MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z WED 6 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 222 SFC 977 424 16.6 9.2 62 7.4 12.3 120 3 291.7 293.1 286.5 313.2 7.51 2 950 659 17.9 5.3 43 12.6 11.0 139 10 295.4 296.5 286.2 312.6 5.90 3 900 1121 16.8 5.8 48 11.0 10.5 160 12 298.8 300.0 288.0 317.7 6.41 4 850 1607 14.7 4.8 51 9.9 9.1 158 7 301.6 302.7 288.9 320.5 6.34 5 800 2117 12.2 3.7 56 8.6 7.5 111 5 304.2 305.4 289.7 323.0 6.23 6 750 2656 9.6 3.0 63 6.6 5.9 109 4 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.4 6.35 7 700 3226 6.1 2.3 76 3.8 4.0 181 2 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.46 8 650 3829 2.5 -3.4 65 5.9 -0.4 257 3 311.8 312.6 290.6 326.1 4.57 9 600 4472 -1.3 -9.5 53 8.3 -4.8 262 6 314.7 315.2 290.2 324.7 3.09 10 550 5161 -5.1 -12.4 57 7.2 -8.0 254 10 318.0 318.5 290.8 326.8 2.69 11 500 5903 -9.7 -14.6 67 4.9 -11.5 243 13 321.2 321.7 291.5 329.4 2.46 12 450 6708 -15.0 -15.4 96 0.4 -15.1 234 17 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.1 2.56 13 400 7589 -20.9 -23.4 80 2.5 -21.5 230 24 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.45 14 350 8564 -27.0 -31.4 67 4.4 -27.8 241 36 332.3 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.79 15 300 9659 -34.0 -36.7 76 2.8 -34.4 240 53 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.55 16 250 10912 -42.7 -45.6 73 2.9 -42.9 236 68 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.26 17 200 12385 -52.6 -63.4 26 10.7 -52.9 235 66 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.04 18 150 14212 -58.8 -78.1 7 19.3 -59.0 251 28 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.01 19 100 16713 -65.4 -83.5 6 18.2 -65.5 285 3 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.54 m Freezing level: 616.98 mb = 4253.93 m = 13956.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.44 mb = 3773.94 m = 12381.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.79 mb = 1362.41 m = 4469.81 ft T: 15.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 0.52 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.88 mb = 4184.65 m = 13729.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.09 C = 100.56 F Cap Strength: 8.60 C Lifted Index: 9.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.67 C Showalter Index: 6.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 14.52 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.83 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11311.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.92 mb = 2286.59 m = 7501.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.6 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 241.6 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 0.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -22.7 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 11.14 m/s