MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 8 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 186 SFC 973 425 22.4 18.0 76 4.5 19.4 118 4 297.9 300.4 293.6 336.9 13.44 2 950 633 23.5 15.5 61 8.0 18.1 134 13 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.5 11.71 3 900 1103 20.2 13.4 65 6.8 15.8 143 12 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.4 10.81 4 850 1594 16.3 11.7 74 4.7 13.4 133 6 303.3 305.1 292.7 333.6 10.20 5 800 2107 12.3 9.7 84 2.6 10.7 107 2 304.3 306.0 292.4 332.7 9.50 6 750 2645 8.4 7.5 95 0.8 7.9 134 0 305.6 307.3 292.3 332.0 8.74 7 700 3214 6.8 -0.1 61 6.9 3.2 14 1 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.9 5.44 8 650 3820 3.7 -4.7 54 8.4 -0.3 9 2 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.3 4.15 9 600 4465 0.2 -10.3 45 10.5 -4.3 354 3 316.3 316.9 290.5 325.8 2.90 10 550 5158 -3.2 -16.1 36 12.9 -7.9 14 6 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.0 1.98 11 500 5906 -7.8 -20.7 35 12.9 -11.9 5 7 323.6 323.9 291.3 328.7 1.47 12 450 6717 -12.8 -29.7 23 16.9 -16.9 350 5 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.8 0.72 13 400 7605 -18.8 -37.6 17 18.8 -22.1 249 0 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.0 0.38 14 350 8585 -26.4 -46.6 13 20.2 -28.7 46 9 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.16 15 300 9676 -35.7 -41.0 58 5.3 -36.3 60 5 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.4 0.35 16 250 10919 -45.1 -45.4 98 0.2 -45.2 229 10 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12375 -53.8 -64.5 26 10.7 -54.1 237 28 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14190 -61.6 -75.5 14 13.9 -61.7 253 29 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16689 -63.1 -83.9 4 20.8 -63.3 283 6 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.79 m Freezing level: 597.07 mb = 4505.92 m = 14783.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.72 mb = 3760.43 m = 12337.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.03 mb = 997.04 m = 3271.10 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 2092.30 m = 6864.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.71 C = 83.67 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 28.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.57 mb = 1758.83 m = 5770.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 758.57 mb = 2550.20 m = 8366.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 728.57 mb = 2883.93 m = 9461.61 ft B at Equ Level: 16.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 658.57 mb = 3712.48 m = 12179.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 67.8 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 97.8 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 13.10 m/s