MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.11,-77.11 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -77.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 110 15.3 7.2 59 8.0 10.9 318 5 287.7 288.8 283.7 305.6 6.33 1 1000 180 14.4 6.6 59 7.8 10.2 323 8 287.6 288.6 283.3 304.9 6.12 2 950 613 13.6 3.6 51 10.0 8.4 339 16 291.0 291.9 283.8 306.0 5.21 3 900 1065 10.2 0.8 52 9.4 5.6 337 18 292.1 292.9 283.5 305.2 4.50 4 850 1538 6.7 -2.0 54 8.7 2.7 330 19 293.2 293.9 283.2 304.6 3.89 5 800 2032 3.1 -4.3 58 7.4 -0.2 312 19 294.4 295.0 283.2 304.7 3.46 6 750 2552 0.0 -8.2 54 8.3 -3.2 285 19 296.6 297.1 283.4 304.9 2.74 7 700 3101 -3.1 -14.4 41 11.3 -6.9 272 22 299.1 299.4 283.2 304.6 1.78 8 650 3685 -5.1 -25.0 19 19.9 -10.2 286 23 303.2 303.3 283.7 305.7 0.77 9 600 4310 -8.4 -30.2 15 21.8 -13.1 287 25 306.4 306.5 284.6 308.2 0.52 10 550 4979 -13.1 -34.2 15 21.1 -16.9 288 28 308.6 308.7 285.3 309.9 0.38 11 500 5697 -18.4 -36.3 19 17.9 -21.2 292 29 310.6 310.6 285.9 311.8 0.34 12 450 6474 -24.2 -41.2 19 17.0 -26.2 302 31 312.9 312.9 286.6 313.7 0.23 13 400 7321 -30.6 -44.1 26 13.4 -31.9 309 34 315.2 315.2 287.4 315.9 0.19 14 350 8255 -37.9 -50.5 26 12.6 -38.6 311 36 317.7 317.7 288.1 318.1 0.11 15 300 9299 -45.6 -55.5 32 9.9 -46.0 298 38 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.07 16 250 10505 -46.0 -64.4 11 18.4 -46.6 275 39 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.03 17 200 11990 -46.5 -75.1 2 28.5 -47.2 267 50 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 18 150 13880 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 260 49 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16482 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 259 30 419.0 419.0 307.6 419.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5516.86 m Freezing level: 749.47 mb = 2557.76 m = 8391.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.72 mb = 2004.48 m = 6576.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.05 % Est. max temperature: 20.54 C = 68.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.81 mb = 1122.40 m = 3682.38 ft T: 9.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 1.41 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.02 mb = 2381.78 m = 7814.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.19 F Cap Strength: 6.49 C Lifted Index: 6.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.27 C Showalter Index: 7.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 16.48 C K Index: 11.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13386.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.29 mb = 1699.66 m = 5576.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -26.2 tot: -26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 27.73 m/s