MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 39.06,-77.54 Latitude: 39.06 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 129 32.9 18.1 42 14.8 22.5 176 3 305.7 308.2 295.6 345.2 13.16 1 1000 164 32.1 17.0 40 15.1 21.6 179 3 305.3 307.5 294.8 341.9 12.25 2 950 622 27.7 15.7 48 12.0 19.5 193 4 305.3 307.5 294.6 341.0 11.91 3 900 1098 23.2 14.8 59 8.4 17.5 206 5 305.4 307.6 294.5 340.8 11.82 4 850 1594 18.8 13.2 70 5.6 15.1 230 5 305.8 308.0 294.3 339.8 11.33 5 800 2111 14.7 11.0 79 3.7 12.3 279 7 306.8 308.7 293.9 338.1 10.38 6 750 2655 11.4 6.6 72 4.8 8.5 300 14 309.0 310.5 292.8 334.0 8.19 7 700 3230 9.0 0.9 57 8.1 4.6 310 16 312.5 313.6 291.9 330.8 5.86 8 650 3840 5.5 -4.1 50 9.7 0.7 321 14 315.2 316.0 291.5 329.0 4.33 9 600 4490 1.6 -7.1 53 8.7 -2.4 322 13 318.0 318.7 291.7 330.2 3.75 10 550 5186 -1.8 -11.7 47 9.9 -5.9 318 12 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.4 2.84 11 500 5939 -5.9 -16.2 44 10.3 -9.7 306 14 325.8 326.3 292.6 333.2 2.16 12 450 6758 -10.2 -20.7 42 10.5 -13.6 291 16 330.4 330.7 293.3 336.2 1.63 13 400 7655 -16.0 -23.7 52 7.7 -18.2 282 19 334.2 334.4 294.1 339.2 1.41 14 350 8647 -22.8 -38.8 22 16.0 -25.4 295 12 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.5 0.38 15 300 9757 -32.0 -46.1 23 14.1 -33.4 331 8 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.20 16 250 11018 -41.3 -58.2 14 16.9 -42.1 62 8 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 17 200 12489 -54.2 -60.3 47 6.1 -54.4 71 24 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.06 18 150 14278 -66.1 -69.0 67 2.9 -66.1 338 1 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.02 19 100 16737 -67.0 -83.4 8 16.4 -67.1 263 2 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.99 m Freezing level: 576.34 mb = 4819.41 m = 15811.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.58 mb = 3983.88 m = 13070.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.00 mb = 1994.68 m = 6544.15 ft T: 15.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2464.04 m = 8084.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.40 C = 95.72 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: 0.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 29.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.98 mb = 2121.96 m = 6961.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.98 mb = 4302.67 m = 14116.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 573.98 mb = 4844.68 m = 15894.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 533.98 mb = 5419.84 m = 17781.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.8 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 333.8 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 21.78 m/s