MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 3Z 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 203 SFC 950 640 18.7 12.9 69 5.8 15.0 119 4 296.1 297.9 290.2 324.6 9.87 2 950 644 20.4 12.7 61 7.7 15.5 122 4 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.3 9.74 3 900 1112 20.4 10.5 53 9.9 14.2 131 19 302.5 304.1 291.4 328.9 8.88 4 850 1602 16.2 9.6 65 6.6 12.1 142 19 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.5 8.86 5 800 2114 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 149 14 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.5 8.63 6 750 2652 8.6 6.1 84 2.5 7.2 175 5 305.9 307.4 291.7 329.8 7.92 7 700 3220 6.0 3.1 81 2.9 4.4 260 4 309.2 310.4 291.7 330.2 6.85 8 650 3825 2.9 2.0 94 0.9 2.4 272 6 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.6 6.84 9 600 4471 -0.2 -1.7 89 1.5 -1.0 259 8 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.7 5.62 10 550 5164 -3.0 -7.4 71 4.4 -5.0 283 6 320.6 321.3 292.7 333.6 3.99 11 500 5914 -7.2 -13.0 63 5.8 -9.5 268 5 324.3 324.9 292.7 333.8 2.81 12 450 6728 -12.3 -19.0 57 6.7 -14.5 245 9 327.8 328.2 292.9 334.4 1.90 13 400 7618 -18.1 -26.3 48 8.3 -20.1 252 18 331.5 331.7 293.2 335.5 1.12 14 350 8603 -24.4 -37.5 29 13.1 -26.5 251 23 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.43 15 300 9706 -33.4 -40.8 47 7.4 -34.3 246 28 338.3 338.4 294.3 339.8 0.36 16 250 10958 -43.5 -47.0 68 3.6 -43.7 243 36 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.3 0.22 17 200 12419 -54.3 -60.1 49 5.8 -54.5 239 38 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14222 -62.7 -73.8 21 11.1 -62.8 244 16 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16705 -64.5 -83.8 5 19.3 -64.6 7 2 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.76 m Freezing level: 603.41 mb = 4426.55 m = 14522.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.67 mb = 4275.87 m = 14028.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.14 mb = 1381.37 m = 4531.98 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 0.00 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.98 mb = 2829.60 m = 9283.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 4.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6971.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.24 mb = 2195.24 m = 7202.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 223.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.5 neg: -10.5 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 17.24 m/s