MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F261.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F261.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 261 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 37.15,-80.36 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -80.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 190 1 950 633 SFC 947 663 24.5 7.9 35 16.6 14.5 341 2 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.4 7.06 3 900 1101 19.3 5.7 41 13.5 11.5 331 2 301.4 302.6 288.9 320.5 6.41 4 850 1588 14.5 4.9 52 9.7 9.1 319 1 301.4 302.6 288.9 320.4 6.38 5 800 2096 9.7 3.9 68 5.7 6.5 296 1 301.4 302.6 288.9 320.4 6.36 6 750 2627 4.6 2.9 89 1.7 3.7 262 1 301.5 302.7 288.9 320.4 6.30 7 700 3188 4.3 -8.9 38 13.2 -1.3 264 5 307.2 307.7 287.4 316.0 2.77 8 650 3789 3.2 -24.9 11 28.1 -5.3 256 9 312.5 312.7 287.2 315.2 0.78 9 600 4434 0.5 -35.6 5 36.1 -7.9 253 13 316.7 316.8 288.0 317.8 0.31 10 550 5126 -3.6 -38.5 5 34.9 -10.9 253 16 319.9 319.9 289.0 320.8 0.25 11 500 5871 -9.2 -35.0 10 25.8 -14.6 253 19 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.39 12 450 6675 -15.5 -40.2 10 24.7 -19.6 238 22 323.8 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.26 13 400 7552 -22.1 -44.0 12 21.9 -24.9 235 25 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.0 0.19 14 350 8519 -29.6 -43.8 24 14.3 -31.1 231 31 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 15 300 9599 -38.0 -46.1 43 8.0 -38.7 242 33 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.21 16 250 10826 -48.6 -55.2 46 6.6 -48.8 248 37 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.09 17 200 12259 -57.1 -65.7 33 8.6 -57.3 224 52 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 14058 -60.3 -76.5 10 16.2 -60.5 229 43 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16575 -61.3 -84.3 3 23.0 -61.6 231 19 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.28 m Freezing level: 593.88 mb = 4518.82 m = 14825.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.33 mb = 3034.51 m = 9955.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.93 mb = 2726.10 m = 8943.80 ft T: 4.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 8.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 596.78 mb = 4476.94 m = 14687.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.81 C = 101.86 F Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lifted Index: 6.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 14.02 C K Index: 15.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7827.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.38 mb = 2776.10 m = 9107.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.6 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 283.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.76 Bulk Shear: 11.15 m/s