MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 8 SEP 25 Station: 37.08,-80.67 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -80.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 611 SFC 937 734 19.6 11.9 61 7.7 14.7 178 4 298.3 300.0 290.5 325.6 9.37 3 900 1079 20.5 9.5 49 11.0 13.7 201 17 302.7 304.2 291.0 327.4 8.31 4 850 1569 16.6 8.8 60 7.9 11.8 221 13 303.6 305.1 291.3 328.6 8.36 5 800 2083 12.7 8.8 77 3.9 10.3 279 7 304.6 306.3 292.1 331.3 8.90 6 750 2622 8.6 6.9 90 1.6 7.6 298 6 305.9 307.4 292.0 331.2 8.38 7 700 3189 4.9 4.1 95 0.8 4.5 299 7 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.5 7.37 8 650 3792 3.4 -6.2 50 9.6 -1.0 286 5 312.8 313.5 290.2 324.6 3.71 9 600 4437 -0.3 -10.0 48 9.8 -4.4 292 7 315.8 316.4 290.4 325.5 2.97 10 550 5128 -4.6 -14.2 47 9.6 -8.2 281 7 318.6 319.0 290.6 326.3 2.31 11 500 5871 -9.6 -21.1 39 11.4 -13.1 255 7 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.42 12 450 6675 -15.3 -26.5 38 11.1 -18.1 263 10 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.4 0.98 13 400 7554 -21.0 -40.9 15 19.9 -23.9 264 11 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.27 14 350 8527 -27.5 -51.8 8 24.4 -29.7 285 14 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.09 15 300 9615 -36.4 -58.1 9 21.6 -37.6 353 5 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10851 -47.1 -59.7 22 12.6 -47.6 50 23 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 17 200 12292 -56.7 -62.0 51 5.3 -56.9 254 42 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14077 -62.9 -73.2 24 10.3 -63.0 257 40 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16563 -62.1 -83.9 4 21.7 -62.4 261 21 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.69 m Freezing level: 603.59 mb = 4390.98 m = 14405.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.40 mb = 3675.19 m = 12057.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.61 mb = 1713.88 m = 5622.91 ft T: 15.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.44 mb = 2918.31 m = 9574.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.11 C = 82.61 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 34.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6233.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.99 mb = 2369.46 m = 7773.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 56.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 16.54 m/s