MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z SAT 9 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 161 SFC 970 425 23.8 16.7 64 7.1 19.0 118 4 299.6 301.8 293.3 335.8 12.41 2 950 610 25.8 13.7 47 12.1 17.8 132 9 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.4 10.43 3 900 1083 22.2 11.5 51 10.6 15.4 144 13 304.4 306.1 292.5 332.9 9.54 4 850 1576 17.9 10.2 61 7.7 13.0 153 11 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.5 9.20 5 800 2092 13.4 8.7 73 4.7 10.6 164 7 305.4 307.1 292.3 332.2 8.88 6 750 2631 8.7 7.4 92 1.2 7.9 175 5 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.2 8.67 7 700 3199 6.1 1.0 70 5.1 3.4 208 1 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.4 5.89 8 650 3807 5.4 -12.2 27 17.7 -1.9 41 5 315.1 315.6 289.6 322.7 2.30 9 600 4457 2.0 -13.2 32 15.1 -4.1 48 6 318.4 318.8 290.6 326.1 2.31 10 550 5153 -2.2 -17.3 30 15.1 -7.6 50 5 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.6 1.79 11 500 5903 -6.8 -25.6 21 18.8 -12.1 49 4 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.2 0.95 12 450 6717 -12.1 -26.1 30 14.1 -15.8 95 2 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.7 1.01 13 400 7609 -17.5 -36.9 17 19.5 -21.1 125 6 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.8 0.40 14 350 8593 -25.2 -44.1 15 19.0 -27.6 133 9 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.22 15 300 9693 -33.6 -46.3 27 12.7 -34.8 224 16 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.8 0.20 16 250 10945 -43.5 -51.1 43 7.6 -43.9 228 27 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.0 0.14 17 200 12409 -54.4 -62.2 37 7.8 -54.6 230 40 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.04 18 150 14211 -63.1 -74.9 19 11.8 -63.3 245 26 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16683 -63.9 -83.3 5 19.4 -64.1 242 8 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.87 m Freezing level: 576.29 mb = 4786.85 m = 15704.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.79 mb = 3585.69 m = 11763.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.95 mb = 1336.57 m = 4385.03 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.75 C/km ThetaE index: 9.51 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.50 mb = 2493.05 m = 8179.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 2.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 3.30 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 16.91 C K Index: 29.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4912.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.37 mb = 2224.72 m = 7298.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 116.8 at 5.9 knts Storm direction: 146.8 at 4.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -0.0 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.96 Bulk Shear: 1.85 m/s