MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F219.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F219.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 219 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 160 SFC 998 176 30.9 20.1 53 10.8 23.1 244 2 304.2 307.0 296.4 348.7 14.96 2 950 614 25.1 17.6 63 7.4 19.9 254 2 302.6 305.1 294.9 342.5 13.48 3 900 1089 23.7 13.8 54 9.9 17.1 282 5 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.2 11.07 4 850 1585 19.9 12.2 61 7.7 14.8 286 5 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.8 10.54 5 800 2105 15.5 10.8 73 4.7 12.4 277 6 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.6 10.20 6 750 2649 10.9 9.2 89 1.8 9.8 268 8 308.4 310.3 293.9 338.1 9.76 7 700 3221 6.9 6.1 95 0.8 6.4 271 8 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.2 8.49 8 650 3828 3.9 1.6 84 2.4 2.6 286 8 313.4 314.7 292.8 334.1 6.60 9 600 4476 0.8 -3.1 75 3.9 -1.2 285 10 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.3 5.08 10 550 5172 -2.4 -10.5 54 8.0 -5.9 279 11 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.5 3.13 11 500 5922 -6.6 -20.2 33 13.6 -11.1 247 11 325.0 325.3 291.8 330.4 1.54 12 450 6737 -11.6 -23.2 37 11.6 -15.0 243 16 328.7 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.31 13 400 7630 -17.0 -23.0 60 6.0 -18.7 236 21 332.9 333.2 293.9 338.3 1.50 14 350 8618 -24.3 -26.0 85 1.8 -24.7 234 25 336.1 336.3 294.5 340.8 1.31 15 300 9722 -33.1 -33.9 92 0.8 -33.2 236 30 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.5 0.72 16 250 10976 -43.1 -43.9 92 0.8 -43.2 237 28 342.0 342.1 295.1 343.3 0.31 17 200 12440 -54.4 -58.0 65 3.5 -54.5 244 26 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.08 18 150 14254 -61.3 -75.6 13 14.3 -61.4 317 11 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16720 -67.0 -83.1 9 16.0 -67.1 234 4 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.02 m Freezing level: 587.15 mb = 4654.62 m = 15270.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.24 mb = 4272.93 m = 14018.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.72 C = 92.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.68 mb = 1547.81 m = 5078.05 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2243.76 m = 7361.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.75 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.50 mb = 1763.54 m = 5785.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.50 mb = 2564.94 m = 8415.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.50 mb = 11042.10 m = 36226.91 ft B at Equ Level: 316.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.50 mb = 13558.07 m = 44481.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 7.7 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.4 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 66.75 Bulk Shear: 4.78 m/s