MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.66,-78.79 Latitude: 38.66 Longitude: -78.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 959 505 22.4 5.6 33 16.9 12.8 315 7 299.1 300.2 287.6 316.7 5.94 2 950 590 20.9 3.9 32 17.1 11.5 312 11 298.4 299.4 286.8 314.2 5.31 3 900 1054 16.3 2.5 39 13.8 9.0 309 13 298.4 299.3 286.6 313.5 5.11 4 850 1535 11.8 1.6 50 10.1 6.5 301 12 298.5 299.4 286.6 313.5 5.06 5 800 2038 7.0 0.7 64 6.3 3.8 293 11 298.6 299.5 286.6 313.5 5.02 6 750 2564 2.1 -0.6 83 2.7 0.8 281 10 298.8 299.7 286.5 313.4 4.89 7 700 3117 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.9 262 11 299.7 300.5 286.2 312.5 4.27 8 650 3701 -4.7 -15.4 43 10.7 -8.2 266 20 303.6 303.9 285.0 309.2 1.77 9 600 4330 -6.6 -23.0 26 16.4 -11.1 269 31 308.5 308.7 286.0 311.9 1.00 10 550 5005 -10.1 -24.4 30 14.3 -13.8 268 36 312.1 312.3 287.2 315.4 0.97 11 500 5732 -14.8 -29.5 28 14.7 -17.9 262 41 315.0 315.1 287.9 317.3 0.66 12 450 6522 -19.9 -32.0 33 12.1 -22.1 254 48 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.3 0.58 13 400 7384 -26.1 -33.2 51 7.1 -27.3 252 57 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.58 14 350 8338 -32.3 -48.9 18 16.6 -33.6 253 74 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.7 0.13 15 300 9409 -38.7 -53.0 21 14.3 -39.5 244 100 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 16 250 10638 -47.5 -53.0 53 5.5 -47.7 239 111 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12092 -51.4 -67.4 13 15.9 -51.8 245 93 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 13950 -54.1 -79.9 3 25.8 -54.5 251 71 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16522 -58.4 -85.0 2 26.6 -58.7 256 42 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5583.60 m Freezing level: 727.45 mb = 2813.41 m = 9230.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.41 mb = 2678.12 m = 8786.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.27 % Est. max temperature: 21.90 C = 71.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.99 mb = 2596.45 m = 8518.44 ft T: 1.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 4.32 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.32 mb = 2843.33 m = 9328.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.60 C = 72.68 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 5.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 16.42 C K Index: 27.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 732.92 mb = 2748.73 m = 9018.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.92 mb = 3026.64 m = 9929.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.92 mb = 3253.99 m = 10675.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 677.92 mb = 3369.46 m = 11054.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -3.8 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 38.44 m/s