MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.01,-83.57 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -83.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 965 469 25.3 15.9 56 9.4 18.9 263 1 301.5 303.6 293.4 336.3 11.83 2 950 607 23.9 13.1 51 10.9 16.9 282 1 301.5 303.3 292.0 331.0 10.00 3 900 1076 20.0 11.3 57 8.6 14.5 73 2 302.1 303.8 291.7 329.9 9.39 4 850 1566 15.4 10.1 71 5.3 12.1 80 4 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.4 9.15 5 800 2076 10.9 7.7 81 3.2 9.0 94 3 302.8 304.3 291.0 327.5 8.29 6 750 2612 7.0 2.7 74 4.3 4.7 217 3 304.2 305.4 289.7 323.1 6.23 7 700 3175 2.3 -0.5 81 2.8 0.9 240 6 305.1 306.0 289.1 321.1 5.26 8 650 3770 -1.2 -2.5 91 1.3 -1.9 257 7 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.7 4.90 9 600 4404 -5.0 -11.2 62 6.2 -7.4 280 4 310.4 310.9 288.4 319.0 2.71 10 550 5084 -8.4 -14.3 62 5.9 -10.5 317 8 314.1 314.5 289.2 321.6 2.30 11 500 5818 -12.0 -33.3 15 21.3 -16.3 317 10 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.1 0.46 12 450 6617 -16.6 -20.5 72 3.9 -17.8 313 14 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.0 1.66 13 400 7492 -22.3 -23.7 88 1.5 -22.7 313 22 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.0 1.41 14 350 8459 -29.9 -31.1 89 1.2 -30.1 298 17 328.4 328.6 292.1 331.4 0.82 15 300 9536 -38.9 -39.9 90 1.0 -39.0 282 11 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.40 16 250 10760 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 336 13 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.4 0.17 17 200 12191 -55.1 -64.1 32 9.0 -55.3 301 23 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14030 -56.5 -79.1 4 22.6 -56.8 292 29 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16559 -63.2 -84.2 4 21.0 -63.4 299 21 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.82 m Freezing level: 667.33 mb = 3563.38 m = 11690.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.68 mb = 3363.96 m = 11036.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.93 mb = 1656.08 m = 5433.28 ft T: 14.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 15.22 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.16 mb = 2231.62 m = 7321.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 34.60 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 275.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.46 mb = 2071.48 m = 6796.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.46 mb = 2442.38 m = 8012.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.46 mb = 7033.62 m = 23075.88 ft B at Equ Level: 275.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.46 mb = 11713.62 m = 38430.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.3 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 327.3 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 89.51 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s