MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.32,-80.34 Latitude: 39.32 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 173 SFC 972 413 16.2 15.1 93 1.1 15.5 19 5 291.7 293.7 289.8 323.3 11.17 2 950 610 15.1 14.4 95 0.8 14.7 37 12 292.5 294.5 289.8 323.5 10.89 3 900 1070 15.4 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 52 9 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.3 12.09 4 850 1555 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 12 5 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.6 11.58 5 800 2066 11.8 11.7 99 0.1 11.7 330 4 303.7 305.8 293.3 336.1 10.87 6 750 2605 9.5 7.0 84 2.5 8.0 297 7 306.9 308.4 292.3 332.3 8.40 7 700 3177 8.1 0.1 57 8.0 3.8 295 14 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.7 5.51 8 650 3785 5.2 -7.3 40 12.6 -0.6 288 16 314.9 315.5 290.5 325.8 3.39 9 600 4434 0.8 -9.1 47 9.9 -3.6 279 21 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.4 3.20 10 550 5127 -3.4 -16.2 36 12.8 -8.0 270 27 320.1 320.5 290.7 326.7 1.97 11 500 5875 -7.1 -29.2 15 22.1 -12.8 270 30 324.3 324.5 290.8 326.8 0.68 12 450 6689 -11.4 -33.1 15 21.7 -16.3 266 34 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.8 0.52 13 400 7582 -17.4 -35.5 19 18.1 -20.9 267 33 332.4 332.5 292.8 334.1 0.46 14 350 8569 -23.9 -39.0 24 15.1 -26.2 267 41 336.5 336.6 293.8 338.0 0.37 15 300 9674 -33.0 -37.7 63 4.7 -33.6 252 46 338.9 339.0 294.5 340.8 0.50 16 250 10931 -42.1 -42.4 98 0.2 -42.2 256 55 343.4 343.5 295.5 344.9 0.37 17 200 12405 -52.6 -55.1 74 2.5 -52.7 252 64 349.5 349.5 296.6 350.0 0.11 18 150 14210 -63.9 -72.7 29 8.8 -64.0 256 63 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16671 -66.0 -82.2 9 16.2 -66.1 263 33 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.71 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4563.85 m = 14973.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.44 mb = 3704.35 m = 12153.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.74 C = 80.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.67 mb = 550.11 m = 1804.80 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.13 mb = 581.63 m = 1908.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.94 C = 62.49 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 4.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.34 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 26.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7009.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.26 mb = 935.89 m = 3070.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -20.5 tot: 23.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 67.28 m/s