MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 148 SFC 969 426 28.7 17.7 51 11.0 21.0 195 2 304.6 307.1 295.3 344.1 13.25 2 950 599 27.5 14.1 44 13.3 18.6 201 3 305.0 307.0 293.6 337.2 10.73 3 900 1075 23.2 12.5 51 10.7 16.2 187 3 305.4 307.3 293.3 335.9 10.15 4 850 1569 18.5 11.5 64 7.0 14.0 165 2 305.5 307.4 293.3 335.9 10.10 5 800 2086 13.7 10.5 81 3.2 11.7 137 3 305.8 307.6 293.3 335.8 10.01 6 750 2627 9.9 8.5 91 1.4 9.0 141 6 307.3 309.1 293.2 335.5 9.32 7 700 3198 7.3 3.7 78 3.6 5.2 157 7 310.6 311.9 292.4 332.6 7.16 8 650 3806 5.0 -3.6 54 8.6 0.8 171 6 314.7 315.5 291.5 329.1 4.53 9 600 4456 1.7 -6.9 53 8.6 -2.3 183 6 318.1 318.9 291.9 330.5 3.80 10 550 5153 -2.1 -10.8 51 8.7 -5.8 188 8 321.6 322.2 292.2 331.7 3.06 11 500 5904 -6.3 -15.3 49 8.9 -9.7 190 10 325.3 325.8 292.6 333.3 2.33 12 450 6721 -10.7 -24.2 32 13.5 -14.7 211 12 329.7 330.0 292.8 334.0 1.20 13 400 7617 -16.4 -26.0 43 9.6 -19.0 221 20 333.6 333.9 293.8 337.8 1.15 14 350 8606 -23.9 -31.4 50 7.5 -25.4 216 27 336.5 336.7 294.2 339.5 0.79 15 300 9713 -32.2 -40.1 45 7.9 -33.2 218 29 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.5 0.39 16 250 10971 -42.3 -46.8 61 4.5 -42.6 226 42 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.23 17 200 12441 -54.0 -62.2 36 8.2 -54.2 223 48 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14233 -64.2 -73.5 27 9.3 -64.3 224 26 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16690 -65.1 -83.0 7 17.9 -65.3 196 7 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.31 m Freezing level: 577.33 mb = 4771.77 m = 15655.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.54 mb = 3963.38 m = 13003.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.24 mb = 1821.12 m = 5974.73 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2531.22 m = 8304.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 32.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3959.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.38 mb = 2315.34 m = 7596.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 176.8 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 206.8 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -0.0 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 1.73 m/s