MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z THU 7 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 209 SFC 975 425 22.1 14.0 60 8.2 16.8 121 6 297.4 299.3 291.0 327.4 10.33 2 950 655 22.2 12.0 52 10.2 15.7 132 17 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.0 9.30 3 900 1122 19.0 10.5 58 8.5 13.7 148 18 301.0 302.7 290.9 327.2 8.86 4 850 1610 15.3 9.4 68 6.0 11.7 167 9 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.1 8.71 5 800 2121 11.2 8.6 85 2.5 9.6 215 5 303.0 304.7 291.5 329.3 8.83 6 750 2658 8.3 5.3 81 3.0 6.6 265 5 305.6 307.0 291.2 328.2 7.48 7 700 3227 6.6 0.0 63 6.6 3.2 324 4 309.8 310.9 290.8 326.9 5.49 8 650 3832 3.1 -4.6 57 7.7 -0.6 328 2 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.18 9 600 4476 -0.9 -6.7 65 5.8 -3.5 293 3 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.5 3.87 10 550 5166 -5.1 -10.0 69 4.9 -7.1 284 7 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.7 3.26 11 500 5908 -9.8 -14.5 68 4.7 -11.5 276 10 321.1 321.6 291.6 329.4 2.49 12 450 6713 -14.8 -25.3 40 10.5 -17.5 281 14 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.4 1.08 13 400 7596 -19.4 -34.0 26 14.5 -22.2 287 19 329.7 329.8 292.2 331.7 0.54 14 350 8576 -26.0 -37.6 33 11.6 -27.8 263 32 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.43 15 300 9672 -34.5 -37.9 72 3.4 -35.0 250 39 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.49 16 250 10921 -44.0 -44.8 92 0.8 -44.0 240 53 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.8 0.28 17 200 12386 -52.3 -65.3 20 12.9 -52.6 238 51 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14220 -58.2 -77.7 7 19.5 -58.5 253 31 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16723 -64.5 -83.7 5 19.2 -64.7 227 3 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.24 m Freezing level: 610.95 mb = 4335.12 m = 14222.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.20 mb = 3729.84 m = 12236.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.54 mb = 1465.49 m = 4807.99 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 3.67 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.09 mb = 2701.01 m = 8861.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 2.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: 2.41 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 27.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6770.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.74 mb = 2019.36 m = 6625.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -59.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 58.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 39.35 m/s