MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F348.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F348.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 14.5 day GFS valid 18Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.70,-77.13 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -77.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 64 27.4 17.5 55 9.9 20.6 228 9 300.0 302.3 293.5 336.8 12.58 1 1000 120 26.8 16.8 54 10.0 20.1 229 14 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.5 12.13 2 950 570 22.5 15.3 64 7.2 17.7 225 23 300.1 302.2 292.8 334.1 11.60 3 900 1038 18.7 13.2 70 5.6 15.1 223 29 300.8 302.8 292.3 332.1 10.64 4 850 1527 15.4 11.7 79 3.7 13.0 215 31 302.2 304.1 292.4 332.5 10.21 5 800 2039 12.1 10.1 88 2.0 10.9 208 34 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.2 9.76 6 750 2578 8.8 5.9 82 3.0 7.1 207 32 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.7 7.77 7 700 3147 6.3 3.1 80 3.1 4.5 214 33 309.4 310.7 291.9 330.6 6.87 8 650 3753 3.7 3.2 96 0.5 3.4 221 34 313.1 314.6 293.4 336.3 7.43 9 600 4400 0.1 0.0 100 0.0 0.0 225 37 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.5 6.41 10 550 5095 -3.0 -3.2 98 0.2 -3.1 227 39 320.6 321.7 293.9 338.4 5.50 11 500 5846 -6.5 -7.0 96 0.5 -6.7 231 40 325.2 326.1 294.4 340.2 4.55 12 450 6663 -10.8 -11.3 96 0.5 -11.0 234 40 329.7 330.4 294.8 341.9 3.59 13 400 7560 -16.1 -16.3 99 0.1 -16.2 238 37 334.0 334.6 295.1 343.4 2.69 14 350 8553 -23.0 -23.0 100 0.0 -22.9 241 34 337.8 338.2 295.3 344.0 1.72 15 300 9663 -31.5 -32.1 94 0.6 -31.6 241 31 341.0 341.1 295.3 344.2 0.86 16 250 10925 -42.2 -44.1 81 1.9 -42.3 255 38 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.6 0.30 17 200 12389 -55.9 -56.1 97 0.2 -55.9 263 45 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.7 0.10 18 150 14171 -65.2 -75.1 24 9.9 -65.3 281 31 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16607 -68.2 -82.8 11 14.6 -68.3 290 26 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.89 m Freezing level: 598.82 mb = 4416.52 m = 14489.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.22 mb = 4410.54 m = 14470.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.37 mb = 1314.55 m = 4312.77 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.43 mb = 1919.19 m = 6296.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.91 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.50 C Showalter Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.84 C Cross Totals Index: 18.16 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4906.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.78 mb = 1498.88 m = 4917.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.7 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 250.7 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.0 neg: -13.6 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 32.34 m/s