MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-78.70 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -78.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 199 SFC 975 410 11.9 6.6 70 5.3 9.0 287 1 287.1 288.2 283.3 304.7 6.25 2 950 629 12.3 4.8 60 7.5 8.3 31 2 289.7 290.7 283.8 305.9 5.68 3 900 1083 11.9 3.2 55 8.6 7.3 94 4 293.7 294.7 285.1 309.4 5.37 4 850 1559 9.4 2.6 62 6.8 5.9 208 5 296.0 297.0 286.1 312.0 5.44 5 800 2060 6.6 3.6 81 3.0 5.0 266 10 298.2 299.3 287.6 316.5 6.20 6 750 2587 4.0 -2.8 62 6.7 0.8 278 15 300.9 301.6 286.5 313.5 4.16 7 700 3146 2.5 -16.9 22 19.4 -4.1 302 13 305.2 305.5 285.3 309.9 1.45 8 650 3742 0.2 -26.1 12 26.4 -7.0 319 12 309.2 309.4 285.9 311.6 0.70 9 600 4379 -3.9 -30.1 11 26.3 -10.2 308 12 311.7 311.8 286.5 313.5 0.52 10 550 5059 -8.4 -38.8 7 30.4 -14.0 305 15 314.1 314.1 287.1 314.9 0.24 11 500 5790 -13.9 -42.4 7 28.4 -18.3 300 17 316.0 316.1 287.6 316.7 0.18 12 450 6580 -19.4 -43.5 10 24.1 -22.5 303 18 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.5 0.18 13 400 7445 -25.6 -42.2 20 16.6 -27.6 303 25 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.23 14 350 8398 -33.2 -45.3 29 12.1 -34.3 307 31 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.19 15 300 9459 -42.5 -47.9 55 5.4 -42.8 303 35 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.1 0.17 16 250 10665 -51.7 -53.6 81 1.8 -51.8 307 43 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.10 17 200 12090 -54.8 -67.3 20 12.6 -55.0 296 34 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13941 -54.0 -79.9 3 25.9 -54.4 290 26 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16509 -58.3 -84.2 2 25.9 -58.7 280 16 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5590.64 m Freezing level: 647.04 mb = 3780.15 m = 12401.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.57 mb = 2679.03 m = 8789.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.33 % Est. max temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.39 mb = 1088.23 m = 3570.25 ft T: 11.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3948.09 m = 12952.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.66 C = 94.38 F Cap Strength: 9.76 C Lifted Index: 9.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.72 C Showalter Index: 7.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 6.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12925.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.86 mb = 1837.14 m = 6027.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.7 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 328.7 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 74.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.16 Bulk Shear: 20.54 m/s