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,-81.63 Latitude: 38.48 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 980 285 23.4 20.8 86 2.5 21.6 186 4 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.7 16.01 2 950 557 22.3 15.2 64 7.1 17.6 209 12 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.5 11.50 3 900 1025 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.3 230 15 300.5 302.5 292.5 332.8 11.00 4 850 1513 14.6 12.5 87 2.1 13.3 239 21 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.2 10.77 5 800 2024 11.6 10.1 91 1.5 10.7 245 26 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.6 9.76 6 750 2561 8.3 6.5 88 1.8 7.2 265 25 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.1 8.12 7 700 3129 4.8 1.8 81 3.0 3.1 279 26 307.8 308.9 290.8 326.8 6.22 8 650 3729 0.8 -7.7 53 8.5 -2.9 284 27 309.8 310.5 288.8 320.3 3.30 9 600 4367 -2.7 -9.0 62 6.2 -5.4 287 24 312.9 313.6 289.8 323.3 3.23 10 550 5053 -6.2 -13.0 59 6.8 -8.8 303 28 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.1 2.55 11 500 5792 -10.9 -18.2 55 7.3 -13.3 306 31 319.7 320.1 290.5 325.8 1.82 12 450 6592 -16.7 -23.8 54 7.1 -18.6 311 32 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.5 1.24 13 400 7465 -23.5 -29.9 56 6.4 -24.8 317 37 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.3 0.80 14 350 8426 -31.3 -36.5 60 5.2 -32.0 321 43 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.3 0.48 15 300 9497 -40.3 -44.5 64 4.1 -40.6 322 45 328.5 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.24 16 250 10714 -49.1 -53.4 61 4.2 -49.3 328 41 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12149 -56.4 -63.4 41 7.0 -56.5 322 28 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 13982 -56.8 -80.2 4 23.5 -57.1 318 39 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16530 -61.5 -84.3 3 22.8 -61.7 287 21 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.45 m Freezing level: 638.97 mb = 3869.75 m = 12695.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.11 mb = 3433.89 m = 11265.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.94 mb = 603.50 m = 1979.95 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1657.26 m = 5437.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 743.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.43 mb = 1398.71 m = 4588.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.43 mb = 2272.87 m = 7456.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.43 mb = 11072.64 m = 36327.11 ft B at Equ Level: 733.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.43 mb = 13319.35 m = 43698.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 206.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 10.98 Bulk Shear: 67.74 m/s