MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010600F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 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 1019 13 22.2 17.9 77 4.3 19.4 27 11 293.8 296.1 291.8 330.3 12.80 1 1000 177 20.2 16.8 81 3.4 17.9 29 15 293.4 295.5 291.1 327.9 12.12 2 950 617 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 32 14 293.6 295.7 291.1 327.9 12.04 3 900 1076 14.3 14.1 99 0.2 14.2 49 10 296.2 298.3 291.4 328.9 11.33 4 850 1559 14.0 11.3 84 2.6 12.3 13 6 300.8 302.6 291.7 330.2 9.97 5 800 2071 12.5 9.1 79 3.5 10.4 323 8 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.7 9.09 6 750 2611 9.6 7.4 86 2.3 8.3 294 12 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.2 8.63 7 700 3182 6.4 4.9 91 1.4 5.5 287 15 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.4 7.80 8 650 3788 4.0 2.2 88 1.8 3.0 275 19 313.5 314.8 293.1 335.1 6.93 9 600 4436 1.1 -8.1 50 9.3 -3.0 281 23 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.7 3.45 10 550 5130 -3.2 -13.8 44 10.6 -7.3 279 28 320.3 320.8 291.2 328.3 2.39 11 500 5879 -6.7 -26.1 20 19.4 -12.1 275 31 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.2 0.91 12 450 6695 -10.7 -31.1 17 20.4 -15.6 261 35 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.1 0.64 13 400 7590 -16.8 -29.5 32 12.7 -19.8 248 34 333.2 333.4 293.4 336.3 0.83 14 350 8579 -23.6 -25.0 89 1.3 -23.9 243 37 336.9 337.2 294.8 342.1 1.44 15 300 9689 -31.2 -31.3 99 0.1 -31.2 244 48 341.4 341.6 295.5 344.9 0.93 16 250 10956 -40.4 -41.8 86 1.4 -40.5 245 52 346.0 346.1 296.1 347.6 0.39 17 200 12439 -51.9 -61.8 30 9.9 -52.2 244 64 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.8 0.05 18 150 14243 -65.1 -71.8 39 6.7 -65.1 244 65 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.0 0.02 19 100 16682 -68.2 -82.5 11 14.4 -68.2 268 35 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.27 m Freezing level: 586.75 mb = 4619.89 m = 15156.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 4104.29 m = 13465.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.20 mb = 552.29 m = 1811.96 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 1000.0- 950.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.45 mb = 711.92 m = 2335.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.58 C = 72.65 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 18.01 C K Index: 30.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7088.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.51 mb = 666.36 m = 2186.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 72.21 m/s