MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F159.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 159 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 175 1 950 622 SFC 948 640 27.3 15.4 48 11.9 19.2 124 4 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.0 11.69 3 900 1096 22.5 12.5 53 10.0 16.0 133 8 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.2 10.18 4 850 1589 17.8 11.5 66 6.4 13.7 138 7 304.8 306.7 293.0 334.9 10.05 5 800 2105 13.1 10.3 83 2.7 11.4 144 6 305.1 306.9 293.0 334.8 9.92 6 750 2644 8.9 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 158 3 306.2 308.0 292.8 334.0 9.20 7 700 3213 5.7 4.6 93 1.0 5.1 293 4 308.8 310.2 292.3 332.1 7.64 8 650 3818 3.7 -1.0 72 4.6 1.3 295 8 313.1 314.2 291.8 330.3 5.48 9 600 4465 0.8 -5.7 62 6.5 -2.3 281 8 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.18 10 550 5161 -2.5 -11.7 49 9.2 -6.3 267 7 321.2 321.7 291.9 330.6 2.84 11 500 5911 -6.5 -14.0 55 7.5 -9.4 266 9 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.9 2.59 12 450 6728 -11.2 -19.6 50 8.4 -13.9 277 14 329.2 329.6 293.2 335.5 1.80 13 400 7621 -17.4 -22.7 63 5.4 -18.9 272 18 332.4 332.7 293.8 337.9 1.54 14 350 8608 -24.2 -31.8 49 7.6 -25.6 260 20 336.2 336.3 294.1 339.0 0.76 15 300 9712 -32.9 -38.1 60 5.2 -33.6 254 26 339.0 339.1 294.5 340.8 0.48 16 250 10967 -43.3 -46.3 72 3.1 -43.5 245 35 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.24 17 200 12429 -55.2 -57.4 76 2.2 -55.3 238 45 345.3 345.3 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14219 -62.9 -73.6 22 10.7 -63.0 254 23 361.7 361.7 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16690 -65.7 -83.6 7 17.9 -65.8 313 5 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.36 m Freezing level: 587.29 mb = 4642.18 m = 15230.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.22 mb = 4042.50 m = 13262.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.32 mb = 2132.62 m = 6996.70 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2422.86 m = 7948.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.79 mb = 2307.75 m = 7571.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.79 mb = 2579.88 m = 8464.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 655.79 mb = 3745.76 m = 12289.10 ft B at Equ Level: 18.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 585.79 mb = 4656.91 m = 15278.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -148.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 18.32 m/s