MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 17 AUG 25 Station: 38.84,-77.99 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -77.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 153 SFC 995 196 27.0 23.3 80 3.8 24.3 164 11 300.6 304.0 297.6 354.5 18.35 2 950 606 24.8 19.7 73 5.1 21.2 167 27 302.4 305.2 296.1 347.7 15.34 3 900 1079 21.0 17.7 81 3.3 18.7 167 34 303.1 305.8 295.6 345.5 14.28 4 850 1572 17.7 15.4 86 2.3 16.1 167 41 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.5 13.03 5 800 2089 14.5 11.3 81 3.2 12.4 173 45 306.6 308.6 293.9 338.4 10.54 6 750 2632 11.1 7.0 76 4.1 8.6 183 47 308.7 310.2 292.9 334.3 8.41 7 700 3206 8.2 3.1 70 5.1 5.3 186 49 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.8 6.84 8 650 3815 5.0 -0.4 68 5.4 2.1 187 50 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.73 9 600 4466 2.8 -2.3 69 5.1 0.1 190 48 319.3 320.4 293.5 336.7 5.39 10 550 5167 -0.4 -3.5 80 3.1 -2.0 193 44 323.6 324.7 294.6 341.3 5.39 11 500 5925 -4.3 -6.3 86 1.9 -5.3 194 41 327.7 328.7 295.2 343.7 4.79 12 450 6749 -8.8 -11.1 84 2.3 -9.8 194 36 332.2 332.9 295.4 344.7 3.66 13 400 7653 -13.9 -17.9 72 3.9 -15.3 198 36 336.9 337.4 295.6 345.2 2.35 14 350 8655 -20.3 -24.6 69 4.3 -21.5 202 35 341.4 341.7 295.9 346.9 1.49 15 300 9779 -28.3 -33.6 60 5.3 -29.3 204 41 345.5 345.7 296.3 348.4 0.74 16 250 11060 -37.9 -38.1 98 0.2 -37.9 217 40 349.8 349.9 297.1 352.0 0.57 17 200 12559 -49.9 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 241 32 353.7 353.7 297.6 354.5 0.20 18 150 14370 -65.2 -66.8 80 1.6 -65.3 254 25 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.9 0.03 19 100 16768 -72.0 -81.9 21 9.9 -72.1 308 20 388.6 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.29 m Freezing level: 556.33 mb = 5078.60 m = 16661.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.75 mb = 4510.01 m = 14796.43 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.32 mb = 677.47 m = 2222.63 ft T: 24.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1460.14 m = 4790.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.75 C = 87.36 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 32.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 253.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.80 mb = 1196.98 m = 3927.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.80 mb = 1746.79 m = 5730.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.80 mb = 8181.86 m = 26843.05 ft B at Equ Level: 253.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.80 mb = 12465.59 m = 40897.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.3 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 213.3 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 300.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.47 Bulk Shear: 73.24 m/s