MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 179 SFC 973 414 22.4 16.6 70 5.7 18.5 52 6 297.8 300.0 292.7 333.5 12.32 2 950 622 19.6 15.4 77 4.2 16.8 49 10 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.8 11.66 3 900 1085 15.8 14.1 90 1.7 14.7 45 10 297.8 299.8 291.9 330.6 11.30 4 850 1569 12.8 12.7 100 0.1 12.7 43 9 299.5 301.5 292.1 331.5 10.93 5 800 2078 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 36 5 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.3 9.75 6 750 2615 9.3 2.3 62 7.0 5.5 310 4 306.6 307.8 290.3 325.0 6.03 7 700 3186 8.5 -21.3 10 29.9 -1.6 296 8 311.9 312.1 287.2 315.3 0.99 8 650 3794 4.7 -13.3 26 18.1 -2.5 287 12 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.2 2.10 9 600 4440 0.0 -12.8 37 12.8 -5.1 280 18 316.2 316.6 290.0 324.0 2.38 10 550 5132 -3.4 -29.7 11 26.3 -10.2 281 21 320.1 320.2 289.4 322.2 0.59 11 500 5879 -7.7 -32.8 11 25.1 -13.5 277 27 323.6 323.7 290.4 325.4 0.48 12 450 6690 -12.1 -28.7 24 16.6 -16.2 270 39 328.0 328.2 292.0 330.9 0.80 13 400 7581 -18.1 -32.4 28 14.3 -21.1 257 42 331.4 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.63 14 350 8565 -25.0 -32.6 49 7.6 -26.4 257 45 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.7 0.70 15 300 9666 -33.3 -37.3 68 3.9 -33.8 258 53 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.4 0.52 16 250 10920 -42.8 -46.7 65 3.9 -43.1 249 64 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.23 17 200 12393 -52.7 -59.1 46 6.3 -52.9 248 70 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.5 0.07 18 150 14201 -63.2 -75.6 17 12.4 -63.3 250 64 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16672 -66.5 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.7 271 33 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.77 m Freezing level: 599.55 mb = 4445.98 m = 14586.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.43 mb = 3051.78 m = 10012.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.63 mb = 1136.18 m = 3727.57 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1399.96 m = 4592.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.44 C = 74.19 F Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lifted Index: 2.99 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.42 C K Index: 3.29 Risk: None Sweat Index: 196.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6039.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.13 mb = 1245.67 m = 4086.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -14.8 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 53.34 m/s