MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F150.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F150.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 150 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 211 SFC 951 640 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.8 127 4 295.4 297.4 290.9 327.1 11.01 2 950 650 18.3 14.3 78 3.9 15.8 135 5 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.1 10.88 3 900 1113 17.1 12.6 75 4.6 14.3 151 18 299.2 301.0 291.5 329.1 10.23 4 850 1600 15.3 10.9 75 4.4 12.6 174 11 302.2 303.9 291.9 330.9 9.69 5 800 2112 11.8 9.8 88 2.0 10.6 237 3 303.8 305.5 292.3 332.4 9.58 6 750 2649 7.9 7.3 96 0.7 7.5 305 1 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.0 8.57 7 700 3216 5.0 3.8 92 1.2 4.4 250 2 308.0 309.4 291.7 330.1 7.22 8 650 3820 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.8 231 6 312.5 313.7 292.2 331.9 6.22 9 600 4467 0.4 -4.3 71 4.7 -1.9 249 7 316.6 317.5 292.1 331.5 4.64 10 550 5160 -3.8 -10.0 62 6.3 -6.4 261 9 319.6 320.2 291.8 330.3 3.24 11 500 5906 -8.1 -14.2 61 6.1 -10.4 263 11 323.1 323.6 292.2 331.7 2.54 12 450 6718 -12.6 -18.7 60 6.2 -14.6 252 13 327.4 327.8 292.8 334.1 1.93 13 400 7608 -18.0 -25.1 54 7.1 -19.8 247 12 331.6 331.9 293.3 336.1 1.25 14 350 8592 -25.1 -28.7 72 3.6 -25.9 239 12 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.6 1.02 15 300 9692 -33.7 -34.8 89 1.2 -33.8 243 17 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.4 0.66 16 250 10944 -43.5 -45.2 83 1.7 -43.7 245 24 341.3 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.27 17 200 12404 -55.5 -57.7 76 2.2 -55.5 239 32 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.08 18 150 14194 -62.4 -74.0 20 11.6 -62.6 245 24 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16677 -66.3 -83.4 7 17.1 -66.4 116 7 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.47 m Freezing level: 595.01 mb = 4535.73 m = 14880.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.52 mb = 4130.24 m = 13550.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.18 mb = 1082.46 m = 3551.33 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 2.26 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2290.52 m = 7514.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 3.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 2.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.04 C K Index: 33.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6406.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.38 mb = 1665.85 m = 5465.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.7 neg: -4.9 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 22.79 m/s