MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 18Z 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 192 1 950 638 SFC 950 640 26.5 14.6 48 11.9 18.5 136 5 304.1 306.1 293.6 337.1 11.07 3 900 1109 20.4 12.9 62 7.5 15.5 132 8 302.5 304.5 292.7 333.5 10.44 4 850 1599 16.0 11.7 76 4.3 13.3 125 7 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.23 5 800 2112 12.1 10.0 87 2.1 10.8 115 5 304.0 305.8 292.5 333.0 9.68 6 750 2650 8.7 7.4 92 1.3 7.9 131 1 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.0 8.64 7 700 3219 5.7 4.2 90 1.4 4.8 287 6 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.5 7.42 8 650 3824 3.7 -0.4 75 4.1 1.5 286 8 313.1 314.2 292.0 331.1 5.74 9 600 4471 0.5 -5.0 66 5.5 -2.1 269 7 316.7 317.6 291.9 330.8 4.39 10 550 5165 -3.1 -11.4 53 8.3 -6.5 251 5 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.1 2.92 11 500 5914 -7.3 -14.1 58 6.8 -9.9 249 8 324.1 324.7 292.5 332.8 2.57 12 450 6727 -12.1 -17.4 65 5.3 -13.9 246 15 328.0 328.4 293.2 335.5 2.17 13 400 7618 -18.0 -21.4 74 3.4 -19.0 242 19 331.6 331.9 293.7 337.7 1.73 14 350 8602 -25.0 -29.1 68 4.1 -25.9 241 21 335.0 335.2 294.0 338.6 0.98 15 300 9705 -33.1 -37.4 65 4.3 -33.7 248 24 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.51 16 250 10959 -43.4 -47.5 64 4.1 -43.7 248 30 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.21 17 200 12420 -55.2 -56.7 83 1.5 -55.2 236 42 345.3 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.09 18 150 14209 -62.4 -74.6 18 12.3 -62.5 247 23 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16691 -65.2 -83.7 6 18.5 -65.4 248 4 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.57 m Freezing level: 592.85 mb = 4570.22 m = 14993.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.10 mb = 4088.29 m = 13412.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.24 mb = 2130.09 m = 6988.41 ft T: 11.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.81 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2297.13 m = 7536.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.73 mb = 2093.48 m = 6868.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.73 mb = 2686.21 m = 8812.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.73 mb = 3375.08 m = 11072.95 ft B at Equ Level: 5.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 656.73 mb = 3739.93 m = 12269.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.2 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 272.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -163.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: -8.7 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.44 Bulk Shear: 14.81 m/s