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: 37.85,-81.39 Latitude: 37.85 Longitude: -81.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 956 574 20.8 17.5 81 3.3 18.5 163 2 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.1 13.24 2 950 627 22.8 17.0 70 5.8 18.8 175 3 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.2 12.91 3 900 1099 22.2 14.7 62 7.5 17.2 201 7 304.4 306.6 294.2 339.5 11.77 4 850 1594 18.1 13.4 74 4.7 15.0 203 7 305.1 307.3 294.2 339.5 11.47 5 800 2110 14.0 11.9 87 2.2 12.6 216 5 306.1 308.2 294.1 339.2 11.00 6 750 2653 10.8 8.9 89 1.8 9.6 263 6 308.3 310.1 293.7 337.5 9.62 7 700 3226 7.7 6.4 91 1.3 6.9 280 9 311.0 312.6 293.7 337.5 8.62 8 650 3835 4.9 2.0 81 2.9 3.2 304 10 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.8 6.80 9 600 4485 2.0 -3.0 69 5.0 -0.5 315 10 318.5 319.5 293.0 335.0 5.12 10 550 5183 -2.0 -6.5 72 4.4 -4.1 298 10 321.7 322.5 293.3 335.7 4.29 11 500 5935 -6.5 -11.6 67 5.1 -8.7 290 12 325.1 325.7 293.2 335.6 3.15 12 450 6751 -11.4 -16.6 65 5.2 -13.3 294 16 328.9 329.4 293.6 336.9 2.32 13 400 7645 -16.7 -24.0 54 7.2 -18.7 292 15 333.2 333.5 293.9 338.2 1.38 14 350 8636 -22.7 -30.4 49 7.7 -24.4 312 22 338.2 338.3 294.7 341.4 0.87 15 300 9747 -31.4 -37.0 58 5.5 -32.2 319 18 341.1 341.2 295.1 343.2 0.53 16 250 11010 -41.8 -45.3 69 3.5 -42.1 351 3 343.9 343.9 295.5 345.0 0.27 17 200 12479 -54.3 -59.2 55 4.9 -54.4 153 2 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14267 -65.9 -71.1 48 5.2 -65.9 263 11 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16727 -65.8 -83.3 7 17.5 -65.9 235 5 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.86 m Freezing level: 574.92 mb = 4835.24 m = 15863.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.77 mb = 4394.17 m = 14416.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.95 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.46 mb = 998.50 m = 3275.89 ft T: 22.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 2.02 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2290.84 m = 7515.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.52 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3701.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.65 mb = 1862.09 m = 6109.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 12.53 m/s