MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 6Z 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 201 1 950 640 SFC 950 640 17.2 12.5 74 4.7 14.3 121 4 294.7 296.4 289.5 322.3 9.62 3 900 1106 19.1 11.5 61 7.7 14.3 139 21 301.2 303.0 291.5 329.3 9.50 4 850 1595 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 12.1 149 20 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.5 9.10 5 800 2107 11.9 8.8 81 3.1 10.0 170 12 303.9 305.5 291.9 330.5 8.90 6 750 2645 8.9 6.8 87 2.1 7.6 232 5 306.2 307.7 292.0 331.2 8.29 7 700 3214 6.1 2.9 80 3.2 4.3 274 4 309.2 310.5 291.7 330.0 6.74 8 650 3819 3.3 1.1 85 2.2 2.1 282 5 312.7 314.0 292.4 332.8 6.41 9 600 4466 0.4 -3.1 77 3.5 -1.4 272 6 316.6 317.5 292.4 332.7 5.07 10 550 5160 -2.7 -9.0 62 6.3 -5.5 245 6 320.9 321.6 292.4 332.5 3.52 11 500 5910 -7.2 -14.9 54 7.7 -10.1 215 9 324.3 324.8 292.4 332.4 2.41 12 450 6724 -12.2 -20.0 52 7.8 -14.7 234 11 327.8 328.2 292.7 333.9 1.73 13 400 7614 -17.8 -28.7 38 10.9 -20.4 253 15 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.1 0.90 14 350 8600 -24.6 -34.5 40 9.9 -26.3 255 20 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.8 0.59 15 300 9701 -33.7 -37.8 67 4.1 -34.3 252 24 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.7 0.49 16 250 10952 -43.7 -45.6 82 1.8 -43.9 251 33 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.1 0.26 17 200 12412 -55.1 -59.5 58 4.4 -55.2 256 37 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14212 -62.2 -74.2 18 12.0 -62.3 236 20 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16695 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.8 351 5 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.53 m Freezing level: 593.78 mb = 4552.06 m = 14934.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.72 mb = 4204.50 m = 13794.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.15 mb = 1248.09 m = 4094.74 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 1.26 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.75 mb = 2713.88 m = 8903.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: 4.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.80 C Cross Totals Index: 17.18 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6764.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.46 mb = 1934.56 m = 6346.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.7 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 226.7 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.3 neg: -2.1 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.73 Bulk Shear: 18.02 m/s