MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 138 SFC 996 176 34.9 18.1 37 16.8 23.0 196 3 308.4 310.9 296.3 348.5 13.25 2 950 599 30.4 15.9 42 14.5 20.4 204 5 308.0 310.3 295.4 344.5 12.06 3 900 1079 25.8 15.0 51 10.8 18.4 208 5 308.1 310.3 295.4 344.4 12.00 4 850 1579 21.0 14.0 64 7.0 16.3 215 6 308.2 310.4 295.3 344.3 11.92 5 800 2100 16.2 12.6 79 3.6 13.8 226 6 308.4 310.6 295.1 343.5 11.55 6 750 2646 12.0 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 253 8 309.6 311.6 294.8 341.9 10.59 7 700 3222 8.4 6.6 89 1.8 7.3 275 11 311.7 313.4 294.0 338.8 8.77 8 650 3831 4.8 1.7 80 3.1 3.1 287 11 314.4 315.7 293.2 335.3 6.66 9 600 4480 0.9 -3.1 75 3.9 -1.1 289 10 317.1 318.1 292.6 333.4 5.09 10 550 5175 -2.9 -10.5 56 7.6 -6.1 277 11 320.6 321.2 292.0 330.9 3.12 11 500 5924 -7.2 -16.4 48 9.1 -10.5 270 11 324.2 324.6 292.1 331.5 2.13 12 450 6738 -11.8 -20.0 51 8.2 -14.5 258 15 328.4 328.8 292.9 334.5 1.74 13 400 7630 -17.6 -26.1 47 8.5 -19.8 249 21 332.1 332.3 293.3 336.1 1.13 14 350 8616 -24.2 -28.7 66 4.6 -25.2 242 29 336.2 336.4 294.3 339.9 1.02 15 300 9721 -32.9 -36.1 73 3.2 -33.4 240 34 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.58 16 250 10975 -43.3 -47.9 60 4.6 -43.6 240 37 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.20 17 200 12441 -53.5 -63.5 28 10.1 -53.7 247 21 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.04 18 150 14257 -61.9 -75.1 15 13.3 -62.0 254 10 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16728 -65.7 -83.3 7 17.7 -65.8 343 4 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.53 m Freezing level: 588.43 mb = 4641.09 m = 15226.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4304.68 m = 14122.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.67 C = 94.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.14 mb = 2291.49 m = 7517.92 ft T: 14.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 17.60 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2545.68 m = 8351.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.85 C = 96.53 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 40.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 651.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.44 mb = 2396.99 m = 7864.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.44 mb = 2674.90 m = 8775.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.44 mb = 11891.90 m = 39014.95 ft B at Equ Level: 641.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.44 mb = 14361.62 m = 47117.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 20.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 81.36 Bulk Shear: 8.01 m/s