MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1001 170 25.8 12.8 44 13.0 17.5 82 5 298.9 300.5 290.6 326.1 9.30 1 1000 183 24.8 11.3 43 13.5 16.4 84 6 298.0 299.5 289.5 322.6 8.42 2 950 629 20.2 9.7 51 10.5 13.8 89 7 297.7 299.2 289.0 321.0 7.97 3 900 1092 15.7 8.6 62 7.2 11.5 95 6 297.7 299.1 288.9 320.5 7.79 4 850 1573 11.2 7.5 78 3.7 9.0 101 6 297.9 299.3 288.9 320.4 7.68 5 800 2076 6.7 5.3 90 1.5 5.9 104 7 298.3 299.6 288.3 318.8 6.97 6 750 2606 8.3 -20.9 11 29.1 -1.3 102 9 305.6 305.7 284.8 308.7 0.97 7 700 3174 7.2 -28.2 6 35.4 -3.0 116 7 310.4 310.5 286.1 312.3 0.53 8 650 3779 3.4 -26.4 9 29.8 -5.3 119 6 312.8 313.0 287.2 315.2 0.68 9 600 4422 -0.9 -30.3 9 29.4 -8.5 133 3 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.9 0.51 10 550 5109 -5.5 -38.8 5 33.3 -12.1 249 5 317.6 317.6 288.2 318.4 0.24 11 500 5850 -10.2 -34.2 12 24.0 -15.2 259 12 320.6 320.7 289.4 322.2 0.42 12 450 6652 -16.1 -26.1 42 10.0 -18.6 252 17 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 1.01 13 400 7529 -21.5 -30.1 46 8.5 -23.2 252 24 327.0 327.2 291.7 329.9 0.79 14 350 8500 -28.0 -35.8 47 7.8 -29.2 255 41 330.9 331.0 292.5 332.9 0.51 15 300 9586 -36.9 -41.7 61 4.8 -37.4 248 50 333.4 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.33 16 250 10825 -45.2 -60.2 17 14.9 -45.8 248 61 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12285 -53.1 -67.4 16 14.3 -53.4 255 69 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14108 -59.0 -77.6 7 18.6 -59.2 255 54 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16613 -64.6 -84.2 5 19.5 -64.8 265 40 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.73 m Freezing level: 610.63 mb = 4285.04 m = 14058.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 759.21 mb = 2505.82 m = 8221.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.47 % Est. max temperature: 24.84 C = 76.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.05 mb = 1800.23 m = 5906.19 ft T: 9.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 17.34 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.11 mb = 1992.40 m = 6536.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.38 F Cap Strength: 6.20 C Lifted Index: 5.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.20 C Showalter Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 17.70 C K Index: -6.51 Risk: None Sweat Index: 114.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8723.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.45 mb = 1937.79 m = 6357.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.3 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 155.3 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -0.0 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 2.41 m/s