MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.42,-76.95 Latitude: 39.42 Longitude: -76.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 170 23.6 14.4 56 9.2 17.6 91 4 296.5 298.3 290.6 326.3 10.32 1 1000 195 22.5 13.2 56 9.3 16.6 91 4 295.7 297.4 289.8 323.3 9.59 2 950 638 18.0 11.8 67 6.2 14.1 96 6 295.4 297.1 289.3 321.9 9.17 3 900 1097 13.7 10.3 80 3.4 11.6 99 6 295.6 297.2 289.0 320.9 8.75 4 850 1576 10.3 5.9 74 4.4 7.8 100 9 296.9 298.1 287.8 317.0 6.86 5 800 2078 7.2 -0.2 60 7.4 3.5 94 9 298.8 299.7 286.4 312.9 4.72 6 750 2609 7.6 -18.4 14 26.0 -1.3 91 9 304.8 305.1 284.8 308.7 1.19 7 700 3176 6.8 -28.8 6 35.6 -3.3 94 7 310.0 310.1 285.9 311.8 0.51 8 650 3780 3.4 -28.0 8 31.4 -5.4 88 4 312.8 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.59 9 600 4423 -1.0 -30.3 9 29.3 -8.5 170 1 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.8 0.51 10 550 5110 -5.6 -35.6 7 30.0 -12.0 231 6 317.5 317.5 288.3 318.7 0.33 11 500 5850 -10.4 -39.3 7 28.9 -15.7 242 12 320.4 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.25 12 450 6652 -16.4 -23.4 55 6.9 -18.3 249 15 322.6 322.8 290.9 327.0 1.29 13 400 7528 -22.0 -27.3 62 5.4 -23.1 258 21 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.1 1.01 14 350 8496 -28.9 -35.4 53 6.5 -29.9 252 32 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.8 0.53 15 300 9581 -37.2 -40.5 71 3.3 -37.5 251 46 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10817 -45.3 -59.3 19 13.9 -45.9 253 56 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12277 -53.0 -68.1 14 15.0 -53.4 259 66 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14102 -58.5 -77.5 7 19.0 -58.7 264 50 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -63.9 -84.4 4 20.5 -64.0 259 33 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.29 m Freezing level: 610.95 mb = 4281.85 m = 14047.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 763.65 mb = 2460.33 m = 8071.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.65 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.04 mb = 1323.45 m = 4341.97 ft T: 12.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1603.12 m = 5259.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.09 C = 75.36 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.51 C Showalter Index: 7.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 16.27 C K Index: -9.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 99.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8215.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.44 mb = 1425.54 m = 4676.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.1 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 151.1 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: -3.5 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 1.39 m/s