MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 10 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 153 SFC 969 426 23.6 18.9 75 4.7 20.4 153 4 299.4 302.0 294.6 341.2 14.31 2 950 602 25.3 16.7 59 8.6 19.4 168 8 302.9 305.2 294.4 340.5 12.70 3 900 1075 22.4 14.0 59 8.4 16.8 179 6 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.1 11.21 4 850 1569 18.3 12.1 67 6.3 14.3 167 1 305.3 307.3 293.5 336.7 10.47 5 800 2086 14.0 10.3 78 3.7 11.6 67 3 306.1 307.9 293.3 335.7 9.86 6 750 2628 9.8 8.7 93 1.1 9.2 106 4 307.3 309.0 293.3 335.9 9.47 7 700 3199 8.1 2.9 70 5.2 5.1 168 6 311.4 312.7 292.3 332.3 6.74 8 650 3809 5.6 -1.4 61 7.0 1.9 178 7 315.2 316.3 292.3 332.1 5.31 9 600 4460 2.1 -5.8 56 7.9 -1.7 169 6 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.9 4.12 10 550 5157 -1.9 -9.4 56 7.6 -5.2 169 7 321.9 322.5 292.6 333.1 3.40 11 500 5910 -6.1 -14.4 52 8.3 -9.3 183 10 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.2 2.52 12 450 6728 -10.6 -22.7 36 12.1 -14.3 209 10 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.37 13 400 7623 -16.9 -23.6 56 6.7 -18.8 223 17 333.1 333.4 293.9 338.2 1.42 14 350 8612 -23.6 -33.7 39 10.1 -25.5 219 26 336.9 337.0 294.1 339.3 0.63 15 300 9719 -32.1 -40.3 44 8.2 -33.1 229 35 340.1 340.2 294.7 341.6 0.38 16 250 10980 -41.6 -52.9 29 11.2 -42.3 227 46 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.6 0.11 17 200 12452 -53.9 -62.9 32 9.0 -54.1 226 46 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.04 18 150 14244 -65.4 -71.9 40 6.5 -65.4 225 32 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.02 19 100 16705 -65.5 -83.0 7 17.4 -65.7 192 7 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.30 m Freezing level: 573.75 mb = 4826.22 m = 15833.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.92 mb = 4142.12 m = 13589.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.32 mb = 1033.30 m = 3390.04 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.64 mb = 2237.91 m = 7342.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.52 mb = 1901.41 m = 6238.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.52 mb = 2599.41 m = 8528.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.52 mb = 2822.93 m = 9261.48 ft B at Equ Level: 14.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.52 mb = 3528.81 m = 11577.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.5 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 199.5 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: -3.4 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 147.64 Bulk Shear: 0.10 m/s