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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/2511070600F009.gfs
Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2511070600F009.gfs
Searching file for grids...
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10
Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI  7 NOV 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 1005    88   9.8   7.0  82  2.9   8.3 247   6 282.6 283.7 281.3 299.8  6.24
  1 1000   127   9.9   6.5  80  3.3   8.1 250  10 283.0 284.1 281.3 299.9  6.08
  2  950   552   9.1   4.1  71  4.9   6.6 277  24 286.4 287.3 282.0 301.7  5.42
  3  900  1000   8.5   6.5  87  2.0   7.4 283  23 290.3 291.5 285.1 309.5  6.74
  4  850  1472   6.7   4.4  85  2.3   5.5 287  27 293.1 294.3 285.7 311.0  6.18
  5  800  1968   4.4   1.2  80  3.2   2.8 289  32 295.8 296.7 285.7 311.1  5.20
  6  750  2491   1.6   1.4  99  0.2   1.5 289  37 298.3 299.3 287.1 315.0  5.65
  7  700  3045  -1.8  -1.9  99  0.1  -1.9 293  39 300.5 301.4 287.0 314.8  4.75
  8  650  3631  -5.1  -5.2  99  0.1  -5.1 295  37 303.2 304.0 287.2 315.4  3.99
  9  600  4257  -8.3  -8.8  96  0.5  -8.5 294  38 306.5 307.1 287.7 316.8  3.28
 10  550  4927 -12.6 -13.3  94  0.8 -12.8 292  39 309.2 309.6 287.8 317.1  2.48
 11  500  5648 -17.4 -18.3  93  0.9 -17.7 293  39 311.8 312.1 288.0 317.7  1.81
 12  450  6429 -23.3 -23.6  98  0.3 -23.4 294  39 313.9 314.1 288.1 318.1  1.26
 13  400  7278 -30.2 -30.2 100  0.0 -30.2 301  40 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.4  0.78
 14  350  8212 -38.3 -38.3 100 -0.0 -38.3 298  44 317.1 317.2 288.3 318.5  0.40
 15  300  9251 -47.4 -47.4 100 -0.0 -47.4 304  52 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.2  0.18
 16  250 10439 -54.4 -56.2  80  1.8 -54.4 310  64 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5  0.08
 17  200 11835 -64.8 -65.0  96  0.3 -64.8 315  79 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3  0.03
 18  150 13569 -62.3 -78.3  10 16.1 -62.4 312  49 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8  0.01
 19  100 16072 -63.4 -84.2   4 20.8 -63.6 308  36 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2  0.00
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Sounding variables and indices
1000-500 mb thick:      5521.48 m
Freezing level:          726.65 mb =  2749.67 m =  9021.12 ft
Wetbulb zero:            727.77 mb =  2732.52 m =  8964.84 ft
Precipitable water:        1.03 inches
Sfc-500 mean rel hum:     90.79 %
Est. max temperature:     20.12 C =   68.21 F
Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.79 mb =   449.87 m =  1475.92 ft T:    9.25 C
700-500 lapse rate:        6.00 C/km
ThetaE index:              0.26 C Layer  700.0- 650.0 mb
Conv cond level (CCL):   759.77 mb =  2386.39 m =  7829.26 ft
  Mean mixing ratio:       5.89 g/kg
  Conv temperature:       25.04 C =   77.07 F
Cap Strength:              8.80 C
Lifted Index:              9.63 C Risk: None
Lifted Index @300 mb:     11.28 C
Lifted Index @700 mb:      6.08 C
Showalter Index:           4.24 C Risk: None
Total Totals Index:       45.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms
  Vertical Totals Index:  24.11 C
  Cross Totals Index:     21.83 C
K Index:                  28.42   Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms
Sweat Index:             145.41   Risk: None
Energy Index:              1.34   Risk: None

Parcel Indices
Parcel: using 100 mb layer
CAPE (B+):                27.02 J/kg
Max Up Vert Vel:           7.35 m/s
Conv Inhibition (B-):  10412.12 J/kg
Cap Strength:              9.42 C
Lift Cond Lev (LCL):     899.55 mb =  1004.33 m =  3295.01 ft
Lev Free Conv (LFC):      -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft

Wind Parameters
Mean winds (0-6000m):            290.4 at   33.5 knts
Storm direction:                 320.4 at   25.1 knts
Shear (0-3000m)              pos:    5.9 neg:    0.0 tot:    5.9 10-3/s
Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m):     102.1 deg
Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos:  175.9 neg:    0.0 tot:  175.9 m^2/s^2
                             ave:   58.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel:   0.86
Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz:    6.8 stream:    5.8 10^-3/s
Energy-Hel index:          0.02
Bulk Rich Number:          0.57
Bulk Shear:               47.45 m/s

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