MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.69,-79.66 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -79.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 184 SFC 962 518 25.1 10.3 39 14.8 15.9 146 3 301.5 303.0 290.5 325.8 8.20 2 950 628 22.0 9.4 44 12.7 14.4 148 4 299.6 301.0 289.5 322.5 7.80 3 900 1094 17.3 8.4 56 8.9 12.0 153 5 299.3 300.7 289.3 321.9 7.69 4 850 1578 12.6 7.4 71 5.2 9.6 160 4 299.4 300.8 289.3 321.9 7.63 5 800 2083 8.2 6.2 87 2.0 7.1 187 3 299.9 301.2 289.3 321.9 7.46 6 750 2614 5.6 1.8 76 3.8 3.6 294 7 302.7 303.7 288.8 320.1 5.81 7 700 3175 1.6 -5.0 62 6.6 -1.4 302 6 304.3 305.0 287.4 315.9 3.77 8 650 3768 -1.2 -16.1 31 14.9 -6.3 286 6 307.6 307.9 286.4 313.0 1.68 9 600 4402 -4.4 -25.5 18 21.0 -10.1 288 10 311.0 311.2 286.6 313.7 0.80 10 550 5083 -7.1 -37.1 7 30.0 -13.0 294 9 315.6 315.7 287.6 316.7 0.29 11 500 5820 -11.6 -42.2 6 30.5 -16.6 282 9 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.5 0.19 12 450 6617 -17.9 -45.2 7 27.3 -21.5 277 12 320.7 320.8 289.2 321.3 0.15 13 400 7485 -24.5 -51.7 6 27.3 -27.1 261 14 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.08 14 350 8444 -30.9 -44.8 24 13.9 -32.3 246 17 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 15 300 9517 -39.4 -39.4 100 0.0 -39.4 253 24 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.42 16 250 10740 -49.2 -49.5 97 0.3 -49.3 253 26 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 17 200 12163 -59.6 -61.0 84 1.4 -59.7 247 28 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.05 18 150 13989 -55.6 -79.7 3 24.2 -55.9 267 27 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16533 -60.0 -84.1 3 24.1 -60.3 286 12 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.87 m Freezing level: 671.21 mb = 3516.46 m = 11536.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.71 mb = 3017.09 m = 9898.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.96 % Est. max temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.40 mb = 2350.67 m = 7712.08 ft T: 6.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 8.84 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2545.98 m = 8352.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 3.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 25.12 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7002.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.77 mb = 2220.18 m = 7283.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 14.68 m/s