MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508020600F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 10 AUG 25 Station: 37.66,-81.02 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -81.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 1 950 630 SFC 942 701 19.8 16.4 81 3.4 17.5 164 3 298.0 300.3 292.9 334.5 12.57 3 900 1101 21.9 14.4 62 7.5 16.9 185 11 304.1 306.2 294.0 338.5 11.55 4 850 1595 18.2 12.7 70 5.5 14.6 196 10 305.2 307.3 293.8 338.0 10.93 5 800 2112 14.0 11.4 84 2.6 12.3 212 5 306.1 308.1 293.9 338.1 10.65 6 750 2654 10.5 7.9 84 2.7 8.9 285 5 308.0 309.7 293.1 335.1 8.92 7 700 3226 7.6 4.5 80 3.2 5.8 310 12 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.56 8 650 3835 5.4 -1.9 59 7.3 1.6 320 11 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.3 5.13 9 600 4486 2.0 -4.8 61 6.8 -1.3 331 7 318.5 319.3 292.5 332.9 4.48 10 550 5183 -2.2 -6.3 73 4.1 -4.2 310 8 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.6 4.33 11 500 5934 -6.8 -11.3 70 4.5 -8.7 296 10 324.7 325.4 293.2 335.5 3.22 12 450 6750 -11.5 -18.0 59 6.5 -13.7 297 16 328.8 329.2 293.3 336.0 2.07 13 400 7644 -16.6 -28.1 36 11.5 -19.4 292 17 333.5 333.7 293.6 336.9 0.95 14 350 8635 -22.6 -32.0 42 9.4 -24.5 315 23 338.3 338.5 294.6 341.1 0.75 15 300 9746 -31.1 -41.8 34 10.7 -32.4 315 20 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.32 16 250 11011 -41.7 -50.3 39 8.6 -42.3 11 11 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.7 0.15 17 200 12480 -54.5 -59.4 55 4.9 -54.6 125 4 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14268 -66.3 -70.2 58 3.9 -66.4 277 11 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.02 19 100 16726 -65.6 -83.4 7 17.8 -65.7 211 4 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.62 m Freezing level: 576.22 mb = 4817.65 m = 15805.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.66 mb = 4184.62 m = 13728.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.00 mb = 1139.59 m = 3738.77 ft T: 21.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.27 mb = 2408.01 m = 7900.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 34.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3961.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.78 mb = 1945.23 m = 6381.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 34.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 24.29 m/s