MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.89,-79.89 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 974 382 16.9 8.8 59 8.1 12.2 299 4 292.3 293.6 286.5 313.2 7.32 2 950 597 20.9 6.2 38 14.7 12.5 310 10 298.4 299.6 287.7 316.9 6.27 3 900 1063 18.0 4.0 39 14.1 10.2 309 11 300.1 301.1 287.7 316.9 5.65 4 850 1548 14.0 2.6 46 11.3 7.9 288 10 300.8 301.8 287.8 317.1 5.45 5 800 2055 9.5 1.2 56 8.3 5.2 265 9 301.3 302.3 287.8 317.0 5.22 6 750 2587 4.9 -0.4 69 5.3 2.2 239 9 301.9 302.8 287.7 316.8 4.95 7 700 3145 0.4 -4.1 72 4.5 -1.6 249 15 303.0 303.7 287.2 315.3 4.04 8 650 3737 -1.4 -13.0 41 11.6 -5.7 279 21 307.4 307.8 286.8 314.3 2.16 9 600 4371 -4.8 -16.0 41 11.2 -8.6 288 23 310.6 311.0 287.6 316.6 1.83 10 550 5049 -9.3 -24.9 27 15.6 -13.3 289 24 313.1 313.3 287.5 316.2 0.92 11 500 5779 -14.0 -26.7 33 12.7 -17.0 280 22 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.9 0.86 12 450 6570 -19.5 -32.9 30 13.4 -21.9 267 29 318.7 318.8 288.9 320.7 0.54 13 400 7433 -26.3 -27.7 88 1.4 -26.6 277 32 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.2 0.98 14 350 8382 -33.9 -45.7 29 11.8 -34.9 274 41 323.0 323.1 289.9 323.7 0.18 15 300 9448 -39.6 -56.9 14 17.3 -40.4 263 51 329.6 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.06 16 250 10681 -44.6 -60.7 15 16.1 -45.2 272 74 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.04 17 200 12146 -52.7 -65.2 21 12.5 -53.0 275 71 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 13974 -58.7 -77.2 8 18.5 -58.9 276 50 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16510 -59.7 -85.2 2 25.5 -60.0 279 32 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.16 m Freezing level: 688.10 mb = 3285.72 m = 10779.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.96 mb = 2906.08 m = 9534.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.47 % Est. max temperature: 25.65 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.12 mb = 1418.02 m = 4652.23 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.76 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.28 mb = 2992.68 m = 9818.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lifted Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.70 C K Index: 26.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.40 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9263.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.43 mb = 2527.20 m = 8291.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: -3.8 tot: 33.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 13.82 m/s