MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.10,-82.97 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -82.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 952 589 24.4 14.0 52 10.4 17.5 201 1 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.1 10.60 2 950 606 24.5 12.2 46 12.3 16.6 203 1 302.1 303.8 291.7 330.1 9.45 3 900 1077 21.1 8.5 44 12.6 13.4 177 4 303.3 304.7 290.7 326.5 7.76 4 850 1568 16.6 7.2 54 9.3 11.0 164 3 303.5 304.9 290.6 326.1 7.54 5 800 2080 11.8 5.9 67 5.9 8.4 159 1 303.8 305.1 290.5 325.7 7.30 6 750 2616 7.0 4.3 83 2.6 5.5 271 0 304.1 305.4 290.3 325.2 6.98 7 700 3179 2.4 1.7 95 0.7 2.0 268 2 305.2 306.3 289.9 323.9 6.18 8 650 3775 -0.1 -11.3 43 11.2 -4.5 228 2 308.9 309.4 287.7 316.8 2.48 9 600 4413 -2.4 -20.8 23 18.3 -8.2 255 2 313.3 313.6 287.9 317.4 1.22 10 550 5098 -6.2 -31.1 12 24.8 -12.1 276 6 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.5 0.52 11 500 5836 -10.8 -37.3 9 26.4 -15.9 269 9 319.8 319.9 289.0 321.0 0.31 12 450 6638 -16.1 -43.3 8 27.2 -20.1 278 11 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.18 13 400 7513 -22.5 -33.2 37 10.7 -24.4 290 12 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.58 14 350 8477 -30.2 -39.6 40 9.4 -31.3 302 12 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.35 15 300 9556 -38.2 -48.6 33 10.4 -38.9 237 4 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.15 16 250 10782 -48.4 -54.7 48 6.2 -48.7 261 5 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12213 -58.0 -60.6 72 2.6 -58.0 282 14 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 14036 -57.5 -78.6 5 21.1 -57.8 272 26 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16556 -63.2 -84.2 4 21.0 -63.4 293 19 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.06 m Freezing level: 651.16 mb = 3760.85 m = 12338.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.53 mb = 3358.77 m = 11019.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.49 mb = 1907.79 m = 6259.07 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.04 mb = 2681.20 m = 8796.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.32 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 2.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 33.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.39 mb = 2534.73 m = 8315.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.39 mb = 2922.33 m = 9587.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.39 mb = 3868.59 m = 12692.06 ft B at Equ Level: 22.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 582.39 mb = 4647.53 m = 15247.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.4 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 286.4 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -3.2 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 10.18 Bulk Shear: 2.26 m/s