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: 39.38,-76.64 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -76.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 116 14.7 8.1 65 6.6 11.0 320 6 287.2 288.4 283.8 306.1 6.72 1 1000 177 14.2 6.9 62 7.2 10.2 325 9 287.3 288.4 283.4 304.9 6.25 2 950 609 13.4 4.3 54 9.1 8.6 335 18 290.8 291.7 284.0 306.5 5.48 3 900 1062 10.0 1.7 56 8.3 5.9 332 18 291.8 292.7 283.7 305.8 4.81 4 850 1534 6.6 -1.3 57 7.8 2.9 325 18 293.0 293.7 283.4 305.0 4.09 5 800 2028 2.9 -4.6 58 7.5 -0.3 313 19 294.3 294.9 283.1 304.4 3.41 6 750 2548 0.0 -7.4 57 7.5 -3.0 283 21 296.6 297.1 283.5 305.4 2.91 7 700 3097 -3.2 -13.6 44 10.5 -6.7 271 24 299.0 299.3 283.4 304.9 1.90 8 650 3681 -5.4 -23.7 22 18.3 -10.2 286 25 302.8 303.0 283.7 305.7 0.86 9 600 4304 -8.8 -28.6 19 19.7 -13.2 288 26 305.9 306.0 284.5 307.9 0.60 10 550 4972 -13.5 -30.0 23 16.5 -16.9 289 28 308.1 308.2 285.3 310.0 0.57 11 500 5689 -18.9 -35.1 23 16.1 -21.5 292 29 309.9 310.0 285.8 311.3 0.39 12 450 6464 -24.6 -40.4 22 15.8 -26.5 300 31 312.3 312.3 286.5 313.2 0.25 13 400 7310 -31.0 -44.1 27 13.1 -32.2 307 33 314.6 314.7 287.2 315.3 0.19 14 350 8242 -38.3 -51.0 25 12.7 -39.0 311 36 317.1 317.1 287.9 317.5 0.10 15 300 9286 -45.1 -56.1 28 11.0 -45.5 296 39 321.8 321.8 289.3 322.0 0.06 16 250 10493 -45.9 -64.6 10 18.7 -46.5 270 40 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 11981 -46.2 -74.3 3 28.1 -46.9 261 49 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 18 150 13873 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.6 259 46 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.2 0.00 19 100 16477 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 257 31 420.8 420.8 307.8 420.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5511.89 m Freezing level: 749.69 mb = 2551.05 m = 8369.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.32 mb = 1984.15 m = 6509.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.62 % Est. max temperature: 20.30 C = 68.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.30 mb = 948.19 m = 3110.82 ft T: 10.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 2.12 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.05 mb = 2220.97 m = 7286.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.61 C = 72.70 F Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lifted Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.04 C Showalter Index: 6.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 13.73 Risk: None Sweat Index: 66.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13275.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.35 mb = 1597.85 m = 5242.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.1 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 326.1 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -19.7 tot: -19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 27.64 m/s