MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.04,-82.13 Latitude: 40.04 Longitude: -82.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 223 SFC 994 279 28.2 15.4 46 12.8 19.6 124 5 301.9 304.0 293.0 334.8 11.14 2 950 674 23.5 12.0 48 11.6 16.1 124 8 301.0 302.8 291.3 328.5 9.28 3 900 1142 19.1 10.9 59 8.1 14.0 125 8 301.1 302.8 291.2 328.2 9.16 4 850 1630 15.3 7.8 61 7.5 10.9 126 7 302.2 303.6 290.4 325.5 7.84 5 800 2141 11.7 3.9 59 7.7 7.3 124 5 303.6 304.8 289.6 322.7 6.35 6 750 2677 8.0 -3.6 44 11.6 2.5 126 3 305.3 306.0 287.9 317.4 3.92 7 700 3243 5.3 -9.8 33 15.1 -1.0 156 3 308.4 308.9 287.6 316.6 2.59 8 650 3845 1.8 -8.0 48 9.8 -2.4 124 5 311.0 311.6 289.1 321.3 3.23 9 600 4486 -1.8 -16.9 31 15.1 -7.1 84 3 314.0 314.3 288.6 319.6 1.69 10 550 5173 -5.7 -12.1 61 6.4 -8.2 80 5 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.3 2.75 11 500 5914 -10.0 -11.9 86 1.9 -10.8 240 5 320.8 321.4 292.0 331.0 3.06 12 450 6718 -15.4 -18.6 76 3.2 -16.4 232 15 323.9 324.3 291.9 330.6 1.96 13 400 7598 -21.1 -23.3 82 2.2 -21.7 219 20 327.6 327.9 292.4 332.7 1.46 14 350 8572 -27.6 -32.5 63 4.9 -28.4 222 19 331.6 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.71 15 300 9664 -34.8 -44.9 35 10.1 -35.8 219 43 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.23 16 250 10912 -43.0 -57.0 20 14.0 -43.7 224 52 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.07 17 200 12385 -52.4 -63.2 26 10.8 -52.7 219 62 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14221 -57.9 -78.4 6 20.5 -58.2 222 31 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16731 -63.9 -84.0 5 20.0 -64.1 303 4 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.26 m Freezing level: 625.02 mb = 4165.00 m = 13664.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.72 mb = 3072.37 m = 10079.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.38 mb = 1888.05 m = 6194.30 ft T: 13.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2493.15 m = 8179.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.09 C Showalter Index: 3.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 17.84 C K Index: 17.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 112.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6219.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.37 mb = 2084.64 m = 6839.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 126.6 at 5.1 knts Storm direction: 156.6 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -3.0 tot: -1.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.48 Bulk Shear: 0.40 m/s