MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F153.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F153.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 153 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 208 SFC 951 641 22.4 15.0 63 7.5 17.5 137 5 299.9 301.9 292.5 333.0 11.32 2 950 651 21.7 14.6 64 7.1 17.0 139 7 299.2 301.2 292.1 331.5 11.06 3 900 1116 17.5 13.0 75 4.5 14.6 144 11 299.5 301.4 291.7 330.2 10.49 4 850 1604 15.4 10.9 75 4.5 12.6 155 7 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.69 5 800 2116 11.8 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 85 2 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.4 9.61 6 750 2653 8.1 7.1 93 1.0 7.5 210 1 305.4 306.9 291.9 330.8 8.45 7 700 3221 5.2 4.5 95 0.8 4.8 252 6 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.3 7.54 8 650 3826 3.9 -0.4 74 4.2 1.6 256 10 313.3 314.4 292.1 331.4 5.74 9 600 4474 0.7 -5.2 65 5.9 -2.1 261 8 317.0 317.8 292.0 330.9 4.33 10 550 5168 -3.2 -11.3 53 8.1 -6.5 275 7 320.3 320.8 291.7 330.0 2.93 11 500 5916 -7.7 -14.8 56 7.1 -10.4 267 8 323.7 324.2 292.2 331.9 2.42 12 450 6728 -12.6 -17.3 68 4.6 -14.2 242 11 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.9 2.19 13 400 7617 -18.4 -22.4 71 4.0 -19.6 229 13 331.1 331.4 293.5 336.7 1.59 14 350 8600 -25.3 -27.4 82 2.2 -25.8 227 15 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.9 1.15 15 300 9700 -33.7 -35.1 87 1.4 -33.9 242 19 337.9 338.0 294.4 340.3 0.64 16 250 10952 -43.5 -46.1 75 2.6 -43.7 246 27 341.4 341.4 294.9 342.4 0.24 17 200 12414 -55.2 -58.5 66 3.3 -55.3 239 40 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14205 -62.7 -74.6 19 12.0 -62.8 253 23 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16685 -65.4 -83.6 6 18.2 -65.6 173 7 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.63 m Freezing level: 590.67 mb = 4603.16 m = 15102.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.08 mb = 4103.62 m = 13463.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.12 mb = 1582.54 m = 5191.98 ft T: 15.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 2.78 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.91 mb = 2253.20 m = 7392.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.68 C = 80.03 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.57 C K Index: 33.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5888.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.61 mb = 1768.19 m = 5801.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 6.9 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -16.4 tot: 1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 19.11 m/s