MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508281200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 7 SEP 25 Station: 37.01,-80.34 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -80.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 196 SFC 950 638 23.6 3.4 27 20.1 12.4 336 1 301.1 302.1 287.6 316.6 5.16 2 950 639 22.8 1.9 25 20.9 11.5 333 1 300.3 301.1 286.8 314.2 4.62 3 900 1104 18.3 0.4 30 17.9 9.0 283 2 300.4 301.2 286.6 313.5 4.36 4 850 1589 13.6 -0.5 38 14.1 6.5 267 3 300.4 301.2 286.5 313.5 4.33 5 800 2095 8.9 -1.7 48 10.5 3.7 263 5 300.6 301.4 286.5 313.4 4.23 6 750 2625 6.0 -10.2 30 16.2 -0.6 269 12 303.0 303.5 285.4 310.4 2.34 7 700 3191 7.1 -29.5 5 36.5 -3.1 277 14 310.3 310.4 286.0 312.0 0.48 8 650 3797 4.2 -18.6 17 22.8 -3.8 272 14 313.7 314.0 288.2 318.2 1.35 9 600 4442 0.2 -17.0 26 17.1 -6.0 272 17 316.3 316.6 289.3 322.0 1.69 10 550 5134 -4.1 -19.0 30 14.9 -9.1 271 22 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.5 1.55 11 500 5879 -8.7 -25.5 24 16.9 -13.3 271 24 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.8 0.96 12 450 6686 -14.4 -32.9 19 18.5 -18.3 269 24 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.1 0.53 13 400 7568 -20.9 -32.2 36 11.3 -23.1 266 31 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.2 0.64 14 350 8539 -28.6 -39.8 33 11.2 -30.1 266 31 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.34 15 300 9621 -38.1 -45.5 45 7.5 -38.7 251 32 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.22 16 250 10849 -47.9 -54.3 48 6.3 -48.2 243 43 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.10 17 200 12283 -58.7 -60.3 82 1.6 -58.7 227 60 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.06 18 150 14060 -63.7 -74.0 23 10.3 -63.8 232 48 360.3 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16552 -63.2 -84.0 4 20.8 -63.4 247 23 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.31 m Freezing level: 597.98 mb = 4470.31 m = 14666.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 756.62 mb = 2553.03 m = 8375.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.07 C = 73.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.58 mb = 3137.86 m = 10294.71 ft T: 6.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 519.24 mb = 5583.54 m = 18318.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.37 C = 110.07 F Cap Strength: 10.66 C Lifted Index: 11.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.99 C Showalter Index: 11.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.29 C Cross Totals Index: 8.15 C K Index: -14.77 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9714.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.18 mb = 3318.70 m = 10887.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 21.66 m/s