MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 154 SFC 970 426 30.6 14.2 37 16.5 19.6 168 2 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.3 10.55 2 950 605 27.1 12.4 40 14.7 17.5 158 3 304.7 306.4 292.6 333.2 9.54 3 900 1079 22.3 11.3 50 11.0 15.3 152 4 304.5 306.3 292.4 332.6 9.40 4 850 1572 17.6 10.3 62 7.3 13.0 149 5 304.6 306.3 292.4 332.4 9.30 5 800 2086 12.8 9.1 78 3.7 10.6 151 6 304.8 306.5 292.3 332.2 9.11 6 750 2627 10.6 3.7 62 6.9 6.7 156 9 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.6 6.67 7 700 3199 8.2 -2.0 48 10.3 3.0 152 8 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.4 4.71 8 650 3808 5.3 -5.9 44 11.2 0.0 157 6 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.2 3.80 9 600 4458 2.1 -10.5 39 12.6 -3.3 177 5 318.5 319.1 291.1 327.9 2.86 10 550 5155 -2.0 -11.9 47 9.9 -6.1 182 7 321.7 322.3 292.0 331.1 2.80 11 500 5906 -6.7 -15.2 51 8.4 -9.9 185 9 324.8 325.3 292.5 332.8 2.36 12 450 6722 -11.3 -23.6 35 12.3 -14.9 200 11 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.6 1.27 13 400 7616 -16.6 -27.7 38 11.1 -19.3 212 20 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.1 0.98 14 350 8605 -23.8 -32.6 44 8.8 -25.5 217 25 336.6 336.8 294.1 339.3 0.71 15 300 9710 -32.7 -41.6 41 8.8 -33.8 216 27 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.5 0.33 16 250 10967 -42.4 -48.8 49 6.4 -42.8 237 36 343.1 343.1 295.3 343.8 0.18 17 200 12436 -54.2 -61.3 41 7.1 -54.4 230 52 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14226 -63.8 -73.5 25 9.7 -63.8 237 25 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16693 -66.7 -82.8 9 16.1 -66.8 261 6 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.62 m Freezing level: 574.49 mb = 4813.89 m = 15793.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3811.88 m = 12506.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.39 mb = 2478.50 m = 8131.47 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.70 mb = 3345.03 m = 10974.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.53 C = 97.75 F Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.75 C Showalter Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 24.39 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5309.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.06 mb = 2460.15 m = 8071.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.9 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 196.9 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.41 Bulk Shear: 1.92 m/s