MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F102.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F102.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 102 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.30,-80.45 Latitude: 37.30 Longitude: -80.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 587 SFC 935 724 23.4 12.5 50 11.0 16.4 245 2 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.3 9.77 3 900 1055 19.3 9.3 52 10.0 13.2 268 4 301.4 302.9 290.5 325.8 8.21 4 850 1543 14.7 8.1 64 6.6 10.7 280 6 301.5 303.0 290.3 325.2 7.98 5 800 2052 10.1 6.5 79 3.6 8.0 284 8 301.9 303.3 290.2 324.6 7.63 6 750 2585 5.5 4.9 96 0.5 5.2 285 10 302.5 303.9 290.0 324.3 7.28 7 700 3146 1.6 1.2 97 0.5 1.4 284 12 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.3 5.96 8 650 3739 -2.0 -4.4 84 2.4 -3.1 282 15 306.7 307.5 288.7 319.8 4.25 9 600 4372 -5.3 -10.6 66 5.4 -7.4 279 14 310.0 310.6 288.5 319.1 2.84 10 550 5050 -9.2 -18.0 49 8.8 -12.0 271 16 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.7 1.68 11 500 5781 -13.2 -25.4 35 12.1 -16.3 269 21 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.3 0.97 12 450 6575 -18.3 -32.0 29 13.7 -21.0 264 27 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.58 13 400 7444 -24.0 -35.9 32 11.9 -25.9 264 32 323.8 323.8 290.4 325.4 0.44 14 350 8404 -31.4 -49.6 15 18.2 -32.9 267 36 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.12 15 300 9476 -39.4 -55.7 16 16.3 -40.2 268 43 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.07 16 250 10697 -49.3 -57.6 38 8.2 -49.6 270 44 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.06 17 200 12133 -55.1 -65.9 25 10.8 -55.4 272 39 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 13967 -55.9 -79.3 4 23.4 -56.2 296 28 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.01 19 100 16508 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.8 288 19 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.59 m Freezing level: 677.64 mb = 3410.94 m = 11190.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.65 mb = 3323.21 m = 10902.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 23.21 C = 73.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.53 mb = 2098.10 m = 6883.46 ft T: 9.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.34 mb = 2374.60 m = 7790.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.40 C = 74.12 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 142.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.58 mb = 2297.22 m = 7536.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.58 mb = 2458.29 m = 8065.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.58 mb = 6383.75 m = 20943.82 ft B at Equ Level: 141.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 311.58 mb = 9212.84 m = 30225.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.16 Bulk Shear: 15.53 m/s