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@keltonhalbert keltonhalbert released this 20 Apr 02:00
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SHARPpy Beta v1.2.0, "El Reno" Release

REMINDER: You must re-run the "python setup.py install" script for updates to take hold*

SHARPpy v1.2.0, El Reno Release, supports and features a new and improved user interface for selecting and interacting with sounding data sources, in addition to new SARS inset interactivity, and numerous backend changes/improvements. Please note that with these changes, the runsharp and datasources folders must not be moved, and must be run in the parent SHARPpy directory.

UPDATES/FIXES

  • New pan/zoom map for selecting sounding locations from observed/model data sources
    • Northern hemispheric map for global data sources (tropics and southern hemisphere maps coming soon)
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    • County map zooming for CONUS data sources
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    • Cursor readout for sounding locations includes station ID, city, and state/province or country
    • Map checks the server for currently available points and only displays those that are available
    • Bug fixes on selecting model initialization cycles and supports non-synoptic hour observed data
    • Stations with special characters now work properly
    • Mapping shapefiles have been added to the databases directory
  • New XML backend for managing different data sources available to the GUI
    • Allows custom configuration for data urls, initialization offset, model dt, forecast range, and point click locations for configured data sources. No tutorial has been generated for this yet.
  • New SARS analogue interactivity
    • SARS hail and supercell analogues can now be displayed alongside soundings by left-clicking on the analogue in the SARS inset window. It can be removed by right-clicking the skew-t window and hitting reset
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  • Improved the UI's look and feel on the Windows platform
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  • Added 0-3 km MLCAPE to the thermodynamics panel
  • Fixed the 0-6 km shear and 9-11 km storm-relative wind vectors that are plotted when plotting a boundary motion in the Hodograph window.
  • Data decoders have been modified, consolidated, and made more customization-friendly
  • Moved the existing Profile object to a BasicProfile object, and made Profile an object that makes no computations upon construction and only stores data
  • The "About" menu option (currently only works on OS X) has been updated with a new description and contact info
  • Removed accidental SciPy dependency
  • An Issue with the PWV climatology crashing on non-US stations has been fixed
  • Save image and open user sounding text file functions now default to the user's home directory.
  • Microburst Composite (MBURST), Derecho Composite Parameter (DCP), Energy-Helicity Index (EHI), and Severe Weather Threat Index (SWEAT) added to params.py
  • Overall stability of the program has been increased.
  • Tutorial has been updated to reflect some of the internal changes of the program libraries.
  • Custom user sounding text files can now be opened by pressing Ctrl+O on Windows and Linux.
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