MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.45,-78.07 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -78.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 995 210 12.1 6.2 67 5.9 9.0 307 2 285.6 286.7 282.3 302.4 5.99 2 950 601 12.4 3.7 55 8.7 7.9 319 5 289.8 290.7 283.3 304.8 5.26 3 900 1053 10.1 1.8 56 8.3 5.9 324 7 291.9 292.7 283.7 305.9 4.83 4 850 1526 8.0 -1.8 50 9.7 3.4 305 11 294.5 295.2 283.9 306.2 3.95 5 800 2025 6.6 -7.4 36 13.9 0.7 289 15 298.1 298.6 284.0 306.5 2.74 6 750 2552 4.7 -8.9 37 13.6 -0.9 282 18 301.6 302.1 285.2 309.7 2.59 7 700 3112 1.7 -9.3 44 11.0 -2.8 276 20 304.4 304.9 286.3 312.8 2.69 8 650 3705 -1.8 -12.0 46 10.2 -5.7 275 22 306.9 307.4 286.9 314.4 2.35 9 600 4337 -5.9 -14.4 51 8.5 -8.9 281 25 309.3 309.7 287.4 316.0 2.08 10 550 5012 -10.3 -18.7 50 8.4 -12.8 279 28 311.9 312.2 287.8 317.1 1.59 11 500 5740 -14.5 -29.6 27 15.1 -17.7 276 31 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.66 12 450 6531 -19.3 -37.6 18 18.2 -22.2 264 39 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.1 0.34 13 400 7395 -25.8 -40.1 25 14.3 -27.6 260 48 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.5 0.29 14 350 8348 -33.1 -45.3 28 12.2 -34.2 259 54 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 15 300 9415 -40.1 -40.7 94 0.6 -40.2 257 61 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.36 16 250 10634 -49.4 -51.8 76 2.4 -49.5 252 64 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 17 200 12063 -57.7 -62.9 51 5.3 -57.8 256 60 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.04 18 150 13896 -54.5 -79.4 3 24.8 -54.9 285 36 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16465 -59.7 -84.5 3 24.7 -60.0 286 14 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5568.58 m Freezing level: 675.71 mb = 3399.77 m = 11153.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.97 mb = 2253.18 m = 7392.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 21.31 C = 70.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.00 mb = 951.65 m = 3122.17 ft T: 10.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 995.5- -0.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.45 mb = 3625.88 m = 11895.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Cap Strength: 9.87 C Lifted Index: 11.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.55 C Showalter Index: 10.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 12.73 C K Index: 9.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13025.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.40 mb = 1649.13 m = 5410.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -5.0 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 36.19 m/s