MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 170 SFC 971 426 30.4 15.0 39 15.4 19.9 98 2 306.0 308.1 294.1 339.3 11.07 2 950 621 26.3 12.9 44 13.4 17.6 100 2 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.4 9.91 3 900 1094 21.6 11.9 54 9.6 15.4 110 3 303.7 305.5 292.5 332.9 9.79 4 850 1586 16.8 11.0 68 5.9 13.1 116 4 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.7 9.71 5 800 2099 12.0 10.0 88 2.0 10.7 120 4 303.9 305.7 292.5 332.8 9.69 6 750 2636 7.5 7.1 97 0.4 7.3 129 4 304.8 306.3 291.7 330.2 8.46 7 700 3204 6.5 0.8 67 5.7 3.4 179 2 309.7 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.78 8 650 3810 4.0 -7.2 44 11.2 -1.1 139 0 313.5 314.2 290.1 324.5 3.42 9 600 4457 1.2 -14.1 31 15.4 -4.8 66 2 317.5 318.0 290.2 324.6 2.13 10 550 5152 -2.6 -16.2 34 13.6 -7.7 92 2 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.6 1.96 11 500 5901 -7.0 -24.2 24 17.2 -12.1 162 3 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.3 1.08 12 450 6715 -12.0 -27.6 26 15.6 -16.0 169 5 328.2 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.88 13 400 7607 -17.4 -46.4 6 29.0 -21.5 95 7 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.15 14 350 8590 -25.8 -49.1 9 23.3 -28.2 98 11 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.13 15 300 9686 -34.9 -44.1 39 9.2 -35.8 157 9 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.2 0.26 16 250 10931 -44.6 -52.7 40 8.1 -45.0 210 13 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.11 17 200 12389 -55.1 -61.3 46 6.2 -55.2 237 31 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14187 -62.6 -74.4 19 11.8 -62.7 238 29 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16671 -64.7 -83.3 6 18.6 -64.8 224 6 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.02 m Freezing level: 584.09 mb = 4678.00 m = 15347.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.12 mb = 3658.66 m = 12003.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 776.58 mb = 2346.08 m = 7697.01 ft T: 9.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.05 mb = 2341.04 m = 7680.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 2.49 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.83 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.93 C K Index: 29.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.40 mb = 2305.24 m = 7563.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.40 mb = 2466.79 m = 8093.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.40 mb = 3024.83 m = 9923.86 ft B at Equ Level: 18.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 665.40 mb = 3618.27 m = 11870.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.1 at 2.8 knts Storm direction: 155.1 at 2.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 127.54 Bulk Shear: 0.15 m/s