MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 8 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 180 SFC 974 415 30.4 15.3 40 15.0 20.2 198 1 305.9 308.0 294.3 339.9 11.33 2 950 632 26.4 13.5 45 12.8 17.9 177 2 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.7 10.30 3 900 1105 21.7 12.4 55 9.3 15.7 156 2 303.8 305.7 292.7 333.9 10.08 4 850 1597 17.1 11.0 67 6.2 13.2 145 3 304.1 305.9 292.6 333.1 9.71 5 800 2111 12.7 8.7 77 4.0 10.3 157 3 304.7 306.3 292.0 331.2 8.85 6 750 2649 8.7 5.0 78 3.7 6.5 214 2 306.0 307.3 291.2 328.1 7.30 7 700 3219 7.7 -7.3 34 14.9 0.9 302 4 311.0 311.6 289.0 321.1 3.17 8 650 3827 5.1 -9.7 33 14.9 -1.3 293 6 314.8 315.3 289.9 323.9 2.81 9 600 4475 1.5 -12.0 36 13.5 -4.1 298 6 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.54 10 550 5171 -2.1 -18.2 28 16.1 -7.8 295 7 321.6 322.0 290.9 327.3 1.66 11 500 5922 -6.2 -26.8 18 20.5 -12.0 270 11 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.5 0.85 12 450 6738 -11.6 -19.8 50 8.2 -14.3 264 15 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.9 1.76 13 400 7631 -17.3 -20.4 76 3.2 -18.3 261 20 332.6 332.9 294.1 339.2 1.89 14 350 8618 -24.3 -27.0 78 2.7 -24.9 260 22 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.19 15 300 9722 -33.1 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.5 258 26 338.7 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.59 16 250 10974 -43.7 -46.1 78 2.3 -43.9 255 28 341.0 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.25 17 200 12436 -55.2 -57.3 77 2.1 -55.2 268 33 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 14231 -62.8 -73.4 23 10.6 -62.9 262 23 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16712 -65.5 -83.7 6 18.2 -65.6 305 6 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.46 m Freezing level: 579.06 mb = 4766.79 m = 15638.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.82 mb = 3458.77 m = 11347.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 782.66 mb = 2293.73 m = 7525.26 ft T: 11.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 18.79 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.92 mb = 2430.66 m = 7974.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 2.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 19.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4783.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.69 mb = 2272.16 m = 7454.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 4.43 m/s