MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 150 SFC 997 176 23.8 19.7 78 4.1 21.0 319 2 297.2 299.9 294.2 339.6 14.67 2 950 603 27.0 17.3 55 9.7 20.3 127 3 304.6 307.0 295.3 343.9 13.19 3 900 1080 24.7 14.7 54 9.9 17.9 200 6 306.9 309.1 294.9 342.4 11.78 4 850 1579 20.9 12.7 59 8.3 15.5 212 12 308.1 310.1 294.6 341.1 10.89 5 800 2100 16.4 11.6 73 4.9 13.3 214 12 308.7 310.7 294.7 341.4 10.77 6 750 2646 12.0 9.6 85 2.4 10.4 225 9 309.6 311.5 294.4 340.3 10.07 7 700 3221 8.4 5.3 81 3.1 6.6 247 6 311.8 313.3 293.4 336.5 8.00 8 650 3831 5.0 1.3 77 3.8 2.9 236 5 314.6 315.9 293.0 335.0 6.46 9 600 4481 1.5 -3.1 72 4.5 -0.9 212 8 317.8 318.8 292.8 334.1 5.09 10 550 5178 -2.0 -10.2 53 8.2 -5.5 226 10 321.7 322.3 292.3 332.3 3.19 11 500 5929 -6.3 -14.5 52 8.1 -9.5 245 11 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.8 2.49 12 450 6747 -10.9 -20.2 46 9.4 -13.9 268 14 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.70 13 400 7641 -17.2 -24.5 53 7.3 -19.2 269 17 332.7 332.9 293.7 337.4 1.32 14 350 8627 -24.4 -30.3 58 5.9 -25.6 271 22 335.9 336.0 294.1 339.1 0.88 15 300 9732 -32.4 -35.9 71 3.4 -32.9 263 21 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.0 0.60 16 250 10990 -42.6 -46.5 65 3.9 -42.9 289 16 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.23 17 200 12460 -52.9 -59.4 45 6.5 -53.1 311 15 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.2 0.06 18 150 14271 -62.2 -74.2 19 11.9 -62.4 264 10 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16742 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.9 -67.3 351 3 397.9 397.9 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.37 m Freezing level: 578.87 mb = 4775.48 m = 15667.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.28 mb = 4329.68 m = 14204.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.39 % Est. max temperature: 34.69 C = 94.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.63 mb = 700.07 m = 2296.80 ft T: 26.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.06 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.46 mb = 2396.48 m = 7862.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.36 F Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.00 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 156.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 204.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.16 mb = 1719.95 m = 5642.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.16 mb = 3207.43 m = 10522.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.16 mb = 9704.55 m = 31838.70 ft B at Equ Level: 155.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.16 mb = 12102.22 m = 39704.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 31.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 14.84 Bulk Shear: 10.54 m/s