MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.28,-75.98 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -75.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1017 2 22.2 17.0 72 5.2 18.7 233 10 293.9 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.05 1 1000 151 20.7 15.3 71 5.4 17.2 233 12 293.8 295.8 290.3 325.2 10.99 2 950 593 17.9 12.9 73 5.0 14.8 238 15 295.4 297.1 289.9 323.9 9.89 3 900 1054 15.5 10.1 70 5.3 12.2 247 18 297.4 299.0 289.6 322.7 8.66 4 850 1537 12.4 8.1 75 4.4 9.9 245 19 299.2 300.6 289.6 322.6 7.98 5 800 2043 8.6 5.5 81 3.1 6.8 244 16 300.3 301.6 289.2 321.3 7.09 6 750 2573 4.2 2.7 90 1.5 3.4 252 16 301.2 302.3 288.6 319.7 6.21 7 700 3131 0.3 -1.0 91 1.3 -0.3 260 18 302.8 303.8 288.2 318.2 5.10 8 650 3721 -3.0 -7.7 70 4.7 -4.9 261 20 305.6 306.2 287.4 315.9 3.30 9 600 4353 -5.2 -14.5 48 9.3 -8.5 273 23 310.1 310.4 287.7 316.7 2.07 10 550 5031 -9.5 -15.7 61 6.2 -11.6 283 22 312.8 313.2 288.6 319.5 2.05 11 500 5761 -14.2 -18.7 68 4.5 -15.5 282 25 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.6 1.75 12 450 6551 -19.9 -24.1 69 4.2 -20.9 279 27 318.2 318.5 289.5 322.4 1.21 13 400 7414 -26.7 -32.1 60 5.4 -27.6 281 25 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.6 0.65 14 350 8361 -34.1 -44.2 35 10.1 -35.0 282 28 322.7 322.8 289.8 323.6 0.22 15 300 9426 -40.7 -55.9 18 15.2 -41.4 262 37 328.1 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.07 16 250 10647 -47.5 -59.0 26 11.5 -47.9 249 50 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 17 200 12102 -52.8 -67.7 15 14.9 -53.1 249 55 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13942 -56.9 -77.4 6 20.5 -57.2 258 44 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.01 19 100 16481 -58.7 -85.0 2 26.3 -59.0 276 23 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.00 m Freezing level: 695.40 mb = 3185.08 m = 10449.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.42 mb = 3079.79 m = 10104.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.74 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.30 mb = 662.10 m = 2172.21 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1642.88 m = 5389.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 33.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 160.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.47 mb = 1096.57 m = 3597.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.47 mb = 2245.59 m = 7367.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.47 mb = 8152.01 m = 26745.13 ft B at Equ Level: 159.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.47 mb = 9876.27 m = 32402.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -6.8 tot: 34.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.92 Bulk Shear: 13.47 m/s