MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508261800F147.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 147 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 37.44,-79.63 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -79.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 970 436 25.2 7.6 33 17.6 14.7 88 7 300.9 302.1 289.0 321.0 6.74 2 950 620 22.6 6.1 34 16.5 13.1 86 13 300.1 301.3 288.3 318.7 6.23 3 900 1086 18.0 5.2 43 12.9 10.7 82 13 300.1 301.2 288.2 318.4 6.16 4 850 1571 13.4 4.4 54 9.0 8.4 76 11 300.2 301.3 288.3 318.5 6.17 5 800 2077 8.6 3.5 70 5.1 5.8 70 10 300.3 301.4 288.3 318.6 6.16 6 750 2607 3.6 2.3 92 1.2 2.9 59 9 300.4 301.5 288.2 318.4 6.04 7 700 3165 1.6 -7.3 52 8.9 -2.2 42 9 304.2 304.8 286.8 314.0 3.15 8 650 3759 -0.8 -16.1 30 15.3 -6.1 24 6 308.0 308.3 286.5 313.4 1.67 9 600 4394 -4.1 -14.2 45 10.1 -7.8 301 2 311.4 311.8 288.2 318.2 2.12 10 550 5075 -7.7 -15.2 55 7.5 -10.3 240 8 315.0 315.4 289.3 322.0 2.13 11 500 5810 -12.8 -15.0 84 2.2 -13.5 229 14 317.5 317.9 290.4 325.4 2.39 12 450 6605 -18.5 -25.9 52 7.4 -20.3 216 14 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.5 1.03 13 400 7471 -24.7 -33.5 44 8.8 -26.2 243 21 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.57 14 350 8430 -31.3 -44.2 27 12.9 -32.6 241 30 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.4 0.22 15 300 9505 -38.9 -51.3 26 12.4 -39.6 222 43 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 16 250 10728 -48.4 -50.3 81 1.8 -48.5 200 68 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.15 17 200 12164 -56.9 -65.8 31 9.0 -57.0 207 44 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13985 -56.8 -79.0 4 22.2 -57.1 237 27 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16533 -59.5 -84.5 2 25.0 -59.8 221 13 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.49 m Freezing level: 667.41 mb = 3552.13 m = 11653.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.65 mb = 2918.51 m = 9575.05 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 748.40 mb = 2624.06 m = 8609.03 ft T: 3.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 5.20 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 710.16 mb = 3048.33 m = 10000.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 21.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8679.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.31 mb = 2679.28 m = 8790.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 85.6 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 115.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: -20.5 tot: -16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.00 Bulk Shear: 0.70 m/s