MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-82.40 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -82.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 196 SFC 992 263 23.7 2.5 25 21.3 12.3 307 6 297.5 298.4 285.8 311.2 4.60 2 950 638 18.2 0.2 30 18.0 9.1 307 10 295.6 296.4 284.5 307.7 4.09 3 900 1096 13.6 -0.8 37 14.4 6.6 305 11 295.5 296.3 284.4 307.4 4.02 4 850 1573 9.0 -1.7 47 10.8 3.9 304 11 295.6 296.3 284.3 307.4 3.96 5 800 2071 4.3 -2.7 60 7.0 1.1 304 11 295.8 296.5 284.4 307.4 3.92 6 750 2592 0.3 -7.0 58 7.3 -2.6 310 11 296.9 297.5 283.8 306.0 3.02 7 700 3146 0.8 -27.7 10 28.5 -6.5 320 13 303.3 303.4 283.5 305.2 0.56 8 650 3738 -1.0 -34.9 6 33.9 -8.4 308 14 307.9 307.9 284.9 308.9 0.30 9 600 4373 -3.8 -41.3 4 37.5 -10.8 303 18 311.7 311.8 286.2 312.4 0.17 10 550 5054 -7.9 -39.6 6 31.7 -13.7 305 23 314.8 314.8 287.3 315.6 0.22 11 500 5788 -12.0 -41.2 7 29.1 -16.9 304 30 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.1 0.21 12 450 6585 -17.7 -39.2 13 21.5 -21.1 301 31 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.0 0.28 13 400 7456 -23.6 -43.6 14 20.0 -26.1 299 35 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.20 14 350 8415 -31.6 -45.3 25 13.7 -32.9 300 41 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 15 300 9484 -40.8 -51.7 30 10.9 -41.4 298 43 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 16 250 10699 -50.2 -57.0 44 6.9 -50.4 300 48 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 17 200 12130 -55.8 -64.2 35 8.3 -56.0 296 55 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13967 -55.7 -79.3 4 23.6 -56.1 292 50 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16527 -58.9 -84.7 2 25.8 -59.2 300 29 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5591.86 m Freezing level: 677.96 mb = 3406.90 m = 11177.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.01 mb = 2223.62 m = 7295.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.42 % Est. max temperature: 21.84 C = 71.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.55 mb = 2880.11 m = 9449.06 ft T: 0.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.87 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.60 mb = 4821.32 m = 15817.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.90 C = 103.81 F Cap Strength: 10.00 C Lifted Index: 11.32 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.74 C Showalter Index: 11.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 10.30 C K Index: -9.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 51.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12137.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.51 mb = 2869.46 m = 9414.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 335.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 7.67 m/s