MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 36.99,-80.42 Latitude: 36.99 Longitude: -80.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 206 1 950 646 SFC 947 671 23.1 3.4 28 19.7 12.1 317 2 300.9 301.8 287.5 316.4 5.15 3 900 1109 16.2 0.2 33 16.1 8.0 275 2 298.3 299.0 285.7 311.1 4.30 4 850 1590 11.6 -1.0 42 12.6 5.4 252 4 298.3 299.0 285.6 310.8 4.18 5 800 2093 7.2 -3.1 48 10.3 2.4 250 7 298.8 299.5 285.4 310.3 3.79 6 750 2623 7.6 -30.4 5 38.1 -2.5 264 17 304.9 305.0 283.9 306.3 0.41 7 700 3190 6.9 -32.8 4 39.7 -3.4 276 17 310.2 310.2 285.8 311.4 0.35 8 650 3795 4.4 -20.9 14 25.3 -4.1 278 18 313.9 314.2 288.0 317.7 1.11 9 600 4441 0.3 -17.5 25 17.8 -6.0 276 21 316.5 316.8 289.3 321.9 1.62 10 550 5133 -4.0 -19.4 29 15.4 -9.1 271 25 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.4 1.49 11 500 5878 -8.9 -25.3 25 16.3 -13.4 268 27 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.6 0.98 12 450 6684 -14.5 -32.5 20 18.0 -18.3 265 26 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.55 13 400 7566 -20.9 -35.1 27 14.2 -23.4 260 32 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.48 14 350 8536 -29.0 -38.3 40 9.3 -30.2 263 33 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.2 0.40 15 300 9618 -37.9 -45.9 43 8.0 -38.6 251 31 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.7 0.21 16 250 10845 -48.0 -52.7 58 4.7 -48.2 241 44 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12279 -58.6 -61.6 69 3.0 -58.7 229 54 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 14057 -63.7 -73.8 24 10.0 -63.8 229 48 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16551 -62.5 -84.2 4 21.7 -62.7 244 24 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.58 m Freezing level: 596.14 mb = 4494.77 m = 14746.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.54 mb = 2348.01 m = 7703.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.33 % Est. max temperature: 21.41 C = 70.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.63 mb = 3112.44 m = 10211.29 ft T: 7.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 10.09 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 522.56 mb = 5532.87 m = 18152.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.78 C = 109.00 F Cap Strength: 11.55 C Lifted Index: 12.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 10.00 C Showalter Index: 12.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.48 C Cross Totals Index: 7.91 C K Index: -20.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10751.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.30 mb = 3127.84 m = 10261.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 50.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 30.03 m/s