MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508271800F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.02,-76.35 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -76.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 993 158 17.6 16.5 94 1.0 16.9 288 5 291.3 293.4 290.3 325.1 11.99 2 950 540 16.6 13.8 84 2.8 14.8 295 18 294.0 295.9 290.0 324.2 10.52 3 900 999 14.4 10.7 79 3.6 12.1 279 24 296.3 297.9 289.5 322.4 9.01 4 850 1481 12.4 9.4 82 3.0 10.6 257 30 299.1 300.7 290.2 324.7 8.72 5 800 1988 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.7 244 31 301.4 303.0 290.7 326.5 8.45 6 750 2522 6.3 5.8 97 0.5 6.0 235 35 303.4 304.8 290.7 326.6 7.74 7 700 3086 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 232 37 306.1 307.4 290.8 326.8 6.80 8 650 3684 -0.2 -0.4 99 0.2 -0.3 233 41 308.7 309.8 290.7 326.3 5.72 9 600 4321 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.0 232 44 311.8 312.7 290.7 326.4 4.65 10 550 5006 -6.6 -8.0 90 1.4 -7.2 231 47 316.2 317.0 291.3 328.5 3.80 11 500 5745 -11.0 -12.0 92 1.0 -11.3 233 54 319.7 320.2 291.6 329.7 3.05 12 450 6546 -16.6 -22.6 60 6.0 -18.3 236 58 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.38 13 400 7421 -22.2 -36.7 26 14.5 -24.5 238 62 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.41 14 350 8389 -29.5 -35.3 57 5.8 -30.4 230 63 328.9 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.54 15 300 9468 -38.1 -38.4 96 0.4 -38.1 229 66 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.46 16 250 10696 -48.3 -48.4 99 0.1 -48.3 233 74 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.19 17 200 12126 -59.1 -59.9 90 0.8 -59.1 243 84 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 18 150 13945 -56.0 -79.0 4 23.0 -56.3 225 59 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.7 0.01 19 100 16496 -58.9 -84.1 2 25.2 -59.2 228 38 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.42 m Freezing level: 653.53 mb = 3641.54 m = 11947.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.80 mb = 3624.36 m = 11890.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.62 mb = 285.63 m = 937.11 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 2.73 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1624.68 m = 5330.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7134.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.19 mb = 940.85 m = 3086.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 5.5 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -50.8 tot: -42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 129.25 m/s