MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-79.88 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -79.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 963 486 24.0 5.6 30 18.5 13.4 287 5 300.4 301.5 288.1 318.0 5.91 2 950 601 21.1 4.3 33 16.8 11.7 289 7 298.6 299.6 287.0 314.8 5.47 3 900 1064 16.3 3.2 42 13.1 9.2 290 9 298.3 299.2 286.8 314.1 5.34 4 850 1545 11.5 2.2 53 9.4 6.6 291 10 298.2 299.2 286.7 313.9 5.27 5 800 2048 6.8 1.1 67 5.7 3.9 291 10 298.4 299.4 286.7 313.8 5.19 6 750 2574 1.9 -0.1 87 2.0 1.0 290 11 298.6 299.6 286.6 313.7 5.08 7 700 3127 0.6 -13.4 34 14.0 -4.4 281 19 303.2 303.5 285.1 309.3 1.94 8 650 3722 0.0 -27.8 10 27.8 -7.3 277 30 309.0 309.1 285.7 311.1 0.60 9 600 4358 -4.2 -26.7 16 22.5 -10.1 273 31 311.2 311.4 286.6 313.7 0.72 10 550 5038 -8.3 -28.5 18 20.2 -13.2 265 36 314.2 314.3 287.6 316.5 0.66 11 500 5771 -12.0 -30.2 21 18.1 -16.1 259 47 318.4 318.5 288.9 320.6 0.62 12 450 6569 -17.5 -32.2 27 14.7 -20.4 255 52 321.2 321.4 289.8 323.3 0.57 13 400 7439 -23.9 -40.2 21 16.3 -26.1 258 57 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.9 0.29 14 350 8402 -29.5 -48.7 14 19.2 -31.2 260 82 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 15 300 9486 -36.0 -44.0 44 7.9 -36.8 249 102 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.6 0.26 16 250 10724 -46.7 -49.6 72 2.9 -46.9 250 99 336.6 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.17 17 200 12169 -54.4 -65.2 25 10.8 -54.6 254 97 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14003 -57.0 -79.1 5 22.0 -57.3 255 78 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16549 -59.9 -84.7 3 24.8 -60.2 253 44 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.58 m Freezing level: 649.51 mb = 3728.68 m = 12233.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 741.12 mb = 2669.10 m = 8756.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.38 % Est. max temperature: 21.99 C = 71.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 732.47 mb = 2763.27 m = 9065.72 ft T: 1.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 8.72 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.08 mb = 3969.57 m = 13023.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.38 C = 92.08 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 7.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 14.20 C K Index: 11.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 92.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9934.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.49 mb = 2697.66 m = 8850.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 44.85 m/s