16.6 154  21 293.7 293.8 279.1 295.1  0.42
  9  600  4361 -17.7 -36.8  17 19.1 -20.3 154  20 295.7 295.7 279.8 296.6  0.27
 10  550  5005 -23.0 -39.8  20 16.8 -24.9 153  20 296.8 296.8 280.3 297.5  0.22
 11  500  5695 -28.4 -49.0  12 20.5 -29.9 151  23 298.4 298.4 280.7 298.7  0.09
 12  450  6442 -34.0 -42.0  44  8.0 -34.6 149  30 300.5 300.6 281.8 301.3  0.21
 13  400  7255 -40.5 -45.2  61  4.7 -40.8 146  37 302.4 302.4 282.5 303.0  0.17
 14  350  8154 -45.5 -59.0  20 13.5 -45.9 147  49 307.4 307.4 284.4 307.5  0.04
 15  300  9167 -52.0 -64.6  21 12.6 -52.2 144  61 312.1 312.1 286.1 312.1  0.02
 16  250 10330 -58.4 -69.1  24 10.8 -58.5 151  52 319.3 319.3 288.5 319.4  0.01
 17  200 11721 -59.5 -76.3   9 16.8 -59.6 158  31 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6  0.01
 18  150 13541 -55.4 -81.6   2 26.3 -55.7 177  10 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7  0.00
 19  100 16120 -57.3 -85.3   2 28.0 -57.8 281  16 417.0 417.0 307.3 417.0  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5312.43 m
Freezing level:      Surface below freezing
Wetbulb zero:        Below ground
Precipitable water:        0.18 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     26.17 %
Est. max temperature:     10.79 C =   51.42 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1018.34 mb =   239.85 m =   786.90 ft T:   -4.39 C
700-500 lapse rate:        7.32 C/km
ThetaE index:              0.00 C Layer 1038.0-   0.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   630.27 mb =  3989.95 m = 13090.24 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       1.88 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       24.46 C =   76.04 F
Cap Strength:             18.47 C
Lifted Index:             19.07 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:     25.97 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:     16.08 C
Showalter Index:          10.39 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       32.99 C Risk: None
  Vertical Totals Index:  26.56 C
  Cross Totals Index:      6.43 C
K Index:                 -16.64   Risk: None
Sweat Index:              55.22   Risk: None
Energy Index:              2.61   Risk: None

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                31.76 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           7.97 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):  20908.80 J/kg
Cap Strength:             19.05 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     902.43 mb =  1194.59 m =  3919.20 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):      -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            160.1 at   18.5 knts
Storm direction:                 190.1 at   13.9 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    2.5 neg:    1.1 tot:    3.6 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):      90.3 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:   44.0 neg:   -2.0 tot:   42.0 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.56
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    4.7 stream:    2.6 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.01
Bulk Rich Number:          4.82
Bulk Shear:                6.59 m/s

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