MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011800F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-80.03 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -80.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 222 1 950 663 SFC 928 865 23.0 10.3 45 12.6 15.1 125 5 302.5 304.1 291.1 327.9 8.52 3 900 1130 19.0 8.7 51 10.3 12.8 121 7 301.1 302.6 290.1 324.5 7.88 4 850 1617 14.3 7.3 63 7.0 10.2 115 8 301.2 302.5 289.9 323.6 7.57 5 800 2126 10.8 3.0 58 7.8 6.5 103 9 302.6 303.7 288.9 320.4 5.92 6 750 2662 8.8 -2.2 46 11.1 3.4 55 5 306.2 307.0 288.6 319.5 4.32 7 700 3230 6.4 -4.0 47 10.4 1.4 346 1 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.3 4.07 8 650 3835 3.7 -5.0 53 8.7 -0.5 158 1 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.0 4.04 9 600 4481 0.2 -10.1 46 10.3 -4.1 198 2 316.4 316.9 290.6 326.0 2.96 10 550 5174 -3.0 -20.6 24 17.6 -8.8 219 6 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.2 1.35 11 500 5923 -7.1 -21.3 31 14.2 -11.6 221 10 324.4 324.7 291.5 329.3 1.40 12 450 6736 -12.4 -24.6 35 12.2 -15.8 216 16 327.6 327.9 292.2 331.7 1.15 13 400 7625 -18.6 -28.4 42 9.8 -20.9 226 17 330.8 331.0 292.8 334.1 0.92 14 350 8608 -25.3 -26.4 91 1.0 -25.6 226 31 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.2 1.27 15 300 9711 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 235 42 339.6 339.7 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10969 -41.9 -46.5 61 4.6 -42.2 244 53 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.8 0.24 17 200 12438 -54.0 -56.9 70 2.9 -54.1 230 53 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.6 0.09 18 150 14237 -62.9 -75.7 16 12.8 -63.0 252 41 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16716 -66.6 -83.5 8 16.9 -66.7 246 15 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.79 m Freezing level: 596.79 mb = 4525.71 m = 14847.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.33 mb = 3669.70 m = 12039.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 769.95 mb = 2443.75 m = 8017.44 ft T: 9.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.76 mb = 3813.38 m = 12510.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.24 C = 91.83 F Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.25 C Showalter Index: 7.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 14.37 C K Index: 18.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7908.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.66 mb = 2490.14 m = 8169.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.7 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 213.7 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -35.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -29.6 tot: -23.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 6.04 m/s