MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z TUE 5 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 184 SFC 972 424 18.6 10.3 59 8.3 13.6 131 3 294.1 295.5 287.9 317.5 8.13 2 950 625 21.6 8.7 44 12.9 13.9 162 12 299.1 300.5 289.1 321.1 7.46 3 900 1093 19.5 7.2 45 12.3 12.2 177 17 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.7 7.09 4 850 1581 15.9 7.0 55 8.9 10.7 190 8 302.8 304.2 290.3 325.0 7.41 5 800 2093 11.9 6.9 71 5.0 9.0 179 2 303.8 305.3 290.9 327.3 7.83 6 750 2631 8.6 5.3 79 3.3 6.7 217 1 306.0 307.3 291.3 328.5 7.46 7 700 3199 5.9 2.1 77 3.8 3.8 215 4 309.0 310.2 291.3 328.7 6.38 8 650 3803 2.1 0.5 89 1.6 1.2 208 8 311.3 312.4 291.8 330.3 6.11 9 600 4445 -2.4 -3.3 93 0.9 -2.9 206 13 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.1 4.99 10 550 5131 -5.4 -14.1 51 8.7 -8.7 202 17 317.6 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.33 11 500 5875 -8.2 -22.6 30 14.4 -12.5 201 22 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.4 1.25 12 450 6684 -14.7 -19.6 66 4.9 -16.2 214 21 324.7 325.1 292.0 330.9 1.80 13 400 7566 -20.3 -21.5 90 1.2 -20.6 253 23 328.7 329.0 293.0 334.7 1.72 14 350 8548 -24.0 -24.7 95 0.6 -24.2 230 60 336.3 336.6 294.7 341.7 1.48 15 300 9654 -32.5 -32.7 99 0.2 -32.6 227 66 339.5 339.7 294.9 342.6 0.82 16 250 10910 -42.9 -43.4 95 0.5 -43.0 234 79 342.3 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.33 17 200 12382 -52.8 -60.6 38 7.8 -53.0 243 84 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14215 -58.4 -77.5 7 19.1 -58.7 233 47 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.01 19 100 16705 -66.7 -83.6 7 17.0 -66.8 271 19 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.49 m Freezing level: 626.85 mb = 4100.08 m = 13451.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.01 mb = 3990.06 m = 13090.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.86 mb = 1482.73 m = 4864.54 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 667.19 mb = 3590.44 m = 11779.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.87 C = 94.77 F Cap Strength: 4.97 C Lifted Index: 7.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.77 C Showalter Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 15.18 C K Index: 27.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9344.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.68 mb = 2382.53 m = 7816.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.8 neg: -19.3 tot: 26.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.10 Bulk Shear: 5.49 m/s