MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 194 SFC 974 424 18.9 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 112 3 294.3 296.4 291.0 327.6 11.65 2 950 635 19.1 14.3 73 4.8 16.0 121 6 296.6 298.5 291.1 327.9 10.82 3 900 1100 18.3 12.5 69 5.8 14.6 107 3 300.4 302.2 291.8 330.3 10.18 4 850 1588 15.3 10.9 75 4.4 12.6 70 4 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.8 9.67 5 800 2100 11.6 8.7 82 2.9 9.8 67 5 303.5 305.1 291.7 329.9 8.84 6 750 2636 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 7.0 108 3 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.4 8.14 7 700 3205 6.7 -0.4 60 7.2 3.0 200 3 309.9 310.9 290.7 326.4 5.30 8 650 3810 3.9 -6.7 46 10.5 -1.0 190 1 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.57 9 600 4457 0.6 -14.5 31 15.0 -5.2 50 3 316.8 317.2 289.9 323.6 2.07 10 550 5149 -3.5 -15.1 40 11.6 -7.8 85 3 319.9 320.4 290.9 327.1 2.15 11 500 5897 -7.7 -21.9 31 14.2 -12.1 136 4 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.32 12 450 6708 -13.0 -31.1 20 18.1 -17.1 132 5 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 13 400 7595 -18.4 -44.4 8 26.0 -22.1 42 5 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.18 14 350 8576 -26.4 -47.4 12 21.0 -28.7 46 12 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.15 15 300 9668 -35.7 -48.3 27 12.5 -36.7 88 9 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.16 16 250 10909 -45.5 -48.4 72 2.9 -45.7 243 3 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.19 17 200 12360 -55.4 -61.0 50 5.6 -55.5 250 19 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14165 -61.6 -76.2 13 14.7 -61.7 251 23 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16660 -64.0 -83.8 5 19.7 -64.2 279 1 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.55 m Freezing level: 593.16 mb = 4551.45 m = 14932.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.34 mb = 3656.63 m = 11996.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.42 C = 81.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.66 mb = 820.81 m = 2692.92 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 7.20 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2160.66 m = 7088.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.71 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6125.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.68 mb = 1531.09 m = 5023.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 102.9 at 3.2 knts Storm direction: 132.9 at 2.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -140.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 38.70 Bulk Shear: 0.54 m/s