MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 195 SFC 974 425 28.7 11.8 35 16.9 17.8 117 3 304.2 305.8 292.0 331.0 8.97 2 950 645 25.2 9.8 38 15.4 15.6 116 5 302.7 304.2 290.7 326.6 8.02 3 900 1116 20.5 8.8 47 11.7 13.3 118 5 302.6 304.1 290.6 326.2 7.90 4 850 1605 15.8 7.8 59 7.9 11.0 121 6 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.1 7.85 5 800 2116 11.0 6.7 75 4.2 8.5 126 6 302.8 304.3 290.6 326.0 7.74 6 750 2651 7.5 3.5 76 3.9 5.3 144 8 304.7 305.9 290.2 324.6 6.60 7 700 3219 5.8 3.8 87 1.9 4.6 163 9 308.9 310.2 292.0 330.9 7.21 8 650 3823 2.2 0.9 91 1.3 1.5 196 5 311.4 312.6 292.0 330.9 6.28 9 600 4465 -1.8 -4.3 83 2.6 -3.0 233 9 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.8 4.62 10 550 5153 -4.9 -10.9 63 6.0 -7.3 246 12 318.3 318.9 291.2 328.3 3.04 11 500 5897 -9.0 -20.4 39 11.5 -12.6 239 19 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.3 1.50 12 450 6705 -13.9 -26.3 34 12.3 -17.1 238 26 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.99 13 400 7590 -19.1 -37.7 18 18.5 -22.3 238 36 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.37 14 350 8570 -25.6 -40.5 23 14.9 -27.7 238 49 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.5 0.32 15 300 9675 -31.9 -33.0 90 1.1 -32.0 228 74 340.4 340.6 295.1 343.5 0.80 16 250 10937 -41.6 -44.4 73 2.9 -41.8 232 70 344.3 344.3 295.6 345.5 0.29 17 200 12410 -52.8 -61.3 35 8.5 -53.0 236 63 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.05 18 150 14229 -60.8 -77.3 10 16.5 -60.9 250 39 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16723 -66.8 -83.4 8 16.7 -66.9 244 11 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.84 m Freezing level: 622.31 mb = 4178.12 m = 13707.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 4030.93 m = 13224.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 760.80 mb = 2532.71 m = 8309.32 ft T: 8.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 6.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.58 mb = 3305.62 m = 10845.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.77 C = 92.79 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 30.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6954.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.39 mb = 2570.04 m = 8431.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 237.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 14.50 m/s