MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.27,-81.84 Latitude: 38.27 Longitude: -81.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 984 322 17.2 14.5 85 2.6 15.5 35 3 291.6 293.5 289.3 321.7 10.61 2 950 627 18.2 14.8 81 3.4 16.0 79 10 295.6 297.6 291.1 327.8 11.20 3 900 1089 16.3 13.2 82 3.1 14.3 89 9 298.3 300.2 291.5 329.3 10.65 4 850 1575 13.7 11.2 85 2.5 12.1 92 6 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.4 9.84 5 800 2083 9.8 9.2 96 0.6 9.4 122 6 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.7 9.16 6 750 2619 10.2 -7.7 28 17.9 2.1 174 1 307.6 308.1 287.6 316.6 2.85 7 700 3191 8.3 -28.0 6 36.3 -2.4 303 4 311.6 311.7 286.6 313.5 0.54 8 650 3797 4.2 -30.3 6 34.5 -5.1 293 7 313.8 313.9 287.2 315.4 0.48 9 600 4442 0.1 -29.3 9 29.4 -7.8 291 10 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.2 0.56 10 550 5133 -4.1 -28.2 13 24.2 -10.5 289 12 319.2 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.68 11 500 5878 -8.4 -26.3 22 17.8 -13.3 281 16 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.9 0.90 12 450 6687 -12.8 -30.9 21 18.0 -17.0 275 26 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.65 13 400 7575 -19.2 -33.0 28 13.9 -21.9 268 27 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.2 0.59 14 350 8555 -25.8 -35.6 39 9.8 -27.5 271 37 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.9 0.52 15 300 9652 -34.2 -39.6 58 5.4 -34.8 261 45 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.41 16 250 10900 -43.9 -44.5 93 0.7 -43.9 263 61 340.8 340.9 294.8 342.0 0.29 17 200 12367 -53.2 -67.1 17 13.9 -53.5 261 65 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14180 -62.0 -77.5 11 15.5 -62.1 272 68 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.1 277 21 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.81 m Freezing level: 599.30 mb = 4451.67 m = 14605.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.71 mb = 2880.52 m = 9450.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.68 mb = 656.54 m = 2153.99 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.84 mb = 1755.68 m = 5760.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.88 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.60 C K Index: -3.01 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7421.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.88 mb = 1175.79 m = 3857.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 31.36 m/s