Advantages to SHARP.py vs. AWIPS NSHARP.

NSHARP – AWIPS (Advantage is being able to see both modified & unmodified soundings

SHARP.py (Advantage is the cleaning picture and able to display two or more soundings on the same backgrounding – Skew-T)

How two passes of the NOAA-20 near the same location can be used to determine the small changes in the atmosphere.

(Green/Red – Moisture/Temperature Profile at the 1842Z Pass)

(Green/Red – Moisture/Temperature Profile at the 2042Z Pass) Note the increase in moisture in the boundary layer which corresponds to the increase in CAPE.

These two comparisons of the soundings within two hours of each pass showed how well the NUCAPS can be used for small differences in atmospheric moisture and instability.

During this time period, there was a pronounced dry-line west of the sounding, and a synoptic scale front approximately 100 miles to the north of this NUCAPS sounding.

Note where the dryline (Cumulus line over northeast Mt) was located and how you can use NUCAPS to show how capped or uncapped the atmosphere becomes in the afternoon with the NOAA-20 passes.

– wxboy65