MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 4 SEP 25 Station: 37.69,-79.10 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -79.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 967 361 22.6 19.0 80 3.5 20.1 176 3 298.6 301.2 294.5 340.7 14.47 2 950 515 22.1 16.7 71 5.5 18.4 184 5 299.6 302.0 293.5 336.6 12.65 3 900 982 17.9 15.1 83 2.8 16.0 195 9 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.3 12.06 4 850 1469 14.5 13.0 90 1.5 13.5 204 16 301.3 303.4 292.8 334.1 11.11 5 800 1980 11.5 10.5 93 1.0 10.9 207 22 303.4 305.2 292.6 333.2 10.00 6 750 2518 8.4 7.6 95 0.8 7.9 206 23 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.2 8.78 7 700 3086 5.7 2.6 80 3.1 3.9 210 24 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.0 6.59 8 650 3689 1.8 -2.1 76 3.8 -0.2 220 30 311.0 311.9 290.8 326.8 5.06 9 600 4330 -2.3 -8.1 64 5.8 -4.8 223 34 313.4 314.1 290.1 324.5 3.45 10 550 5016 -5.7 -11.9 61 6.2 -8.2 225 34 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.4 2.79 11 500 5758 -10.1 -16.6 59 6.5 -12.3 226 37 320.7 321.2 291.1 327.8 2.09 12 450 6562 -15.2 -22.3 55 7.1 -17.2 228 39 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.1 1.42 13 400 7442 -21.1 -28.4 52 7.3 -22.7 224 37 327.6 327.8 291.9 330.9 0.92 14 350 8412 -28.7 -36.6 47 7.9 -29.8 230 40 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.8 0.48 15 300 9495 -37.8 -44.3 50 6.6 -38.3 229 41 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10724 -47.7 -49.7 79 2.1 -47.8 222 49 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.16 17 200 12163 -57.1 -62.7 49 5.5 -57.2 228 70 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 13974 -58.3 -78.2 6 19.9 -58.6 233 66 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16512 -61.9 -83.7 4 21.7 -62.1 218 40 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.67 m Freezing level: 628.49 mb = 3964.59 m = 13007.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.90 mb = 3665.28 m = 12025.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.22 mb = 808.67 m = 2653.09 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1457.40 m = 4781.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.56 mb = 1284.97 m = 4215.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.56 mb = 1838.35 m = 6031.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.56 mb = 10892.37 m = 35735.68 ft B at Equ Level: 431.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.56 mb = 13055.10 m = 42831.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 7.23 Bulk Shear: 60.35 m/s