MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 156 SFC 970 426 28.3 16.5 49 11.8 20.2 55 1 304.1 306.4 294.4 340.6 12.26 2 950 607 26.6 13.3 44 13.3 17.9 69 3 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.6 10.18 3 900 1081 22.5 11.7 50 10.8 15.5 103 5 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.6 9.63 4 850 1575 18.2 10.2 59 8.0 13.1 123 7 305.2 306.9 292.5 332.9 9.21 5 800 2090 13.5 8.9 74 4.6 10.7 134 9 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.6 8.99 6 750 2630 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 139 9 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.8 8.59 7 700 3199 6.5 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 153 4 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.3 6.02 8 650 3805 4.6 -8.8 37 13.3 -1.3 29 1 314.1 314.7 289.9 323.9 3.03 9 600 4454 1.6 -13.6 31 15.3 -4.4 29 3 318.0 318.4 290.4 325.4 2.22 10 550 5149 -2.3 -16.7 32 14.4 -7.6 40 3 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.7 1.87 11 500 5899 -6.8 -24.6 23 17.7 -12.0 128 0 324.7 324.9 291.3 328.4 1.04 12 450 6714 -11.8 -26.8 28 15.0 -15.7 180 3 328.4 328.6 292.2 331.8 0.95 13 400 7606 -17.1 -42.2 9 25.1 -21.1 107 7 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.23 14 350 8591 -25.4 -42.4 19 17.0 -27.6 124 9 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.26 15 300 9689 -34.2 -45.6 31 11.4 -35.3 218 11 337.2 337.3 293.9 338.1 0.22 16 250 10939 -43.7 -51.9 40 8.2 -44.1 231 25 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.7 0.13 17 200 12400 -55.0 -60.3 52 5.3 -55.1 235 37 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 18 150 14197 -62.9 -75.5 17 12.6 -63.0 238 30 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16673 -64.5 -83.2 6 18.7 -64.6 243 8 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.38 m Freezing level: 579.25 mb = 4742.40 m = 15558.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.18 mb = 3641.19 m = 11946.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.67 mb = 1915.10 m = 6283.07 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2491.84 m = 8175.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.95 C = 85.90 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 2.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 17.01 C K Index: 30.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 136.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.04 mb = 2344.70 m = 7692.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.04 mb = 2618.44 m = 8590.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.04 mb = 2841.21 m = 9321.44 ft B at Equ Level: 3.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 701.04 mb = 3186.82 m = 10455.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.9 at 4.1 knts Storm direction: 144.9 at 3.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.33 Bulk Shear: 0.83 m/s