MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 18Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 38.89,-77.3 Latitude: 38.89 Longitude: -77.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 997 90 23.5 18.9 75 4.6 20.3 252 8 296.9 299.4 293.6 337.1 13.90 2 950 506 19.0 15.8 82 3.1 16.9 244 15 296.4 298.6 292.0 331.0 11.98 3 900 968 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.5 237 17 297.2 299.2 291.7 330.0 11.31 4 850 1452 12.8 10.4 85 2.4 11.3 231 23 299.5 301.2 290.8 326.9 9.33 5 800 1959 9.7 7.7 87 2.0 8.6 227 30 301.5 303.1 290.6 326.1 8.28 6 750 2492 6.0 4.7 92 1.3 5.3 225 34 303.1 304.4 290.2 324.6 7.17 7 700 3055 2.5 0.9 89 1.6 1.7 224 34 305.3 306.3 289.7 323.0 5.83 8 650 3650 -0.9 -4.3 78 3.4 -2.5 223 32 307.9 308.7 289.1 321.2 4.28 9 600 4285 -4.6 -10.2 65 5.6 -6.8 223 36 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.2 2.93 10 550 4965 -8.8 -13.3 70 4.5 -10.4 224 43 313.6 314.1 289.3 321.8 2.50 11 500 5697 -13.4 -15.9 81 2.5 -14.2 222 51 316.7 317.1 290.0 324.0 2.21 12 450 6491 -18.7 -19.5 93 0.8 -18.9 216 61 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.8 1.81 13 400 7358 -24.7 -26.4 86 1.7 -25.1 209 68 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.7 1.11 14 350 8317 -31.4 -34.2 76 2.8 -31.8 209 76 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.6 0.60 15 300 9390 -38.8 -43.8 59 5.0 -39.2 206 92 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.26 16 250 10618 -46.8 -53.2 48 6.4 -47.1 196 96 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.11 17 200 12075 -52.5 -67.3 15 14.7 -52.8 206 102 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13927 -53.8 -80.1 3 26.3 -54.2 219 73 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16503 -58.1 -84.2 2 26.0 -58.5 215 44 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.87 m Freezing level: 663.51 mb = 3489.51 m = 11448.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.04 mb = 3287.12 m = 10784.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.88 % Est. max temperature: 26.22 C = 79.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.61 mb = 673.16 m = 2208.50 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 16.92 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 953.55 m = 3128.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 34.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 685.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.88 mb = 903.25 m = 2963.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.88 mb = 1140.31 m = 3741.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 301.88 mb = 9346.73 m = 30664.74 ft B at Equ Level: 684.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.88 mb = 12341.92 m = 40491.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 10.55 Bulk Shear: 65.01 m/s