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: 37.42,-76.22 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -76.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 20.8 16.6 77 4.3 18.0 242 7 292.6 294.7 290.5 325.9 11.73 1 1000 150 19.6 14.9 75 4.6 16.6 245 9 292.7 294.6 289.8 323.3 10.74 2 950 591 17.6 12.4 72 5.1 14.4 252 12 295.0 296.7 289.5 322.5 9.57 3 900 1052 15.6 9.5 67 6.1 11.9 250 16 297.6 299.1 289.3 321.8 8.29 4 850 1535 12.7 7.3 70 5.4 9.6 245 17 299.4 300.8 289.3 321.8 7.59 5 800 2041 8.8 4.9 76 3.9 6.6 245 15 300.5 301.8 289.0 320.7 6.80 6 750 2571 4.5 1.5 81 3.0 2.9 255 16 301.4 302.5 288.2 318.5 5.69 7 700 3129 0.3 -3.1 78 3.4 -1.3 257 18 302.8 303.6 287.4 316.0 4.35 8 650 3720 -2.7 -9.1 61 6.5 -5.3 261 21 306.0 306.5 287.2 315.2 2.95 9 600 4352 -5.5 -12.7 57 7.2 -8.1 276 23 309.8 310.2 287.9 317.5 2.41 10 550 5029 -9.5 -17.6 52 8.1 -12.1 287 23 312.8 313.2 288.3 318.6 1.75 11 500 5760 -14.1 -19.3 65 5.2 -15.7 281 27 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.3 1.65 12 450 6550 -19.8 -24.7 65 4.9 -20.9 278 28 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.3 1.15 13 400 7412 -26.7 -33.4 53 6.7 -27.7 278 25 320.3 320.4 289.5 322.4 0.57 14 350 8360 -34.3 -45.6 31 11.3 -35.2 289 27 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.2 0.19 15 300 9422 -41.5 -55.8 20 14.3 -42.2 271 32 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.07 16 250 10638 -48.1 -58.2 30 10.1 -48.4 258 44 334.5 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.06 17 200 12094 -52.2 -69.4 11 17.2 -52.5 252 48 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 13937 -56.5 -77.4 6 20.9 -56.8 262 42 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16479 -58.7 -85.1 2 26.4 -59.0 282 25 414.4 414.4 307.0 414.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.44 m Freezing level: 695.28 mb = 3185.16 m = 10449.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.04 mb = 2957.41 m = 9702.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.49 mb = 550.28 m = 1805.36 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.60 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1764.30 m = 5788.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.79 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 30.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.76 mb = 1082.26 m = 3550.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.76 mb = 2552.13 m = 8373.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 591.76 mb = 4459.82 m = 14631.76 ft B at Equ Level: 66.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 391.76 mb = 7560.21 m = 24803.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: -4.6 tot: 31.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.68 Bulk Shear: 14.23 m/s