MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.29,-80.31 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 970 425 28.3 10.3 33 18.0 17.0 5 1 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.4 8.12 2 950 605 26.0 8.1 32 17.9 15.1 47 1 303.5 304.8 290.2 324.9 7.12 3 900 1077 21.4 7.0 39 14.3 12.9 102 2 303.5 304.8 290.2 324.6 7.01 4 850 1568 16.6 6.2 50 10.5 10.5 118 4 303.6 304.9 290.2 324.6 7.00 5 800 2080 11.9 5.0 63 6.8 8.0 132 7 303.8 305.1 290.1 324.5 6.87 6 750 2616 8.1 2.1 66 5.9 4.9 150 10 305.3 306.4 289.8 323.4 5.96 7 700 3183 5.4 -1.2 62 6.6 2.1 189 8 308.5 309.4 290.0 324.0 5.02 8 650 3787 3.1 -6.7 49 9.8 -1.4 231 8 312.4 313.1 289.9 323.8 3.56 9 600 4431 -0.4 -10.8 45 10.4 -4.7 236 12 315.6 316.2 290.2 324.7 2.80 10 550 5122 -4.0 -20.2 27 16.3 -9.2 228 12 319.4 319.7 290.0 324.1 1.39 11 500 5867 -8.9 -25.1 25 16.3 -13.3 236 12 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 0.99 12 450 6675 -13.5 -29.3 25 15.7 -17.3 252 22 326.2 326.4 291.4 328.9 0.75 13 400 7562 -18.6 -30.0 36 11.4 -21.1 249 37 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.79 14 350 8544 -24.9 -37.3 31 12.4 -26.9 246 45 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.44 15 300 9647 -33.1 -41.6 43 8.4 -34.1 246 55 338.7 338.7 294.3 340.0 0.33 16 250 10901 -42.7 -45.7 72 3.0 -43.0 244 69 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.26 17 200 12372 -52.6 -61.8 32 9.2 -52.8 248 73 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.7 0.05 18 150 14197 -58.8 -78.5 6 19.7 -59.0 245 40 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -66.3 -83.5 7 17.3 -66.4 256 18 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.99 m Freezing level: 606.20 mb = 4351.03 m = 14274.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3539.28 m = 11611.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.96 mb = 2671.82 m = 8765.72 ft T: 7.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.62 mb = 3903.66 m = 12807.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.14 C = 98.85 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 4.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.03 C K Index: 25.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7479.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.94 mb = 2839.17 m = 9314.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 13.44 m/s