MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.37,-81.88 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -81.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 986 288 11.8 10.3 91 1.5 10.9 223 2 286.1 287.5 284.7 308.3 7.98 2 950 601 15.0 10.5 74 4.6 12.3 295 5 292.5 293.9 287.6 316.5 8.40 3 900 1059 13.3 9.9 80 3.4 11.2 319 12 295.2 296.7 288.6 319.7 8.51 4 850 1538 10.1 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 311 18 296.8 298.2 288.6 319.6 7.86 5 800 2040 6.8 5.6 92 1.2 6.2 304 24 298.4 299.7 288.6 319.5 7.16 6 750 2568 3.9 0.8 80 3.1 2.3 304 28 300.8 301.8 287.8 317.0 5.41 7 700 3126 1.8 -13.4 31 15.2 -3.8 309 26 304.4 304.8 285.5 310.6 1.93 8 650 3721 -0.7 -20.6 20 19.9 -6.8 314 24 308.2 308.4 286.0 312.0 1.14 9 600 4355 -4.0 -31.6 10 27.6 -10.4 315 23 311.5 311.6 286.4 313.1 0.45 10 550 5036 -7.8 -39.5 6 31.7 -13.6 314 27 314.9 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.22 11 500 5771 -11.6 -39.8 8 28.2 -16.6 308 31 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.7 0.24 12 450 6569 -18.1 -31.5 30 13.5 -20.7 310 34 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.7 0.61 13 400 7436 -24.8 -41.1 21 16.2 -26.9 317 43 322.7 322.8 289.9 323.7 0.26 14 350 8392 -32.0 -48.6 18 16.6 -33.3 328 55 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.2 0.13 15 300 9464 -39.3 -48.4 38 9.0 -39.9 333 68 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 16 250 10687 -48.8 -56.6 40 7.8 -49.1 327 72 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 17 200 12120 -58.1 -62.7 56 4.6 -58.2 319 68 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 18 150 13935 -57.1 -76.8 7 19.7 -57.4 308 44 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.01 19 100 16483 -59.9 -85.1 2 25.2 -60.2 297 27 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.48 m Freezing level: 663.96 mb = 3554.65 m = 11662.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.27 mb = 2772.55 m = 9096.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.83 mb = 479.17 m = 1572.06 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.90 mb = 1826.26 m = 5991.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.04 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 6.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 4.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.50 C K Index: 14.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 160.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9123.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1190.47 m = 3905.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.0 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 340.0 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 59.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.75 Bulk Shear: 45.43 m/s