MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 40.19,-76.50 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -76.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 987 189 28.3 20.4 62 7.9 22.6 205 5 302.6 305.4 296.3 348.3 15.48 2 950 527 27.1 15.6 50 11.4 19.3 230 11 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.0 11.84 3 900 1002 22.9 14.2 58 8.7 17.1 245 15 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.2 11.40 4 850 1497 18.7 12.4 67 6.2 14.6 256 20 305.7 307.7 293.8 337.9 10.73 5 800 2014 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.9 259 24 306.1 307.9 293.4 336.5 10.10 6 750 2556 9.8 8.6 92 1.3 9.0 259 30 307.3 309.0 293.2 335.7 9.37 7 700 3126 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.2 258 35 309.2 310.6 292.4 332.6 7.62 8 650 3731 3.4 -5.6 52 9.0 -0.8 262 39 312.8 313.6 290.3 325.2 3.88 9 600 4377 0.4 -8.6 51 9.0 -3.6 263 46 316.5 317.2 291.0 327.3 3.33 10 550 5071 -2.4 -14.1 40 11.6 -7.0 263 48 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.1 2.34 11 500 5821 -6.8 -24.0 24 17.2 -11.9 262 51 324.8 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.10 12 450 6633 -13.4 -28.4 27 15.0 -17.1 261 53 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.82 13 400 7518 -19.3 -35.5 23 16.1 -22.3 261 51 329.8 329.9 292.2 331.6 0.47 14 350 8496 -26.9 -40.1 27 13.2 -28.7 258 51 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 15 300 9588 -35.5 -46.8 31 11.3 -36.5 258 52 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 16 250 10833 -44.1 -53.6 34 9.5 -44.6 249 60 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.10 17 200 12294 -54.4 -62.9 34 8.6 -54.6 253 62 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.04 18 150 14100 -62.3 -75.7 15 13.4 -62.4 251 48 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16596 -62.1 -84.1 4 22.0 -62.3 239 25 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.34 m Freezing level: 593.38 mb = 4468.55 m = 14660.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.63 mb = 3647.98 m = 11968.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.75 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.52 mb = 1191.81 m = 3910.09 ft T: 21.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 23.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.36 mb = 2084.13 m = 6837.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 19.23 C K Index: 36.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.45 mb = 1872.04 m = 6141.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.45 mb = 2351.66 m = 7715.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.45 mb = 10873.34 m = 35673.26 ft B at Equ Level: 498.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.45 mb = 13371.53 m = 43869.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.6 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 289.6 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 5.38 Bulk Shear: 93.58 m/s