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: 39.34,-76.90 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -76.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 144 14.4 7.5 63 6.9 10.6 318 5 287.3 288.4 283.6 305.5 6.49 1 1000 179 14.0 6.9 62 7.2 10.1 322 7 287.2 288.3 283.3 304.7 6.23 2 950 611 13.4 4.2 54 9.2 8.6 334 17 290.8 291.7 284.0 306.4 5.43 3 900 1063 10.0 1.8 57 8.2 5.9 333 19 291.8 292.7 283.7 305.9 4.85 4 850 1535 6.5 -1.1 58 7.6 2.9 327 19 292.9 293.7 283.4 305.1 4.14 5 800 2029 2.8 -4.1 60 6.9 -0.2 314 18 294.2 294.8 283.2 304.6 3.53 6 750 2549 -0.1 -7.8 56 7.7 -3.2 285 19 296.4 296.9 283.4 305.0 2.83 7 700 3098 -3.0 -14.9 39 11.9 -7.0 274 22 299.1 299.4 283.2 304.5 1.72 8 650 3682 -5.4 -23.0 23 17.7 -10.1 288 24 302.9 303.1 283.8 305.9 0.92 9 600 4306 -8.7 -28.5 18 19.8 -13.2 288 26 306.0 306.1 284.6 308.1 0.61 10 550 4974 -13.4 -31.6 20 18.2 -16.9 289 28 308.2 308.3 285.3 309.9 0.49 11 500 5691 -18.7 -35.9 20 17.2 -21.3 293 29 310.3 310.4 285.9 311.6 0.36 12 450 6468 -24.3 -41.1 20 16.7 -26.3 303 31 312.7 312.7 286.6 313.5 0.23 13 400 7314 -30.9 -43.0 29 12.1 -32.0 311 33 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.21 14 350 8247 -38.1 -49.8 28 11.7 -38.8 314 36 317.3 317.4 288.0 317.8 0.11 15 300 9290 -45.6 -55.5 32 9.9 -46.0 301 38 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.3 0.07 16 250 10495 -46.2 -64.4 11 18.2 -46.7 275 39 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 11981 -46.4 -74.3 3 27.9 -47.1 264 49 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 18 150 13873 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.5 -51.5 260 46 382.4 382.4 302.6 382.4 0.00 19 100 16478 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 258 31 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5512.41 m Freezing level: 752.32 mb = 2524.65 m = 8282.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 802.51 mb = 2003.90 m = 6574.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.80 % Est. max temperature: 20.04 C = 68.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.74 mb = 1019.38 m = 3344.37 ft T: 10.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 1.77 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.69 mb = 2236.40 m = 7337.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.26 C = 72.07 F Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lifted Index: 6.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 12.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 67.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12324.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.48 mb = 1636.82 m = 5370.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.7 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 327.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -17.1 tot: -15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 25.79 m/s