MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 40.36,-80.18 Latitude: 40.36 Longitude: -80.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 214 SFC 987 330 27.5 12.3 39 15.1 17.7 111 7 301.7 303.4 291.4 328.9 9.15 2 950 663 23.0 10.2 44 12.8 15.0 121 11 300.5 302.0 290.2 324.8 8.22 3 900 1130 19.0 8.4 50 10.6 12.7 138 10 301.1 302.5 290.0 324.0 7.72 4 850 1618 15.0 6.2 56 8.8 9.9 146 10 301.9 303.2 289.6 322.8 7.00 5 800 2128 11.4 1.5 51 9.9 6.2 140 11 303.4 304.3 288.6 319.6 5.35 6 750 2664 8.5 -2.6 46 11.1 3.0 150 9 305.8 306.5 288.3 318.7 4.21 7 700 3231 5.1 1.2 76 3.9 3.1 175 5 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.6 5.98 8 650 3833 1.3 0.6 95 0.7 1.0 200 5 310.5 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.18 9 600 4473 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.3 217 7 313.5 314.3 291.1 328.0 4.57 10 550 5160 -5.9 -7.4 89 1.6 -6.5 245 8 317.1 317.9 291.7 330.0 3.98 11 500 5902 -10.0 -12.1 85 2.1 -10.8 262 9 320.9 321.5 292.0 330.9 3.03 12 450 6707 -15.1 -17.8 80 2.7 -16.0 255 14 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.4 2.09 13 400 7587 -21.4 -22.4 91 1.0 -21.7 256 20 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.7 1.58 14 350 8556 -29.1 -29.9 93 0.8 -29.3 247 23 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.8 0.91 15 300 9642 -35.2 -51.6 17 16.3 -36.4 248 31 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.11 16 250 10892 -42.9 -57.8 18 14.9 -43.6 256 45 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.06 17 200 12360 -52.9 -62.9 29 10.0 -53.2 250 48 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.2 0.04 18 150 14200 -56.5 -78.2 5 21.7 -56.8 251 32 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.01 19 100 16712 -64.2 -84.1 5 19.8 -64.4 267 10 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.38 m Freezing level: 631.65 mb = 4067.86 m = 13345.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.81 mb = 3971.70 m = 13030.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.97 C = 82.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.75 mb = 2224.39 m = 7297.78 ft T: 10.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.13 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 3121.56 m = 10241.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.41 C = 92.13 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.61 C Showalter Index: 4.89 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 16.16 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 103.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8258.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.06 mb = 2337.40 m = 7668.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 210.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 16.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 11.36 m/s