MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F330.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F330.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 330 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 38.03,-77.95 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -77.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 995 118 23.1 22.5 97 0.6 22.7 136 17 296.7 299.8 296.0 347.3 17.52 2 950 518 21.3 20.8 97 0.5 20.9 146 45 298.8 301.8 295.9 346.8 16.50 3 900 986 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 158 55 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.7 14.97 4 850 1477 16.7 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 174 62 303.6 306.0 294.9 342.5 13.08 5 800 1993 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.6 185 60 306.8 309.3 295.7 346.1 13.04 6 750 2539 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 200 55 310.1 312.4 296.0 347.1 12.11 7 700 3117 9.2 9.1 100 0.0 9.1 200 50 312.6 314.6 295.5 344.8 10.43 8 650 3730 6.7 6.5 99 0.2 6.6 202 45 316.6 318.4 295.8 346.1 9.41 9 600 4385 3.7 3.5 99 0.2 3.5 199 44 320.4 322.0 295.9 346.7 8.23 10 550 5088 0.0 -0.1 99 0.1 -0.0 196 44 324.1 325.5 295.9 346.7 6.93 11 500 5849 -3.5 -3.8 98 0.3 -3.6 191 43 328.8 330.0 296.2 348.1 5.81 12 450 6676 -7.7 -8.0 97 0.3 -7.9 190 44 333.5 334.5 296.5 349.4 4.65 13 400 7585 -12.8 -13.2 97 0.4 -13.0 186 41 338.3 339.0 296.7 350.4 3.45 14 350 8592 -18.8 -18.8 100 0.0 -18.8 197 42 343.5 344.0 297.2 352.5 2.48 15 300 9724 -26.7 -26.8 100 0.0 -26.7 197 38 347.7 348.0 297.3 353.1 1.43 16 250 11012 -36.9 -36.9 100 -0.0 -36.9 196 33 351.2 351.3 297.4 353.8 0.65 17 200 12513 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 212 32 353.5 353.5 297.5 354.3 0.20 18 150 14324 -64.6 -64.8 97 0.2 -64.7 250 28 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.9 0.04 19 100 16744 -67.8 -82.6 10 14.8 -67.9 336 7 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.61 m Freezing level: 549.32 mb = 5098.78 m = 16728.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 550.54 mb = 5080.47 m = 16668.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.92 mb = 185.26 m = 607.80 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 4.79 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 701.72 m = 2302.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.91 C = 78.63 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.89 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.50 mb = 623.65 m = 2046.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.50 mb = 857.46 m = 2813.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 813.50 mb = 1850.75 m = 6071.93 ft B at Equ Level: 20.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.50 mb = 5793.09 m = 19005.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.9 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 216.9 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 849.2 neg: -11.7 tot: 837.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 279.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 16.1 stream: 12.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 142.85 m/s