MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F087.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F087.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 87 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.3,-77.37 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -77.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 50 17.3 8.5 56 8.9 12.3 6 6 289.6 290.8 285.0 309.1 6.87 1 1000 142 17.1 8.0 55 9.1 12.0 13 13 290.3 291.5 285.1 309.5 6.74 2 950 579 17.0 8.6 57 8.5 12.1 45 17 294.5 295.8 287.3 315.8 7.37 3 900 1039 15.2 8.5 64 6.7 11.3 63 6 297.2 298.6 288.7 319.8 7.75 4 850 1522 12.8 6.7 66 6.1 9.3 243 5 299.6 300.9 289.0 321.1 7.27 5 800 2029 9.3 3.3 66 6.0 6.1 279 15 301.1 302.2 288.5 319.3 6.08 6 750 2561 5.7 1.4 74 4.3 3.5 276 24 302.8 303.9 288.7 319.9 5.65 7 700 3121 1.0 -1.6 82 2.7 -0.3 276 23 303.6 304.5 288.2 318.4 4.85 8 650 3714 -1.0 -14.2 36 13.2 -5.8 291 20 307.8 308.2 286.8 314.1 1.95 9 600 4351 -2.6 -22.4 20 19.8 -8.5 285 18 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.06 10 550 5035 -6.4 -25.0 21 18.6 -11.5 271 23 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.7 0.91 11 500 5774 -10.9 -32.8 15 21.9 -15.6 264 29 319.7 319.8 289.2 321.5 0.48 12 450 6574 -16.7 -37.4 15 20.7 -20.3 261 35 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.34 13 400 7446 -23.6 -39.1 23 15.4 -25.8 257 39 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.5 0.32 14 350 8407 -31.1 -45.8 22 14.7 -32.5 257 47 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.18 15 300 9481 -39.2 -54.6 18 15.4 -40.1 258 51 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 16 250 10709 -47.5 -52.8 55 5.2 -47.8 258 52 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.11 17 200 12142 -59.5 -59.7 97 0.3 -59.5 264 53 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 18 150 13944 -57.4 -78.2 5 20.8 -57.7 274 41 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.01 19 100 16483 -61.1 -84.7 3 23.6 -61.3 282 19 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.06 m Freezing level: 674.96 mb = 3418.05 m = 11213.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.64 mb = 3079.05 m = 10101.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.98 mb = 1181.53 m = 3876.37 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 5.80 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2701.82 m = 8864.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Cap Strength: 8.09 C Lifted Index: 8.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.75 C Cross Totals Index: 17.63 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10107.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.01 mb = 1561.44 m = 5122.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.8 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 311.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.2 neg: -26.7 tot: 102.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 89.07 m/s