MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 18Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 37.08,-82.26 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -82.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 1 950 625 SFC 947 652 21.5 16.2 72 5.3 17.9 155 4 299.3 301.5 293.1 335.2 12.30 3 900 1090 16.9 11.7 71 5.2 13.6 157 6 298.9 300.6 290.9 327.0 9.62 4 850 1574 12.6 9.9 83 2.7 11.0 158 5 299.4 301.0 290.5 325.9 9.04 5 800 2081 9.3 6.6 83 2.7 7.7 161 4 301.0 302.4 289.9 323.7 7.64 6 750 2613 5.6 3.2 85 2.3 4.3 114 2 302.6 303.8 289.3 322.0 6.46 7 700 3174 1.7 -0.4 86 2.1 0.7 95 3 304.4 305.4 288.9 320.6 5.33 8 650 3768 -1.8 -5.4 76 3.7 -3.4 234 1 307.0 307.7 288.5 319.2 3.93 9 600 4400 -5.4 -10.0 70 4.6 -7.2 267 6 309.8 310.4 288.5 319.3 2.97 10 550 5079 -8.8 -15.2 60 6.4 -11.0 252 10 313.7 314.1 288.9 320.7 2.14 11 500 5812 -12.9 -20.7 52 7.8 -15.1 257 9 317.4 317.6 289.5 322.3 1.47 12 450 6607 -18.4 -25.9 52 7.5 -20.1 275 10 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.7 1.03 13 400 7474 -24.8 -30.4 60 5.5 -25.9 268 14 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.76 14 350 8430 -32.2 -38.0 57 5.8 -32.9 277 18 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.8 0.41 15 300 9497 -41.2 -47.3 52 6.1 -41.6 281 22 327.3 327.3 291.1 328.0 0.18 16 250 10713 -49.1 -58.1 34 9.0 -49.4 263 25 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.06 17 200 12149 -56.1 -63.3 40 7.2 -56.2 268 15 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 13976 -55.7 -79.7 3 24.0 -56.1 258 22 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16530 -59.5 -84.3 3 24.8 -59.9 267 10 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.34 m Freezing level: 675.37 mb = 3466.39 m = 11372.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.78 mb = 3268.42 m = 10723.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.99 % Est. max temperature: 23.33 C = 74.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.51 mb = 1323.75 m = 4342.95 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 15.98 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1813.78 m = 5950.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.39 C = 72.30 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 325.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.63 mb = 1686.72 m = 5533.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.63 mb = 2042.93 m = 6702.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.63 mb = 9640.23 m = 31627.66 ft B at Equ Level: 321.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.63 mb = 11724.83 m = 38466.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.9 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 265.9 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -7.9 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 53.02 Bulk Shear: 6.13 m/s