MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-79.92 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -79.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 959 511 23.3 5.3 31 18.0 13.0 307 7 300.0 301.0 287.8 317.3 5.82 2 950 595 21.6 4.0 31 17.6 11.9 306 11 299.1 300.1 287.1 315.1 5.37 3 900 1059 16.9 2.9 39 14.1 9.3 304 13 299.0 299.9 286.9 314.5 5.23 4 850 1542 12.3 1.9 49 10.4 6.9 299 12 299.0 300.0 286.9 314.5 5.18 5 800 2045 7.5 1.1 64 6.4 4.2 296 11 299.1 300.1 286.9 314.6 5.17 6 750 2572 2.5 0.0 84 2.4 1.3 294 11 299.2 300.2 286.9 314.5 5.11 7 700 3126 -2.2 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.7 287 13 300.0 300.8 286.4 312.9 4.29 8 650 3716 -0.5 -25.8 13 25.3 -7.4 282 26 308.4 308.6 285.7 310.9 0.72 9 600 4350 -5.0 -23.6 22 18.6 -10.2 273 30 310.3 310.5 286.5 313.5 0.95 10 550 5028 -9.4 -27.0 22 17.6 -13.7 266 34 313.0 313.1 287.3 315.6 0.76 11 500 5758 -13.3 -27.6 29 14.3 -16.6 258 42 316.8 317.0 288.6 319.6 0.79 12 450 6552 -18.6 -29.8 37 11.2 -20.8 256 49 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.4 0.72 13 400 7419 -25.0 -34.5 41 9.5 -26.5 257 57 322.5 322.6 290.1 324.4 0.51 14 350 8377 -31.0 -49.1 15 18.2 -32.5 259 77 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.12 15 300 9459 -36.3 -36.6 97 0.3 -36.3 244 103 334.2 334.4 293.4 336.3 0.56 16 250 10696 -46.9 -47.0 99 0.1 -46.9 240 103 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.2 0.22 17 200 12142 -53.1 -68.0 15 14.9 -53.4 250 97 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 13986 -55.7 -79.6 3 24.0 -56.0 256 77 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16545 -59.1 -85.0 2 25.9 -59.5 262 40 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.37 m Freezing level: 723.83 mb = 2861.87 m = 9389.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.19 mb = 2743.15 m = 8999.74 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.98 % Est. max temperature: 22.44 C = 72.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.93 mb = 2735.16 m = 8973.50 ft T: 1.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.20 C/km ThetaE index: 3.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.95 mb = 2866.91 m = 9405.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lifted Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 6.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 15.25 C K Index: 26.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 89.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.95 mb = 2800.61 m = 9188.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.95 mb = 3080.42 m = 10106.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.95 mb = 3194.76 m = 10481.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.95 mb = 3310.49 m = 10861.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 34.14 m/s