MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F105.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 105 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 40.27,-80.00 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -80.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 190 SFC 985 324 20.7 14.2 67 6.4 16.5 120 5 295.1 297.0 290.3 325.0 10.39 2 950 635 22.2 12.8 55 9.4 16.2 148 23 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.6 9.84 3 900 1104 19.9 10.6 55 9.3 14.1 166 24 302.0 303.7 291.3 328.5 8.94 4 850 1594 16.4 9.1 62 7.3 11.9 185 14 303.3 304.9 291.4 328.9 8.57 5 800 2107 12.3 7.3 72 5.0 9.3 222 6 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.5 8.06 6 750 2645 9.2 1.6 59 7.6 5.1 287 4 306.6 307.7 290.0 324.2 5.75 7 700 3214 6.7 -1.3 57 7.9 2.6 32 4 309.9 310.8 290.4 325.4 4.99 8 650 3819 3.5 -9.2 39 12.7 -2.0 21 4 312.9 313.4 289.5 322.3 2.93 9 600 4464 0.1 -17.7 25 17.9 -6.1 39 1 316.3 316.6 289.2 321.6 1.58 10 550 5156 -3.6 -21.2 24 17.6 -9.2 82 2 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.2 1.28 11 500 5905 -6.5 -28.4 16 21.9 -12.3 340 6 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.8 0.74 12 450 6718 -12.6 -33.8 15 21.2 -17.1 303 11 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.2 0.49 13 400 7605 -19.4 -38.2 17 18.8 -22.6 317 15 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.35 14 350 8583 -26.7 -43.0 20 16.3 -28.7 309 14 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.25 15 300 9675 -35.5 -46.8 31 11.2 -36.5 293 15 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.0 0.19 16 250 10917 -45.5 -52.3 46 6.8 -45.9 285 22 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 17 200 12367 -56.1 -59.0 70 2.9 -56.2 275 28 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.07 18 150 14175 -60.5 -75.6 12 15.1 -60.7 271 36 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16685 -64.1 -83.7 5 19.6 -64.3 288 13 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.56 m Freezing level: 598.02 mb = 4491.80 m = 14736.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.94 mb = 3548.38 m = 11641.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.10 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.14 mb = 1150.25 m = 3773.75 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 4.68 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.11 mb = 2787.81 m = 9146.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 5.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 15.58 C K Index: 24.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6251.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.34 mb = 1904.42 m = 6248.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 164.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 194.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 133.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 15.09 m/s