MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 1000 170 25.9 13.6 47 12.3 17.9 57 6 299.0 300.8 291.1 327.8 9.83 1 1000 172 25.4 12.0 43 13.4 17.0 61 6 298.5 300.1 290.1 324.4 8.83 2 950 619 21.0 10.2 50 10.8 14.4 67 7 298.5 300.0 289.6 322.7 8.25 3 900 1084 16.6 9.3 62 7.3 12.2 77 6 298.6 300.1 289.6 322.7 8.20 4 850 1567 12.0 8.4 78 3.6 9.9 95 6 298.7 300.2 289.5 322.6 8.14 5 800 2071 7.5 6.5 93 1.0 6.9 124 6 299.2 300.6 289.2 321.6 7.62 6 750 2602 8.0 -14.4 19 22.4 -0.4 102 6 305.3 305.6 285.5 310.6 1.67 7 700 3170 7.3 -28.1 6 35.3 -3.0 92 5 310.5 310.6 286.2 312.4 0.54 8 650 3775 3.6 -25.1 10 28.7 -5.1 107 4 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.76 9 600 4418 -0.9 -30.0 9 29.1 -8.4 130 3 315.1 315.2 287.8 317.0 0.53 10 550 5106 -5.4 -40.3 5 34.8 -12.1 236 3 317.6 317.7 288.2 318.4 0.21 11 500 5846 -10.0 -29.3 19 19.3 -14.6 263 10 320.8 321.0 289.8 323.2 0.68 12 450 6649 -16.0 -28.4 33 12.4 -18.8 264 16 323.2 323.3 290.6 326.1 0.82 13 400 7527 -21.3 -31.2 40 9.9 -23.2 259 25 327.3 327.5 291.7 329.9 0.71 14 350 8499 -27.8 -30.0 82 2.2 -28.2 253 39 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.5 0.90 15 300 9589 -35.8 -41.1 58 5.3 -36.4 246 52 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.2 0.35 16 250 10827 -46.2 -46.9 92 0.7 -46.3 240 61 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.22 17 200 12283 -53.6 -60.1 44 6.6 -53.7 243 73 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.06 18 150 14116 -58.3 -78.9 5 20.6 -58.6 248 58 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16619 -64.3 -84.2 5 19.9 -64.5 276 38 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.18 m Freezing level: 609.94 mb = 4290.06 m = 14074.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.04 mb = 2568.36 m = 8426.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.00 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.52 mb = 1709.71 m = 5609.23 ft T: 10.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 17.16 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.98 mb = 2019.51 m = 6625.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.53 C Showalter Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: -4.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 0.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8400.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.70 mb = 1950.37 m = 6398.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.0 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 140.0 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -3.4 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 3.12 m/s