MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 3Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 37.87,-75.01 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -75.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 1 22.3 18.1 77 4.2 19.5 91 16 294.4 296.7 292.2 331.6 13.03 1 1000 113 21.2 16.6 75 4.7 18.1 93 19 294.4 296.5 291.3 328.5 11.92 2 950 555 18.8 15.5 81 3.3 16.6 118 20 296.2 298.3 291.7 330.0 11.71 3 900 1019 16.0 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 135 18 297.9 300.1 292.2 331.7 11.60 4 850 1503 13.3 11.6 89 1.8 12.2 148 16 300.1 302.0 291.7 329.8 10.12 5 800 2013 11.8 5.6 66 6.2 8.2 161 14 303.7 305.0 290.3 325.1 7.13 6 750 2551 9.1 2.5 63 6.6 5.5 180 14 306.5 307.6 290.3 325.2 6.14 7 700 3120 5.7 2.0 77 3.6 3.7 195 15 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.35 8 650 3723 2.1 -0.5 83 2.5 0.7 205 17 311.3 312.4 291.5 329.1 5.70 9 600 4365 -1.8 -4.8 80 3.1 -3.2 208 18 314.1 314.9 291.2 328.3 4.46 10 550 5052 -6.1 -9.4 78 3.2 -7.5 215 18 316.8 317.5 291.1 327.9 3.42 11 500 5792 -10.5 -16.3 63 5.8 -12.5 223 20 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.5 2.15 12 450 6596 -15.3 -21.7 58 6.4 -17.1 222 25 324.1 324.3 291.5 329.2 1.50 13 400 7475 -21.2 -22.9 86 1.7 -21.6 232 29 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.8 1.52 14 350 8448 -28.0 -33.9 57 5.9 -28.9 233 39 331.1 331.2 292.6 333.4 0.62 15 300 9536 -36.4 -45.4 39 9.0 -37.2 231 42 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.22 16 250 10771 -46.4 -52.5 50 6.1 -46.7 241 51 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.12 17 200 12218 -55.9 -63.6 38 7.7 -56.1 239 59 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14033 -59.3 -76.5 9 17.2 -59.5 235 58 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16543 -62.5 -83.5 4 21.1 -62.7 227 33 407.0 407.0 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.63 m Freezing level: 622.99 mb = 4069.63 m = 13351.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.79 mb = 3837.07 m = 12588.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.17 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.02 mb = 528.10 m = 1732.59 ft T: 18.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.51 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1339.15 m = 4393.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5794.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.39 mb = 892.08 m = 2926.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.0 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 212.0 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 71.37 m/s