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: 37.73,-76.56 Latitude: 37.73 Longitude: -76.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 18 18.9 11.1 60 7.9 14.2 19 9 290.9 292.3 286.8 314.1 8.18 1 1000 141 18.7 10.0 57 8.6 13.6 22 15 291.8 293.2 286.7 313.9 7.73 2 950 579 16.4 7.9 57 8.5 11.5 32 15 293.8 295.1 286.8 314.2 7.04 3 900 1038 14.6 8.1 65 6.5 10.8 32 3 296.6 298.0 288.3 318.6 7.54 4 850 1519 12.2 6.7 69 5.5 9.0 235 7 298.9 300.2 288.8 320.3 7.24 5 800 2025 8.9 4.3 73 4.5 6.3 259 16 300.6 301.8 288.7 320.0 6.52 6 750 2556 5.3 -0.2 68 5.5 2.6 277 27 302.4 303.3 287.9 317.6 5.04 7 700 3116 1.5 -5.8 58 7.3 -1.7 277 27 304.1 304.8 287.1 315.0 3.54 8 650 3710 -0.6 -16.3 29 15.7 -6.0 284 22 308.3 308.6 286.6 313.6 1.64 9 600 4347 -3.0 -19.0 28 16.0 -8.2 277 21 312.7 312.9 287.9 317.4 1.42 10 550 5030 -7.2 -20.6 33 13.4 -11.3 272 24 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.0 1.35 11 500 5766 -12.0 -28.9 23 16.9 -15.9 267 31 318.5 318.6 289.0 320.9 0.70 12 450 6564 -17.1 -38.9 13 21.9 -20.6 262 38 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.9 0.29 13 400 7435 -24.1 -39.9 22 15.8 -26.2 259 44 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.8 0.30 14 350 8394 -31.5 -44.6 26 13.1 -32.8 260 50 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.21 15 300 9466 -39.6 -53.8 21 14.2 -40.4 260 58 329.5 329.5 291.7 329.9 0.08 16 250 10691 -48.0 -49.0 89 1.0 -48.0 259 60 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.4 0.18 17 200 12123 -59.6 -59.9 96 0.3 -59.6 265 62 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 18 150 13932 -56.5 -78.5 5 21.9 -56.8 272 40 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16478 -60.8 -84.7 3 23.9 -61.0 277 19 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.25 m Freezing level: 664.33 mb = 3539.92 m = 11613.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.04 mb = 2887.07 m = 9471.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.43 mb = 1015.02 m = 3330.08 ft T: 14.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2588.01 m = 8490.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 6.93 C Lifted Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 23.55 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10473.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.56 mb = 1504.05 m = 4934.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.6 neg: -20.7 tot: 134.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 101.85 m/s