MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281800F195.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 195 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 38.16,-75.87 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -75.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 26.2 20.0 69 6.2 21.9 233 9 298.9 301.6 294.8 342.0 14.79 1 1000 55 26.7 17.4 57 9.3 20.4 238 13 299.8 302.1 293.5 336.7 12.60 2 950 506 23.5 14.5 57 9.0 17.5 243 20 301.0 303.0 292.6 333.3 10.99 3 900 976 19.5 12.6 64 6.9 15.1 235 25 301.6 303.5 292.2 331.9 10.24 4 850 1465 15.4 10.6 73 4.8 12.4 228 30 302.3 304.0 291.8 330.4 9.47 5 800 1976 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.3 224 34 303.0 304.6 291.3 328.4 8.52 6 750 2511 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 225 38 303.9 305.3 290.5 325.9 7.30 7 700 3074 2.9 0.3 83 2.6 1.6 228 42 305.7 306.8 289.6 322.8 5.60 8 650 3672 -0.0 -4.0 74 4.0 -1.9 228 48 308.9 309.8 289.5 322.6 4.37 9 600 4309 -3.5 -8.8 67 5.3 -5.7 227 53 312.0 312.7 289.5 322.5 3.27 10 550 4991 -8.0 -14.6 59 6.6 -10.4 227 61 314.5 315.0 289.3 321.9 2.24 11 500 5725 -12.7 -18.6 61 5.9 -14.5 227 69 317.6 317.9 289.8 323.4 1.76 12 450 6522 -16.9 -24.0 54 7.1 -18.7 230 79 322.0 322.3 290.6 326.3 1.23 13 400 7397 -22.2 -32.7 38 10.5 -24.1 236 90 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.4 0.61 14 350 8366 -28.4 -38.9 36 10.5 -29.8 232 97 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.38 15 300 9453 -36.5 -46.2 36 9.7 -37.3 226 98 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.20 16 250 10690 -45.9 -54.1 39 8.2 -46.3 228 97 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.10 17 200 12149 -53.3 -66.4 19 13.1 -53.5 219 91 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.03 18 150 13983 -56.6 -79.9 4 23.3 -56.9 221 79 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16529 -61.0 -83.5 4 22.5 -61.3 226 47 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.60 m Freezing level: 650.41 mb = 3666.67 m = 12029.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.22 mb = 3340.97 m = 10961.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.65 mb = 797.67 m = 2616.99 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 20.08 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1780.45 m = 5841.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 541.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.53 mb = 1539.11 m = 5049.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.53 mb = 2001.31 m = 6565.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 347.53 mb = 8416.20 m = 27611.87 ft B at Equ Level: 541.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.53 mb = 12227.95 m = 40117.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 5.17 Bulk Shear: 104.76 m/s