SHARPpy Reimagined brings SHARPpy sounding analysis into a modern Qt desktop app. Pick a station or forecast point, inspect severe-weather fields and outlooks, then open the Skew-T, hodograph, and analysis workspace. Published Windows builds are on the Releases page.
What's new in 2.0.0
Safer profile editing, a four-tab analysis workspace, synchronized field panels, and clearer map and export controls. See the changelog for the full list.
Explore the app
Open a case to see the real app. Each image is a 1920 × 1080 window capture; click an image to open its original pixels. The four screens use different archived severe-weather days. Model fields are HRRR guidance, while the risk outlines are the SPC outlook valid at the displayed time.
June 25–26 · Nowata, Oklahoma · Sounding and hodograph
HRRR run June 25, 06Z, forecast F018, valid June 26, 00Z. The bundled Nowata point sounding drives the sounding; the locator uses the matching HRRR field and archived SPC outlook. Open full-size PNG.
April 27 · Missouri and Illinois · Forecast Model
HRRR 00Z F021, valid 21Z: significant tornado parameter and the SPC categorical outlook around the Missouri–Illinois risk area. NWS event background · Open full-size PNG.
May 18 · Kansas · Four Field Panels
HRRR 12Z F009, valid 21Z: compare reflectivity, mixed-layer CAPE, 0–6 km shear, and significant tornado parameter at the same point and time. NWS event background · Open full-size PNG.
April 28 · Southwest Missouri · Map overlays
HRRR 21Z F000, valid 21Z: Springfield station map with model reflectivity and SPC categorical risk layers. NWS event background · Open full-size PNG.
What can I do here?
| In the app | Try |
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| Pick a sounding | Search stations, choose a forecast point, or open a local sounding. |
| Explore a map | Select a point, inspect values, pan or zoom, and toggle independent layers. |
| Compare fields | Put two or four synchronized HRRR products beside the outlook. |
| Work with soundings | Inspect or edit a profile; use Trends, Compare, Ensemble, and Animation in the analysis workspace. |
| Share results | Export sounding images, comparison charts, maps, data, and animations. |
Get started
For the source checkout, use Python 3.11–3.13. On Windows PowerShell:
py -3.11 -m venv .venv
.\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1
python scripts/install_sharppy_compat.py --extras era5
sharpmod-gui
The installer sets up the project and the verified upstream SHARPpy render wheel; the era5 extra enables public forecast-model and ERA5 extraction. For other platforms, offline installation, and dependency details, see installation.txt. Published Windows builds are available from Releases.
Want a PNG from a saved sounding? Run sharpmod-render INPUT.npz OUTPUT.png. The usage guide has complete GUI and command-line examples.
Guides
The screenshots can be reproduced with python scripts/capture_readme_cases.py; it fetches the archived SPC outlooks and HRRR fields for the four exact UTC cases, then checks every saved PNG is 1920 × 1080.
SHARPpy Reimagined is a fork of SHARPpy and is distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License. NOAA/NWS HRRR and SPC outlook data appear in the case captures.
