MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 151 SFC 997 176 34.9 19.0 39 15.8 23.5 244 2 308.3 310.9 296.8 350.7 14.04 2 950 611 28.9 16.7 48 12.2 20.4 244 3 306.5 308.9 295.4 344.5 12.65 3 900 1089 24.3 15.6 58 8.7 18.3 246 4 306.5 308.8 295.3 344.0 12.46 4 850 1586 19.6 14.3 71 5.4 16.0 250 5 306.7 309.0 295.1 343.2 12.12 5 800 2105 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.7 255 7 307.9 309.9 294.1 339.3 10.34 6 750 2650 11.5 8.4 81 3.2 9.6 264 9 309.1 310.8 293.6 337.3 9.24 7 700 3224 7.7 5.6 86 2.1 6.4 274 9 311.0 312.5 293.3 336.1 8.15 8 650 3832 4.3 2.2 86 2.1 3.1 278 8 313.9 315.2 293.2 335.5 6.91 9 600 4480 0.7 -2.8 77 3.5 -1.1 274 10 317.0 318.0 292.7 333.6 5.19 10 550 5175 -2.6 -11.1 52 8.5 -6.2 266 12 321.0 321.6 291.9 330.8 2.97 11 500 5925 -7.0 -19.3 37 12.4 -11.1 265 14 324.6 324.9 291.8 330.3 1.65 12 450 6740 -11.7 -19.1 55 7.3 -14.2 250 18 328.5 328.9 293.1 335.0 1.88 13 400 7632 -17.6 -22.0 69 4.4 -18.9 241 22 332.1 332.4 293.8 337.9 1.64 14 350 8618 -24.5 -25.1 94 0.6 -24.6 239 28 335.8 336.1 294.6 340.9 1.42 15 300 9721 -33.1 -34.3 89 1.2 -33.3 241 31 338.7 338.9 294.7 341.4 0.70 16 250 10975 -43.4 -44.6 89 1.1 -43.5 230 34 341.5 341.5 295.0 342.6 0.29 17 200 12440 -53.5 -61.9 35 8.4 -53.8 243 22 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.2 0.05 18 150 14256 -61.6 -75.5 14 13.9 -61.7 265 7 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.01 19 100 16723 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.3 275 7 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.19 m Freezing level: 589.06 mb = 4632.43 m = 15198.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.70 mb = 4310.74 m = 14142.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.43 % Est. max temperature: 33.39 C = 92.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 794.31 mb = 2165.54 m = 7104.71 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.15 mb = 2349.96 m = 7709.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.07 C = 95.12 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.56 mb = 2162.95 m = 7096.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.56 mb = 2543.27 m = 8343.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.56 mb = 11827.53 m = 38803.75 ft B at Equ Level: 769.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.56 mb = 14695.04 m = 48211.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 152.67 Bulk Shear: 5.06 m/s