MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508010000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 9 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 171 SFC 973 415 31.9 16.0 38 15.9 21.0 235 2 307.5 309.7 295.1 343.3 11.86 2 950 625 28.2 14.3 43 13.9 18.9 228 3 305.8 307.8 293.9 338.4 10.86 3 900 1101 23.5 13.2 53 10.2 16.7 222 4 305.7 307.7 293.7 337.8 10.68 4 850 1596 18.7 12.2 66 6.5 14.5 214 4 305.8 307.7 293.7 337.4 10.54 5 800 2113 13.9 11.0 83 2.9 12.0 210 4 305.9 307.8 293.6 337.0 10.35 6 750 2654 9.4 7.5 88 1.9 8.3 220 3 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.2 8.71 7 700 3225 7.5 0.4 60 7.1 3.7 262 4 310.8 311.9 291.2 328.4 5.63 8 650 3833 5.3 -1.8 60 7.1 1.7 281 8 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.4 5.18 9 600 4484 2.2 -4.2 63 6.3 -1.0 279 10 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.7 4.68 10 550 5183 -1.1 -7.0 64 5.9 -3.9 272 9 322.8 323.6 293.4 336.3 4.12 11 500 5937 -5.7 -11.4 64 5.7 -8.1 265 8 326.1 326.7 293.5 336.8 3.20 12 450 6755 -11.2 -14.7 75 3.5 -12.5 264 10 329.2 329.7 294.0 338.5 2.72 13 400 7650 -16.6 -19.0 82 2.4 -17.4 262 15 333.4 333.9 294.6 341.0 2.14 14 350 8640 -23.8 -26.4 79 2.6 -24.4 252 17 336.6 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.27 15 300 9745 -32.8 -34.1 88 1.3 -33.0 259 20 339.2 339.3 294.8 341.9 0.71 16 250 11001 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.1 271 22 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 17 200 12462 -55.4 -55.5 98 0.2 -55.4 259 18 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.10 18 150 14247 -64.2 -72.0 34 7.7 -64.3 264 19 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.02 19 100 16722 -66.6 -83.4 8 16.8 -66.7 82 2 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.53 m Freezing level: 566.96 mb = 4945.94 m = 16226.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.51 mb = 4236.91 m = 13900.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.78 mb = 2402.97 m = 7883.67 ft T: 11.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.96 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.36 mb = 2451.04 m = 8041.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 29.46 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 774.43 mb = 2385.07 m = 7824.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.43 mb = 2548.96 m = 8362.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 709.43 mb = 3113.88 m = 10216.01 ft B at Equ Level: 12.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 659.43 mb = 3715.02 m = 12188.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.43 Bulk Shear: 2.00 m/s