MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508021200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 37.26,-80.86 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -80.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 199 1 950 637 SFC 939 740 17.7 15.3 86 2.4 16.1 101 6 296.2 298.3 291.7 330.0 11.72 3 900 1098 14.1 13.5 97 0.5 13.7 106 10 296.0 298.0 291.0 327.5 10.90 4 850 1578 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 113 13 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.2 9.88 5 800 2088 11.9 9.4 85 2.5 10.3 148 2 303.8 305.5 292.2 331.6 9.29 6 750 2625 7.9 7.7 99 0.2 7.8 252 3 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.8 8.85 7 700 3194 7.7 -5.9 37 13.6 1.3 299 10 311.1 311.7 289.4 322.2 3.52 8 650 3801 4.4 -7.6 41 12.0 -1.1 297 13 313.9 314.5 290.1 324.5 3.31 9 600 4448 0.3 -7.8 54 8.1 -3.3 288 13 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.0 3.55 10 550 5141 -3.7 -12.5 50 8.8 -7.2 275 15 319.7 320.2 291.3 328.5 2.65 11 500 5889 -6.7 -29.8 14 23.1 -12.6 276 21 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.2 0.65 12 450 6703 -11.8 -36.4 11 24.5 -16.8 262 25 328.4 328.5 291.7 329.8 0.38 13 400 7592 -18.7 -33.3 26 14.6 -21.6 258 23 330.7 330.8 292.5 332.9 0.58 14 350 8576 -24.6 -36.2 33 11.6 -26.6 256 31 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.4 0.49 15 300 9681 -32.7 -42.6 37 9.9 -33.8 254 43 339.3 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.30 16 250 10938 -41.3 -53.4 26 12.1 -42.1 268 55 344.6 344.7 295.6 345.1 0.11 17 200 12414 -53.0 -59.9 43 6.9 -53.2 266 61 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.1 0.06 18 150 14221 -63.0 -76.2 15 13.2 -63.1 266 53 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16678 -67.9 -83.1 10 15.2 -67.9 268 20 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.91 m Freezing level: 595.95 mb = 4504.23 m = 14777.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.49 mb = 3522.78 m = 11557.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.42 mb = 1046.62 m = 3433.74 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 9.57 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1368.52 m = 4489.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.86 C = 65.95 F Cap Strength: 4.21 C Lifted Index: 5.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.21 C Showalter Index: 5.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.88 C K Index: 15.94 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6850.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.96 mb = 1325.46 m = 4348.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 158.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 61.38 m/s