MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F228.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F228.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 39.18,-75.25 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -75.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 12 23.6 22.6 94 1.0 22.9 263 5 295.5 298.5 295.5 344.9 17.21 1 1000 141 23.2 21.2 88 2.0 21.8 280 7 296.4 299.3 295.0 342.6 16.03 2 950 589 21.4 18.4 83 3.0 19.4 282 9 298.9 301.5 294.4 340.2 14.18 3 900 1057 19.0 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 273 10 301.1 303.5 294.2 339.6 13.09 4 850 1548 16.3 13.8 85 2.4 14.7 270 12 303.2 305.4 293.9 338.2 11.78 5 800 2062 13.7 11.2 85 2.5 12.1 269 18 305.8 307.7 293.7 337.4 10.53 6 750 2605 11.2 8.7 85 2.5 9.7 265 22 308.7 310.5 293.7 337.6 9.48 7 700 3179 7.9 6.0 88 1.9 6.8 267 22 311.2 312.8 293.6 337.1 8.39 8 650 3787 4.1 3.2 94 0.9 3.5 269 22 313.6 315.0 293.5 336.7 7.41 9 600 4435 0.8 0.0 95 0.7 0.4 275 29 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.4 6.41 10 550 5131 -2.5 -3.7 92 1.1 -3.1 274 35 321.1 322.1 293.9 338.3 5.31 11 500 5883 -6.5 -8.2 88 1.6 -7.3 272 36 325.1 325.9 294.0 338.8 4.14 12 450 6699 -11.3 -13.5 84 2.2 -12.2 273 38 329.1 329.7 294.1 339.3 3.00 13 400 7593 -16.7 -16.9 98 0.2 -16.8 267 38 333.3 333.8 294.8 342.2 2.54 14 350 8583 -23.1 -23.1 100 0.0 -23.1 262 35 337.6 337.9 295.2 343.7 1.70 15 300 9693 -31.3 -31.3 100 -0.0 -31.3 252 35 341.3 341.5 295.5 344.8 0.94 16 250 10957 -41.2 -41.2 100 -0.0 -41.2 230 32 344.8 344.9 295.8 346.5 0.42 17 200 12433 -53.1 -53.2 100 0.0 -53.1 213 33 348.6 348.7 296.4 349.2 0.14 18 150 14223 -67.3 -68.2 88 0.9 -67.2 200 36 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.3 0.03 19 100 16682 -64.7 -83.4 6 18.6 -64.9 267 14 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.15 m Freezing level: 588.05 mb = 4601.62 m = 15096.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.67 mb = 4506.55 m = 14785.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.53 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.62 mb = 136.08 m = 446.46 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 7.51 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.88 mb = 1251.34 m = 4105.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.81 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.02 mb = 773.28 m = 2536.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.02 mb = 3002.61 m = 9850.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.02 mb = 6783.66 m = 22255.83 ft B at Equ Level: 90.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.02 mb = 9341.22 m = 30646.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.23 Bulk Shear: 28.12 m/s