MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36.44,-76.51 Latitude: 36.44 Longitude: -76.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 17 29.6 13.7 38 15.9 19.2 69 9 300.8 302.6 291.5 329.3 9.65 1 1000 209 26.8 12.1 40 14.7 17.5 65 14 300.0 301.6 290.6 326.2 8.91 2 950 658 22.5 11.1 48 11.4 15.4 57 13 300.0 301.6 290.5 325.8 8.76 3 900 1125 18.2 9.9 59 8.2 13.1 48 11 300.2 301.8 290.4 325.5 8.55 4 850 1611 13.9 8.5 70 5.4 10.6 40 9 300.7 302.2 290.2 324.9 8.20 5 800 2121 13.6 4.0 53 9.5 8.2 46 4 305.6 306.8 290.3 325.1 6.40 6 750 2663 11.4 0.5 47 10.9 5.5 351 1 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.3 5.29 7 700 3237 8.8 -0.5 52 9.3 3.9 291 2 312.2 313.2 291.3 328.7 5.27 8 650 3846 5.1 -5.1 47 10.3 0.2 273 2 314.8 315.6 291.0 327.6 4.01 9 600 4495 1.7 -16.7 24 18.4 -5.1 279 3 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.73 10 550 5192 -1.3 -28.9 10 27.6 -8.9 274 8 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.64 11 500 5945 -5.7 -11.3 65 5.6 -8.1 250 13 326.0 326.7 293.6 336.9 3.23 12 450 6766 -9.8 -14.2 70 4.4 -11.5 237 23 331.0 331.5 294.5 340.7 2.84 13 400 7665 -15.6 -22.3 57 6.6 -17.6 238 24 334.7 335.0 294.4 340.4 1.60 14 350 8658 -22.6 -31.1 46 8.5 -24.4 241 24 338.3 338.4 294.6 341.3 0.81 15 300 9770 -31.1 -39.1 45 8.0 -32.2 241 33 341.5 341.6 295.1 343.2 0.43 16 250 11036 -41.1 -50.3 36 9.2 -41.8 229 38 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.15 17 200 12511 -53.5 -57.1 64 3.6 -53.6 230 48 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.4 0.08 18 150 14300 -66.6 -71.0 54 4.3 -66.7 221 35 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.02 19 100 16742 -67.0 -82.9 9 16.0 -67.1 215 6 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.59 m Freezing level: 571.23 mb = 4896.17 m = 16063.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.15 mb = 3869.56 m = 12695.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.58 mb = 2010.84 m = 6597.18 ft T: 13.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 4.38 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.74 mb = 3711.61 m = 12177.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.03 C = 109.45 F Cap Strength: 6.99 C Lifted Index: 7.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.83 C Showalter Index: 8.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.60 C Cross Totals Index: 14.21 C K Index: 18.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7790.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.41 mb = 2075.13 m = 6808.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.1 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 36.1 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -12.9 tot: -11.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 15.90 m/s