MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 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 27.4 19.1 61 8.3 21.6 272 2 300.2 302.8 294.6 341.2 14.01 1 1000 166 30.0 18.3 50 11.7 21.8 268 3 303.1 305.6 295.0 342.7 13.36 2 950 624 28.1 15.5 46 12.6 19.5 224 7 305.7 307.9 294.6 341.0 11.75 3 900 1101 23.8 14.5 56 9.3 17.5 226 9 306.1 308.2 294.6 341.0 11.62 4 850 1597 19.4 13.5 69 5.9 15.5 250 10 306.5 308.6 294.6 341.2 11.53 5 800 2116 15.0 12.2 84 2.8 13.2 284 10 307.1 309.2 294.6 341.1 11.25 6 750 2660 10.8 10.0 95 0.8 10.3 296 13 308.3 310.2 294.2 339.6 10.31 7 700 3233 8.0 5.8 86 2.2 6.6 304 12 311.3 312.9 293.5 336.8 8.28 8 650 3843 5.1 0.2 70 5.0 2.4 316 10 314.7 315.9 292.7 333.5 5.96 9 600 4493 2.4 -7.3 48 9.8 -2.1 328 11 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.9 3.67 10 550 5192 -1.0 -10.2 50 9.2 -5.0 317 10 322.9 323.5 292.7 333.6 3.20 11 500 5947 -5.2 -19.5 32 14.2 -10.1 307 11 326.6 327.0 292.3 332.3 1.64 12 450 6767 -9.8 -21.7 37 11.9 -13.6 294 14 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.2 1.50 13 400 7666 -15.7 -24.2 48 8.5 -18.1 298 16 334.6 334.9 294.2 339.5 1.36 14 350 8659 -22.7 -39.7 20 17.0 -25.4 320 8 338.2 338.2 294.2 339.5 0.35 15 300 9768 -32.1 -46.3 23 14.2 -33.5 339 4 340.2 340.2 294.6 341.0 0.20 16 250 11029 -41.5 -57.2 17 15.7 -42.3 78 6 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 17 200 12499 -53.9 -59.0 54 5.1 -54.1 101 17 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.7 0.07 18 150 14289 -65.4 -69.9 53 4.5 -65.4 345 5 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.02 19 100 16745 -66.8 -83.3 8 16.6 -66.9 248 10 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.62 m Freezing level: 564.55 mb = 4989.07 m = 16368.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.50 mb = 4181.01 m = 13717.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.54 % Est. max temperature: 33.66 C = 92.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.81 mb = 1199.81 m = 3936.34 ft T: 22.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.59 mb = 2377.26 m = 7799.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.90 C = 94.82 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 18.76 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.49 mb = 2057.64 m = 6750.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.49 mb = 2765.88 m = 9074.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.49 mb = 3962.44 m = 12999.98 ft B at Equ Level: 16.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 570.49 mb = 4898.50 m = 16071.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 37.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 9.06 m/s