MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 204 SFC 950 640 16.0 13.0 83 2.9 14.1 128 4 293.4 295.2 289.3 321.9 9.96 2 950 641 17.5 13.3 77 4.2 14.8 135 5 294.9 296.7 290.0 324.1 10.16 3 900 1104 17.6 12.6 73 5.0 14.4 154 22 299.6 301.5 291.6 329.6 10.24 4 850 1592 15.3 10.7 74 4.6 12.4 167 16 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.5 9.55 5 800 2104 12.1 9.4 84 2.6 10.4 196 8 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.8 9.31 6 750 2642 8.3 7.2 92 1.2 7.6 270 2 305.6 307.2 292.0 331.3 8.50 7 700 3210 5.3 3.1 85 2.3 4.1 298 1 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.3 6.84 8 650 3814 3.0 1.2 88 1.8 2.0 251 2 312.3 313.6 292.3 332.3 6.42 9 600 4460 0.3 -3.6 75 3.9 -1.7 259 5 316.4 317.4 292.3 332.0 4.88 10 550 5153 -3.5 -9.0 66 5.5 -5.9 245 8 320.0 320.6 292.1 331.5 3.52 11 500 5901 -7.7 -15.2 55 7.5 -10.5 239 14 323.7 324.1 292.2 331.6 2.35 12 450 6714 -12.3 -20.7 49 8.4 -14.9 246 14 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.5 1.63 13 400 7605 -17.5 -27.7 41 10.2 -20.0 253 15 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.8 0.98 14 350 8591 -24.6 -31.2 54 6.6 -25.9 257 16 335.6 335.7 294.0 338.6 0.81 15 300 9693 -33.3 -36.6 72 3.3 -33.8 249 22 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.5 0.55 16 250 10946 -43.3 -48.2 58 4.9 -43.6 247 30 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.19 17 200 12408 -55.2 -58.6 66 3.4 -55.3 252 33 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14196 -63.5 -72.6 28 9.1 -63.6 238 24 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16678 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.9 -65.8 49 6 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.66 m Freezing level: 596.43 mb = 4509.54 m = 14794.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.75 mb = 4159.66 m = 13647.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.20 mb = 1017.27 m = 3337.47 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.78 mb = 2403.49 m = 7885.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 4.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.39 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6200.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.06 mb = 1711.49 m = 5615.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 20.31 m/s