MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F222.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F222.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 222 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 38.64,-77.21 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -77.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 67 30.9 23.0 63 7.8 25.1 307 5 303.3 306.6 298.0 356.3 17.84 1 1000 138 29.3 21.1 61 8.2 23.3 303 7 302.4 305.4 296.5 349.5 15.91 2 950 593 25.0 19.7 72 5.3 21.2 278 8 302.6 305.4 296.2 348.0 15.37 3 900 1066 21.2 17.8 81 3.4 18.8 249 9 303.4 306.0 295.7 346.1 14.39 4 850 1559 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 237 12 304.6 307.0 295.4 344.6 13.42 5 800 2076 14.5 12.2 86 2.3 13.0 239 18 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.3 11.22 6 750 2620 11.4 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 244 22 308.9 310.7 293.7 337.4 9.36 7 700 3194 8.0 5.8 86 2.2 6.7 248 25 311.4 312.9 293.6 336.9 8.28 8 650 3803 4.6 2.5 87 2.0 3.4 248 27 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.3 7.09 9 600 4452 1.1 -1.7 82 2.8 -0.4 248 29 317.3 318.4 293.2 335.3 5.62 10 550 5148 -2.6 -5.9 78 3.3 -4.2 248 31 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.6 4.48 11 500 5898 -6.8 -9.5 81 2.7 -8.0 247 32 324.7 325.4 293.6 337.1 3.71 12 450 6714 -11.4 -13.7 83 2.4 -12.3 245 31 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.0 2.94 13 400 7609 -16.8 -18.4 87 1.6 -17.3 242 29 333.2 333.7 294.6 341.1 2.24 14 350 8598 -23.7 -25.8 83 2.0 -24.2 242 34 336.8 337.0 294.7 341.7 1.34 15 300 9705 -32.1 -35.1 75 2.9 -32.6 237 39 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.5 0.65 16 250 10964 -42.6 -44.4 82 1.8 -42.8 238 42 342.7 342.8 295.3 343.9 0.29 17 200 12430 -54.3 -58.1 62 3.8 -54.4 241 40 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14223 -63.6 -76.1 17 12.5 -63.7 236 39 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16688 -64.8 -83.4 6 18.6 -65.0 241 12 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.43 m Freezing level: 585.56 mb = 4652.82 m = 15264.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.13 mb = 4382.93 m = 14379.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.47 mb = 1061.23 m = 3481.68 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.03 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.52 mb = 1483.21 m = 4866.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.47 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -3.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.42 C Cross Totals Index: 22.67 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1056.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.57 mb = 1273.82 m = 4179.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.57 mb = 1725.61 m = 5661.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.57 mb = 12633.79 m = 41448.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1053.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.57 mb = 15401.23 m = 50528.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 61.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 26.51 Bulk Shear: 39.85 m/s