MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261200F201.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 201 hour GFS valid 21Z WED 3 SEP 25 Station: 38.48,-81.47 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -81.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 978 304 22.8 20.7 88 2.1 21.3 180 5 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.0 15.93 2 950 558 22.0 15.1 65 6.9 17.5 201 13 299.5 301.6 292.5 333.0 11.46 3 900 1026 18.1 13.6 75 4.5 15.2 226 15 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.3 10.94 4 850 1513 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.1 239 21 301.3 303.3 292.5 332.9 10.71 5 800 2024 11.6 9.8 89 1.8 10.5 246 27 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.0 9.55 6 750 2561 8.3 6.2 87 2.1 7.1 265 25 305.6 307.0 291.6 329.6 7.96 7 700 3128 4.7 1.5 79 3.2 3.0 278 26 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.4 6.10 8 650 3728 0.7 -6.9 57 7.6 -2.6 282 26 309.8 310.4 289.0 320.9 3.52 9 600 4367 -2.8 -8.5 65 5.6 -5.3 286 23 312.8 313.5 289.8 323.6 3.36 10 550 5052 -6.3 -12.6 61 6.3 -8.8 300 27 316.6 317.1 290.3 325.2 2.64 11 500 5791 -11.0 -18.1 56 7.0 -13.3 304 30 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.8 1.84 12 450 6591 -16.9 -23.5 56 6.6 -18.6 310 32 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.27 13 400 7463 -23.6 -29.1 61 5.4 -24.7 315 37 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.3 0.86 14 350 8424 -31.4 -35.4 68 4.0 -32.0 319 43 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.53 15 300 9494 -40.4 -43.5 72 3.1 -40.7 319 43 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 16 250 10711 -49.1 -52.8 65 3.7 -49.3 324 39 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 17 200 12146 -56.3 -63.6 39 7.3 -56.4 318 28 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.04 18 150 13982 -56.4 -80.5 3 24.1 -56.7 315 38 372.9 372.9 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16529 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.1 -61.5 285 21 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.80 m Freezing level: 639.86 mb = 3857.91 m = 12657.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.26 mb = 3443.70 m = 11298.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.41 mb = 563.81 m = 1849.76 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1665.31 m = 5463.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 670.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.85 mb = 1385.00 m = 4543.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.85 mb = 2365.35 m = 7760.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.85 mb = 10766.74 m = 35323.53 ft B at Equ Level: 670.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.85 mb = 13264.41 m = 43517.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 210.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 210.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 9.12 Bulk Shear: 73.56 m/s