MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 7 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 227 SFC 979 413 18.6 15.2 81 3.4 16.4 107 3 293.5 295.5 290.4 325.4 11.17 2 950 667 19.4 13.6 69 5.8 15.7 132 10 296.9 298.8 290.8 326.9 10.34 3 900 1133 18.1 10.1 59 8.0 13.2 156 5 300.2 301.8 290.5 325.7 8.64 4 850 1619 14.4 8.3 67 6.1 10.7 195 2 301.2 302.7 290.3 325.2 8.10 5 800 2128 10.1 6.0 76 4.1 7.8 142 1 301.9 303.2 289.9 323.8 7.36 6 750 2662 6.9 -1.4 55 8.3 2.8 128 4 304.0 304.9 288.1 318.1 4.59 7 700 3226 4.6 -9.8 34 14.4 -1.4 156 4 307.5 308.0 287.3 315.7 2.58 8 650 3827 1.9 -3.7 66 5.6 -0.8 225 4 311.1 312.0 290.3 325.2 4.49 9 600 4471 0.6 -8.9 49 9.4 -3.6 288 4 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.3 3.26 10 550 5164 -3.9 -13.9 46 10.0 -7.7 271 7 319.5 320.0 291.0 327.4 2.38 11 500 5910 -8.7 -19.9 40 11.2 -12.3 258 12 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.9 1.58 12 450 6719 -13.3 -28.1 28 14.9 -16.9 262 14 326.6 326.7 291.6 329.6 0.84 13 400 7606 -18.9 -34.0 25 15.1 -21.8 259 19 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.54 14 350 8585 -26.3 -35.1 43 8.8 -27.8 247 27 333.3 333.4 293.2 335.4 0.55 15 300 9684 -33.0 -41.6 42 8.6 -34.0 244 46 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.2 0.33 16 250 10941 -42.5 -47.1 61 4.5 -42.9 240 51 342.8 342.9 295.2 343.7 0.22 17 200 12408 -54.1 -59.6 51 5.4 -54.3 240 49 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.06 18 150 14217 -60.5 -75.1 13 14.6 -60.7 249 23 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16711 -65.4 -83.7 6 18.4 -65.5 35 2 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.57 m Freezing level: 593.69 mb = 4558.76 m = 14956.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.13 mb = 3028.30 m = 9935.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.14 mb = 839.94 m = 2755.67 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2168.52 m = 7114.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 4.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 16.96 C K Index: 16.91 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 114.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.57 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7623.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.26 mb = 1686.13 m = 5531.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.93 Bulk Shear: 12.37 m/s