MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 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 141 SFC 996 177 26.0 20.3 71 5.7 22.0 335 4 299.5 302.3 295.3 344.0 15.23 2 950 597 28.8 16.3 47 12.5 20.2 230 3 306.4 308.7 295.2 343.7 12.40 3 900 1076 25.6 14.9 52 10.7 18.3 195 9 307.9 310.1 295.2 343.8 11.89 4 850 1576 21.2 13.6 62 7.5 16.1 198 11 308.3 310.5 295.1 343.5 11.61 5 800 2097 16.5 12.3 76 4.2 13.7 207 10 308.7 310.8 295.0 343.0 11.29 6 750 2644 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.4 240 9 309.8 311.7 294.4 340.3 9.96 7 700 3219 8.2 5.7 84 2.5 6.7 268 7 311.6 313.2 293.6 337.1 8.25 8 650 3828 4.8 1.1 77 3.6 2.8 275 6 314.3 315.6 292.9 334.5 6.40 9 600 4478 1.6 -5.5 59 7.1 -1.8 261 6 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.7 4.23 10 550 5175 -1.8 -12.3 44 10.5 -6.1 265 7 322.0 322.5 292.0 331.0 2.70 11 500 5927 -5.9 -15.1 48 9.2 -9.5 279 10 325.8 326.3 292.7 333.8 2.36 12 450 6745 -10.9 -23.6 34 12.8 -14.6 278 15 329.6 329.8 292.8 334.1 1.26 13 400 7639 -17.0 -26.7 43 9.7 -19.5 272 19 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.8 1.08 14 350 8627 -24.0 -30.1 57 6.0 -25.3 258 31 336.4 336.6 294.3 339.7 0.90 15 300 9732 -32.7 -38.7 55 6.0 -33.5 253 35 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.0 0.45 16 250 10988 -42.6 -48.3 53 5.7 -43.0 250 26 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.5 0.19 17 200 12459 -52.7 -58.3 50 5.7 -52.8 272 13 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14280 -62.1 -74.9 17 12.8 -62.3 290 15 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16743 -67.1 -83.0 9 15.9 -67.2 316 5 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.17 m Freezing level: 576.29 mb = 4808.03 m = 15774.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.66 mb = 4216.00 m = 13831.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.08 % Est. max temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.40 mb = 916.14 m = 3005.67 ft T: 26.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.82 mb = 2467.10 m = 8094.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.74 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.07 mb = 1968.57 m = 6458.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.07 mb = 3018.24 m = 9902.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.07 mb = 11066.10 m = 36305.66 ft B at Equ Level: 275.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.07 mb = 13230.18 m = 43405.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -178.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 21.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 87.06 Bulk Shear: 3.22 m/s