MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F384.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 16 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 19 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-77.89 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -77.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 25.9 23.2 85 2.6 24.0 238 10 298.7 302.0 297.0 351.6 18.15 1 1000 121 25.3 22.5 84 2.9 23.3 239 13 298.5 301.6 296.4 349.1 17.38 2 950 570 21.4 20.4 94 1.0 20.7 245 26 298.9 301.9 295.7 345.8 16.09 3 900 1039 19.5 17.3 87 2.2 18.0 264 26 301.6 304.1 295.0 342.7 13.95 4 850 1530 16.8 14.5 86 2.4 15.3 270 24 303.8 306.0 294.4 340.3 12.28 5 800 2046 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 270 24 306.2 308.2 294.2 339.5 11.08 6 750 2589 11.3 9.4 88 1.9 10.2 262 25 308.9 310.8 294.1 339.1 9.94 7 700 3164 8.6 5.9 83 2.7 7.0 258 28 312.0 313.6 293.8 337.9 8.36 8 650 3775 5.3 1.0 74 4.3 2.9 264 27 314.9 316.1 293.0 334.9 6.34 9 600 4424 1.6 -6.4 55 8.1 -2.1 284 24 318.0 318.8 291.9 330.8 3.94 10 550 5121 -2.1 -10.2 54 8.1 -5.6 294 24 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.2 3.19 11 500 5873 -5.7 -16.2 43 10.5 -9.6 286 27 326.1 326.5 292.7 333.5 2.16 12 450 6692 -10.5 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.7 278 30 330.1 330.5 293.9 338.1 2.31 13 400 7590 -15.8 -16.6 93 0.9 -16.1 269 31 334.5 335.0 295.2 343.6 2.60 14 350 8586 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -21.9 252 32 339.3 339.7 295.7 346.1 1.88 15 300 9701 -30.3 -30.7 96 0.4 -30.4 245 33 342.7 342.9 295.8 346.4 0.98 16 250 10970 -41.0 -41.0 100 0.0 -41.0 247 35 345.1 345.2 295.9 346.8 0.42 17 200 12444 -53.9 -55.1 87 1.2 -53.9 253 43 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.8 0.11 18 150 14229 -67.5 -69.6 74 2.1 -67.5 236 37 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 19 100 16650 -68.4 -81.6 13 13.2 -68.5 278 13 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.18 m Freezing level: 578.10 mb = 4729.64 m = 15517.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.32 mb = 4141.10 m = 13586.11 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.34 mb = 421.04 m = 1381.34 ft T: 22.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 20.86 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.41 mb = 1044.79 m = 3427.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.18 C K Index: 34.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.96 mb = 764.62 m = 2508.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.96 mb = 1591.07 m = 5219.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.96 mb = 9145.40 m = 30004.23 ft B at Equ Level: 288.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.96 mb = 14067.12 m = 46151.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.5 neg: -4.6 tot: 102.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 15.79 Bulk Shear: 18.29 m/s