MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F336.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F336.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14 day GFS valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 38.57,-78.78 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 958 519 22.3 20.4 89 2.0 20.9 167 13 299.1 302.0 295.6 345.5 15.91 2 950 590 23.1 19.9 82 3.2 20.8 167 21 300.6 303.4 295.8 346.2 15.53 3 900 1061 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 169 39 302.1 304.8 295.6 345.3 14.64 4 850 1553 17.1 14.5 85 2.6 15.4 178 51 304.1 306.3 294.5 340.7 12.32 5 800 2069 14.3 9.8 74 4.5 11.5 186 54 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.3 9.58 6 750 2612 11.2 8.1 81 3.1 9.3 191 56 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.3 9.07 7 700 3186 9.0 6.4 84 2.6 7.5 195 58 312.5 314.1 294.1 339.3 8.66 8 650 3799 6.3 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 197 56 316.1 317.7 294.8 342.1 8.26 9 600 4453 3.2 2.1 92 1.2 2.5 196 53 319.9 321.3 295.2 343.6 7.43 10 550 5155 -0.2 -1.2 93 1.0 -0.7 194 51 323.9 325.1 295.4 344.7 6.39 11 500 5915 -4.0 -4.9 93 1.0 -4.5 196 50 328.2 329.3 295.7 345.9 5.31 12 450 6741 -8.1 -10.0 86 1.9 -8.9 203 49 333.1 333.9 295.9 346.7 3.98 13 400 7647 -14.0 -14.8 94 0.8 -14.3 210 47 336.8 337.4 296.1 347.5 3.04 14 350 8649 -20.2 -20.7 96 0.5 -20.4 208 42 341.5 342.0 296.4 349.1 2.10 15 300 9775 -27.3 -29.2 83 1.9 -27.8 212 42 346.9 347.1 296.9 351.2 1.13 16 250 11059 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 219 38 350.1 350.3 297.2 352.5 0.60 17 200 12559 -50.3 -50.3 100 0.0 -50.3 238 26 353.1 353.1 297.5 353.9 0.19 18 150 14371 -63.8 -68.4 53 4.6 -63.8 230 17 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.03 19 100 16780 -72.3 -81.9 22 9.6 -72.3 323 18 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.35 m Freezing level: 552.47 mb = 5120.37 m = 16798.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 561.31 mb = 4990.88 m = 16374.09 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.12 mb = 764.85 m = 2509.31 ft T: 21.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.76 C/km ThetaE index: 10.85 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.24 mb = 1570.33 m = 5151.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.72 mb = 1296.15 m = 4252.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.72 mb = 2273.87 m = 7460.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 660.72 mb = 3663.57 m = 12019.43 ft B at Equ Level: 25.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 520.72 mb = 5591.04 m = 18343.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.0 at 50.5 knts Storm direction: 221.0 at 37.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 476.4 neg: -0.5 tot: 475.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 98.44 m/s