MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 37.71,-81.23 Latitude: 37.71 Longitude: -81.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 1 950 640 SFC 950 640 21.2 15.3 69 5.9 17.3 106 3 298.7 300.8 292.4 332.5 11.60 3 900 1110 21.2 10.1 49 11.1 14.3 128 15 303.4 305.0 291.5 329.2 8.65 4 850 1602 16.8 8.6 59 8.2 11.8 134 16 303.7 305.3 291.3 328.5 8.28 5 800 2115 12.0 7.6 74 4.5 9.4 140 13 304.0 305.5 291.3 328.5 8.19 6 750 2651 7.6 6.2 91 1.4 6.8 157 7 304.8 306.3 291.4 328.8 7.98 7 700 3219 5.8 2.4 79 3.4 3.9 221 4 308.9 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.51 8 650 3824 3.2 2.0 92 1.2 2.5 231 6 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.8 6.82 9 600 4470 -0.1 -1.0 94 0.9 -0.6 235 9 315.9 317.1 293.0 334.7 5.93 10 550 5162 -3.4 -5.2 87 1.8 -4.3 254 10 320.1 321.0 293.2 335.4 4.73 11 500 5911 -7.5 -11.1 75 3.7 -9.0 270 10 323.9 324.6 293.0 334.8 3.27 12 450 6724 -12.6 -17.0 70 4.4 -14.2 261 12 327.4 327.8 293.1 335.1 2.24 13 400 7613 -18.2 -22.2 71 3.9 -19.4 245 20 331.3 331.6 293.6 337.0 1.62 14 350 8597 -25.0 -28.5 73 3.5 -25.8 240 30 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.9 1.05 15 300 9699 -33.1 -39.9 51 6.7 -34.0 240 31 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.2 0.40 16 250 10952 -43.5 -46.1 75 2.6 -43.7 233 37 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.25 17 200 12414 -54.6 -59.2 56 4.6 -54.7 226 42 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.6 0.07 18 150 14218 -61.9 -74.7 17 12.7 -62.1 248 18 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.6 -83.6 7 18.0 -65.8 81 3 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.95 m Freezing level: 602.24 mb = 4440.86 m = 14569.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.87 mb = 4338.06 m = 14232.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.28 mb = 1389.28 m = 4557.94 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2526.76 m = 8289.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 4.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 16.09 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5996.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.64 mb = 2254.70 m = 7397.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.7 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 231.7 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -6.2 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 17.83 m/s