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: 40.38,-77.79 Latitude: 40.38 Longitude: -77.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 973 312 20.2 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 244 9 295.6 298.0 292.4 332.6 12.86 2 950 522 18.5 14.5 78 3.9 15.9 244 18 295.9 297.9 291.0 327.7 11.01 3 900 983 14.8 12.4 86 2.4 13.3 242 23 296.8 298.6 290.6 326.1 10.13 4 850 1465 11.8 9.7 87 2.1 10.5 241 26 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.6 8.93 5 800 1970 8.7 7.1 90 1.6 7.8 235 28 300.4 301.9 289.9 323.9 7.94 6 750 2502 5.7 4.1 90 1.5 4.8 232 32 302.7 304.0 289.8 323.3 6.88 7 700 3064 2.3 1.8 97 0.4 2.0 227 34 305.0 306.2 290.0 324.0 6.25 8 650 3660 -0.6 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.7 228 38 308.3 309.4 290.4 325.5 5.56 9 600 4297 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.5 -3.7 234 41 312.2 313.1 290.9 327.1 4.76 10 550 4981 -7.0 -8.2 91 1.2 -7.5 236 43 315.7 316.5 291.1 327.8 3.75 11 500 5719 -11.4 -12.1 95 0.7 -11.6 236 48 319.2 319.7 291.5 329.1 3.03 12 450 6519 -16.9 -17.5 95 0.6 -17.1 242 49 321.9 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.14 13 400 7394 -22.3 -22.6 97 0.3 -22.4 238 54 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.5 1.56 14 350 8362 -29.6 -30.5 92 0.9 -29.7 238 63 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.0 0.86 15 300 9440 -38.8 -40.1 88 1.2 -38.9 238 70 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.1 0.39 16 250 10661 -49.9 -50.8 90 0.9 -50.0 235 69 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 17 200 12088 -57.1 -63.0 48 5.8 -57.2 232 55 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 13910 -56.5 -78.4 5 21.9 -56.8 224 48 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16478 -59.5 -83.9 3 24.5 -59.7 209 40 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.85 m Freezing level: 659.75 mb = 3543.86 m = 11626.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.68 mb = 3504.77 m = 11498.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.28 mb = 682.47 m = 2239.04 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 9.30 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1338.19 m = 4390.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.61 C = 72.69 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.94 mb = 1144.59 m = 3755.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.94 mb = 1785.60 m = 5858.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 607.94 mb = 4192.82 m = 13755.82 ft B at Equ Level: 55.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 467.94 mb = 6222.31 m = 20414.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 46.74 m/s