MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-78.37 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -78.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1005 138 24.4 12.0 46 12.4 16.6 56 6 297.2 298.7 289.6 322.7 8.79 1 1000 182 22.9 11.0 47 11.8 15.6 56 8 296.0 297.5 288.8 320.0 8.29 2 950 625 18.1 9.8 58 8.3 13.1 56 11 295.6 297.0 288.3 318.9 8.03 3 900 1084 13.7 8.7 72 5.0 10.8 55 12 295.7 297.1 288.2 318.5 7.88 4 850 1563 9.3 7.6 89 1.7 8.3 55 11 295.9 297.3 288.2 318.3 7.72 5 800 2064 9.3 -7.2 31 16.5 2.1 46 9 301.0 301.6 285.2 309.6 2.78 6 750 2599 9.8 -26.1 6 35.9 -1.1 4 7 307.2 307.3 285.0 309.3 0.61 7 700 3168 7.6 -27.7 6 35.3 -2.7 338 6 310.9 311.0 286.4 312.9 0.56 8 650 3775 4.6 -32.0 5 36.5 -5.1 301 7 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.6 0.40 9 600 4421 0.4 -20.0 20 20.4 -6.4 279 9 316.6 316.9 289.0 321.0 1.30 10 550 5113 -3.6 -18.0 32 14.4 -8.6 271 14 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.5 1.69 11 500 5859 -8.8 -20.1 40 11.3 -12.4 267 18 322.3 322.6 291.0 327.6 1.55 12 450 6665 -14.7 -25.1 41 10.4 -17.4 262 25 324.7 325.0 291.3 328.6 1.11 13 400 7549 -19.6 -32.8 30 13.2 -22.2 261 35 329.5 329.6 292.2 331.7 0.61 14 350 8526 -26.8 -33.2 54 6.4 -27.9 252 48 332.6 332.7 293.1 335.1 0.66 15 300 9622 -34.0 -58.4 7 24.4 -35.5 258 49 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.05 16 250 10872 -43.5 -57.6 20 14.1 -44.1 256 67 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.06 17 200 12346 -50.8 -68.9 10 18.1 -51.2 260 70 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14172 -60.9 -77.9 9 17.0 -61.0 260 53 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16644 -67.4 -83.1 9 15.8 -67.5 270 27 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.68 m Freezing level: 594.79 mb = 4492.77 m = 14739.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.97 mb = 2413.40 m = 7917.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.42 % Est. max temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.92 mb = 1690.82 m = 5547.25 ft T: 9.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.78 mb = 3814.68 m = 12515.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.58 C = 106.85 F Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lifted Index: 8.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.56 C Showalter Index: 8.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.11 C Cross Totals Index: 16.40 C K Index: -9.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9395.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.51 mb = 1675.12 m = 5495.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -10.9 tot: -6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 28.73 m/s