MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F351.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F351.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 351 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.91,-77.36 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -77.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 95 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.9 202 10 294.3 296.6 292.0 331.1 12.85 1 1000 108 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.8 203 11 294.6 296.9 292.0 330.9 12.68 2 950 552 18.6 15.9 85 2.6 16.8 207 29 296.0 298.2 291.9 330.8 12.08 3 900 1015 17.1 15.5 90 1.6 16.0 229 39 299.2 301.4 293.2 335.3 12.38 4 850 1503 14.8 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 240 38 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.1 11.68 5 800 2015 12.4 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 252 34 304.4 306.4 293.5 336.8 10.84 6 750 2555 10.0 9.2 95 0.7 9.5 248 36 307.4 309.2 293.6 337.1 9.81 7 700 3127 6.6 6.3 98 0.3 6.4 246 39 309.8 311.4 293.3 336.1 8.60 8 650 3733 3.7 3.6 99 0.1 3.6 247 37 313.1 314.6 293.5 336.9 7.63 9 600 4380 0.1 0.1 100 0.0 0.1 243 32 316.3 317.5 293.5 336.7 6.44 10 550 5075 -2.8 -3.0 98 0.2 -2.9 236 35 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.8 5.58 11 500 5827 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.5 234 36 325.3 326.2 294.5 340.6 4.63 12 450 6645 -10.7 -11.2 96 0.5 -10.9 235 38 329.8 330.6 294.8 342.2 3.62 13 400 7542 -16.0 -16.2 98 0.3 -16.0 233 40 334.2 334.8 295.2 343.7 2.69 14 350 8536 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 236 44 338.3 338.7 295.4 344.8 1.78 15 300 9648 -31.1 -31.1 100 -0.0 -31.1 241 45 341.5 341.7 295.6 345.1 0.95 16 250 10912 -41.7 -41.9 99 0.1 -41.8 246 45 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.5 0.39 17 200 12380 -55.2 -55.2 99 0.0 -55.2 252 47 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.8 0.11 18 150 14169 -63.7 -77.4 14 13.6 -63.8 282 41 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16607 -67.7 -82.9 10 15.2 -67.8 298 26 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.64 m Freezing level: 597.72 mb = 4412.06 m = 14475.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.75 mb = 4410.36 m = 14469.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.28 mb = 549.01 m = 1801.18 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 0.99 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.62 mb = 1596.39 m = 5237.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.05 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5961.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.85 mb = 893.72 m = 2932.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 280.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 56.05 m/s