MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.32,-77.54 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -77.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 158 SFC 998 176 23.7 19.6 78 4.1 20.9 249 2 297.1 299.7 294.1 339.2 14.57 2 950 608 25.1 15.9 57 9.2 18.9 241 5 302.6 304.9 293.9 338.3 12.05 3 900 1082 23.5 13.8 54 9.7 17.0 255 7 305.7 307.8 294.0 338.9 11.06 4 850 1579 19.9 12.2 61 7.7 14.9 270 7 307.0 309.0 294.1 339.0 10.58 5 800 2099 15.5 10.7 73 4.8 12.4 271 7 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.5 10.18 6 750 2643 11.1 8.6 84 2.5 9.5 271 8 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.1 9.37 7 700 3216 7.2 5.4 88 1.8 6.1 274 9 310.4 311.9 293.1 335.2 8.06 8 650 3823 3.9 1.6 85 2.3 2.7 281 10 313.4 314.7 292.9 334.2 6.65 9 600 4470 0.8 -2.8 77 3.5 -1.0 284 13 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.7 5.21 10 550 5165 -2.8 -8.6 65 5.7 -5.4 274 12 320.7 321.5 292.4 332.7 3.64 11 500 5916 -6.6 -16.7 44 10.1 -10.3 256 10 325.0 325.4 292.3 332.1 2.07 12 450 6731 -11.4 -19.7 50 8.3 -14.1 248 16 328.9 329.2 293.1 335.1 1.78 13 400 7625 -16.8 -24.7 50 7.9 -19.0 241 20 333.2 333.4 293.8 337.8 1.29 14 350 8614 -24.2 -25.4 90 1.2 -24.5 236 21 336.2 336.5 294.6 341.2 1.39 15 300 9718 -32.9 -35.4 79 2.5 -33.3 235 27 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.62 16 250 10972 -43.4 -45.0 84 1.6 -43.5 233 28 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.6 0.28 17 200 12433 -54.7 -57.8 69 3.1 -54.8 226 24 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.08 18 150 14244 -61.1 -75.0 14 13.9 -61.3 300 14 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16723 -67.7 -82.9 10 15.3 -67.8 317 7 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.12 m Freezing level: 589.02 mb = 4623.03 m = 15167.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.02 mb = 4283.54 m = 14053.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.93 % Est. max temperature: 33.73 C = 92.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.91 mb = 701.64 m = 2301.93 ft T: 24.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 6.91 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2393.92 m = 7853.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.86 C = 94.76 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 0.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.83 C K Index: 36.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.89 mb = 1671.46 m = 5483.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.89 mb = 3263.83 m = 10707.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 565.89 mb = 4937.88 m = 16200.19 ft B at Equ Level: 44.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 435.89 mb = 6973.05 m = 22877.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.17 Bulk Shear: 4.82 m/s