MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F063.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F063.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 63 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.78,-79.4 Latitude: 37.78 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 963 476 13.2 5.3 59 7.8 9.0 302 3 289.4 290.5 283.8 306.0 5.81 2 950 590 15.9 5.0 48 10.9 10.0 303 4 293.3 294.3 285.3 310.0 5.75 3 900 1050 15.9 5.6 50 10.3 10.1 307 13 297.9 299.0 287.6 316.6 6.34 4 850 1533 12.1 5.4 64 6.7 8.3 301 20 298.8 300.0 288.2 318.4 6.64 5 800 2038 8.4 3.5 71 4.9 5.7 295 21 300.1 301.2 288.2 318.4 6.15 6 750 2568 4.5 1.0 78 3.5 2.7 289 18 301.4 302.5 288.1 317.9 5.50 7 700 3126 0.6 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.4 277 16 303.1 304.0 288.1 318.1 4.95 8 650 3717 -2.7 -6.5 75 3.8 -4.3 273 22 305.9 306.6 287.8 317.1 3.62 9 600 4349 -5.5 -11.8 61 6.3 -7.9 290 24 309.7 310.2 288.1 317.9 2.57 10 550 5027 -8.8 -21.1 36 12.2 -12.4 302 23 313.6 313.8 288.1 317.9 1.29 11 500 5758 -13.8 -30.6 23 16.8 -17.4 301 23 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.3 0.60 12 450 6550 -19.2 -37.8 18 18.7 -22.1 302 23 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.3 0.33 13 400 7414 -25.6 -48.0 10 22.3 -27.9 305 24 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.1 0.12 14 350 8366 -33.8 -46.3 27 12.5 -34.8 308 30 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.17 15 300 9425 -43.0 -48.9 52 5.9 -43.3 304 31 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.4 0.15 16 250 10633 -50.0 -56.6 46 6.6 -50.2 296 36 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 17 200 12079 -52.5 -69.8 11 17.3 -52.8 290 48 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 13926 -55.6 -77.8 5 22.2 -55.9 295 44 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.01 19 100 16473 -57.9 -85.2 2 27.3 -58.3 300 32 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.53 m Freezing level: 691.53 mb = 3225.97 m = 10583.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.29 mb = 3053.43 m = 10017.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.71 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.48 mb = 1478.48 m = 4850.59 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 0.46 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.77 mb = 2922.89 m = 9589.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lifted Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.70 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 29.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9886.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.30 mb = 2179.40 m = 7150.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -20.0 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 23.65 m/s