MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 39.99,-76.61 Latitude: 39.99 Longitude: -76.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 76 SFC 991 156 27.0 14.5 46 12.5 18.7 214 10 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.8 10.51 2 950 525 22.1 12.4 54 9.7 15.9 215 17 299.6 301.3 291.0 327.6 9.54 3 900 991 17.6 11.5 67 6.1 13.8 216 18 299.6 301.4 291.0 327.5 9.51 4 850 1476 13.1 10.7 86 2.3 11.6 217 19 299.8 301.6 291.1 327.9 9.57 5 800 1983 8.8 8.8 100 0.0 8.8 221 20 300.5 302.1 290.8 326.7 8.89 6 750 2515 6.3 5.1 92 1.2 5.6 232 28 303.4 304.7 290.4 325.4 7.36 7 700 3079 3.4 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 233 33 306.2 307.4 290.3 325.0 6.16 8 650 3678 0.3 -1.9 85 2.2 -0.7 236 38 309.4 310.3 290.3 325.3 5.13 9 600 4317 -2.5 -6.7 73 4.2 -4.4 239 38 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.6 3.86 10 550 5003 -6.1 -9.5 77 3.4 -7.5 242 42 316.9 317.5 291.1 327.9 3.39 11 500 5743 -10.5 -14.5 72 4.0 -11.9 238 45 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.49 12 450 6546 -15.7 -21.2 62 5.5 -17.3 236 48 323.5 323.9 291.4 328.9 1.56 13 400 7424 -22.1 -23.1 91 1.0 -22.4 245 50 326.3 326.6 292.1 331.4 1.48 14 350 8392 -29.2 -32.3 75 3.1 -29.7 244 59 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.0 0.73 15 300 9472 -38.5 -40.7 79 2.2 -38.7 239 60 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.5 0.36 16 250 10695 -49.5 -49.5 100 0.0 -49.5 241 56 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 12120 -59.2 -61.8 71 2.7 -59.2 233 55 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 18 150 13937 -55.2 -79.3 3 24.1 -55.6 222 48 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16492 -60.2 -83.9 3 23.6 -60.5 220 44 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.90 m Freezing level: 643.82 mb = 3756.46 m = 12324.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.72 mb = 3533.15 m = 11591.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.16 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.67 mb = 1718.99 m = 5639.66 ft T: 11.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.30 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1791.28 m = 5876.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 32.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.33 mb = 1742.66 m = 5717.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.33 mb = 1896.34 m = 6221.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 638.33 mb = 3822.18 m = 12539.80 ft B at Equ Level: 29.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 548.33 mb = 5026.38 m = 16490.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.6 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 263.6 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.67 Bulk Shear: 44.56 m/s