MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.97,-75.47 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -75.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 13 21.6 20.6 94 1.0 20.9 19 11 293.5 296.3 293.6 336.9 15.23 1 1000 134 20.9 20.1 95 0.9 20.4 20 17 294.1 296.8 293.5 336.8 14.96 2 950 578 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 35 14 297.1 299.5 293.4 336.4 13.59 3 900 1045 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 16.9 134 2 300.6 302.9 294.0 338.5 12.94 4 850 1535 17.1 11.3 69 5.7 13.4 230 7 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.8 9.97 5 800 2051 15.1 8.4 65 6.6 11.0 278 10 307.2 308.9 292.7 333.6 8.71 6 750 2595 11.9 6.5 69 5.4 8.7 278 11 309.5 311.0 292.9 334.4 8.12 7 700 3170 8.5 3.1 69 5.4 5.4 276 11 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.85 8 650 3779 5.1 -1.2 64 6.3 1.8 268 15 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.8 5.40 9 600 4429 1.5 -3.7 68 5.2 -1.1 269 18 317.9 318.8 292.6 333.5 4.86 10 550 5126 -2.1 -6.0 75 3.9 -4.0 265 25 321.5 322.4 293.3 336.0 4.43 11 500 5879 -5.7 -9.3 76 3.6 -7.3 262 27 326.1 326.8 294.0 338.7 3.78 12 450 6699 -9.6 -14.2 69 4.6 -11.4 268 26 331.2 331.7 294.6 341.0 2.83 13 400 7600 -15.1 -19.7 68 4.6 -16.6 268 29 335.4 335.8 294.9 342.5 2.01 14 350 8595 -22.2 -26.4 68 4.2 -23.2 258 36 338.9 339.1 295.1 343.5 1.26 15 300 9710 -30.3 -30.3 100 -0.0 -30.3 248 43 342.7 342.9 295.9 346.6 1.03 16 250 10982 -39.9 -41.9 81 2.0 -40.1 252 52 346.8 346.9 296.3 348.4 0.39 17 200 12467 -51.3 -55.0 64 3.7 -51.5 253 61 351.5 351.5 297.1 351.9 0.11 18 150 14275 -65.6 -70.1 53 4.5 -65.7 255 63 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16697 -67.1 -82.4 10 15.3 -67.2 251 25 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.31 m Freezing level: 579.47 mb = 4715.15 m = 15469.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.04 mb = 4175.54 m = 13699.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.47 % Est. max temperature: 31.10 C = 87.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.02 mb = 134.26 m = 440.49 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.91 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1801.03 m = 5908.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.76 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: 2.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5081.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.98 mb = 651.27 m = 2136.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.7 neg: -13.2 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 79.25 m/s