SharpJS v1.8.0 Update

1.8 - 2026-11-11

Added

• Light Mode: See your soundings in a new mode inspired by the SPC
• Over 40 new settings for hodographs and skew-t to increase customization of soundings
• PBL indicator based on SHARPpy calculations
• The fileLocation chart option for fetching and loading a CORS-accessible text sounding. viewable within main_urlparams.js
• Persistent, independent visibility settings for Skew-T overlays and hodograph components, plus
  configurable hodograph ring spacing and maximum height.
• The wetlift helper from the sharpjs/calc entry point.

Changed

• Sounding titles show latitude/longitude with hemisphere suffixes before the nearest-town text.
• The Display/Graphics controls are organized into Skew-T and hodograph groups, with a persistent
  dark/light theme.
• Updated parameter-inset colors and rendering for light mode, and refreshed tornado climatology tables.
• Effective-inflow bulk shear now uses the effective-layer shear calculation; the standalone
  URL-parameter entry configures its ACARS archive proxy.
• Settings schema version 2 migrates the former individual temperature-line settings into one
  temperature-lines visibility setting.
• Added new moist-adiabatic lapse rate lines
• Massive improvements to processing time (up to 5x faster)

Fixed

• Max percentile on Tornado climatology bounds now displays
• LCL/LFC/EL/MPL heights now respect parcel height and display truely
• Scaling for inset parameters are now consistant across panels