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: 40.72,-76.04 Latitude: 40.72 Longitude: -76.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 978 275 21.5 17.3 77 4.3 18.7 199 8 296.6 298.9 292.6 333.4 12.77 2 950 525 19.5 14.7 74 4.7 16.4 200 17 296.9 298.9 291.5 329.2 11.14 3 900 988 15.3 13.2 87 2.1 14.0 202 21 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.2 10.66 4 850 1470 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 207 23 298.5 300.3 290.8 326.9 9.73 5 800 1976 9.4 8.6 95 0.8 8.9 222 27 301.2 302.8 290.9 327.2 8.80 6 750 2510 6.5 5.9 96 0.6 6.1 225 31 303.6 305.1 290.8 326.9 7.78 7 700 3074 3.5 2.1 91 1.4 2.8 226 33 306.4 307.5 290.5 325.8 6.38 8 650 3672 0.2 -2.3 84 2.5 -1.0 228 36 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.7 4.99 9 600 4311 -2.9 -6.0 79 3.1 -4.3 231 35 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.7 4.07 10 550 4996 -6.4 -11.6 67 5.2 -8.4 231 37 316.5 317.1 290.5 325.9 2.87 11 500 5735 -11.1 -14.3 77 3.2 -12.2 231 42 319.5 320.0 291.1 327.9 2.52 12 450 6536 -16.4 -18.6 83 2.2 -17.1 229 46 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.96 13 400 7411 -22.6 -22.8 98 0.2 -22.7 238 50 325.6 325.9 292.0 330.9 1.53 14 350 8378 -29.3 -30.0 94 0.7 -29.5 244 52 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.5 0.90 15 300 9458 -38.6 -38.7 99 0.1 -38.7 245 52 330.9 331.0 292.4 332.6 0.45 16 250 10679 -49.9 -50.4 94 0.5 -50.0 241 57 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.15 17 200 12104 -58.3 -62.6 58 4.2 -58.4 234 58 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 13930 -55.4 -79.3 4 23.9 -55.7 218 49 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16488 -59.7 -83.8 3 24.1 -60.0 223 44 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.25 m Freezing level: 646.68 mb = 3714.74 m = 12187.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.30 mb = 3508.68 m = 11511.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.82 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.39 mb = 814.55 m = 2672.38 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.52 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1263.16 m = 4144.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.94 C = 73.29 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: 0.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 32.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.41 mb = 1154.25 m = 3786.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.41 mb = 1396.85 m = 4582.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 587.41 mb = 4477.78 m = 14690.69 ft B at Equ Level: 45.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.41 mb = 6918.83 m = 22699.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 48.36 m/s