MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 38.57,-75.47 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -75.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1026 16 25.4 18.6 66 6.8 20.8 98 10 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.7 13.30 1 1000 239 22.6 17.1 71 5.5 18.9 98 15 295.7 297.9 292.0 331.2 12.33 2 950 683 18.4 15.7 84 2.7 16.6 98 15 295.9 298.0 291.7 330.1 11.88 3 900 1144 15.1 11.5 79 3.6 12.9 100 16 297.1 298.8 290.2 324.6 9.49 4 850 1628 14.0 0.9 41 13.0 7.2 103 18 300.8 301.6 287.2 315.2 4.81 5 800 2136 10.7 -2.1 41 12.8 4.4 110 18 302.6 303.4 287.1 315.1 4.10 6 750 2670 7.4 -10.0 28 17.4 0.2 122 16 304.6 305.1 286.1 312.1 2.39 7 700 3233 3.9 -4.7 53 8.6 -0.1 168 5 306.8 307.5 288.3 318.7 3.85 8 650 3837 3.2 2.7 96 0.6 2.9 266 5 312.6 314.0 293.0 334.9 7.16 9 600 4483 -0.6 -0.9 98 0.3 -0.8 273 12 315.4 316.5 292.9 334.3 5.98 10 550 5174 -4.0 -5.5 90 1.4 -4.7 247 17 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.3 4.64 11 500 5922 -7.8 -9.4 88 1.6 -8.5 247 17 323.5 324.3 293.3 336.0 3.76 12 450 6736 -12.1 -16.2 71 4.1 -13.6 239 30 328.1 328.6 293.4 336.3 2.40 13 400 7627 -17.9 -20.9 77 3.0 -18.8 234 30 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.1 1.81 14 350 8613 -24.4 -25.0 95 0.5 -24.6 235 31 335.8 336.1 294.6 341.0 1.44 15 300 9718 -32.3 -32.4 99 0.1 -32.3 234 40 339.8 340.0 295.0 343.0 0.84 16 250 10978 -42.4 -42.4 100 -0.0 -42.4 240 55 343.1 343.1 295.4 344.5 0.37 17 200 12444 -54.6 -57.5 71 2.8 -54.7 249 55 346.3 346.3 295.9 346.6 0.08 18 150 14244 -62.7 -71.9 28 9.2 -62.9 238 32 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.02 19 100 16725 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.8 -65.8 243 6 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.54 m Freezing level: 608.02 mb = 4379.52 m = 14368.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.63 mb = 3041.75 m = 9979.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.30 mb = 870.90 m = 2857.24 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.61 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 1144.33 m = 3754.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.01 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: 3.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: 11.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.74 C Cross Totals Index: 8.71 C K Index: 14.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.09 mb = 1002.37 m = 3288.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.09 mb = 2669.10 m = 8756.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 680.09 mb = 3468.47 m = 11379.35 ft B at Equ Level: 10.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 650.09 mb = 3836.06 m = 12585.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.9 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 178.9 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 39.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 18.38 m/s