MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 166 SFC 971 425 20.7 18.2 86 2.5 19.0 142 2 296.4 298.9 293.3 335.9 13.70 2 950 609 20.5 17.2 81 3.3 18.2 172 4 298.0 300.4 293.3 336.0 13.08 3 900 1077 19.0 15.8 82 3.2 16.8 216 6 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.3 12.66 4 850 1567 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 219 4 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.5 11.98 5 800 2081 13.5 11.6 89 1.8 12.3 178 3 305.5 307.5 293.8 337.9 10.82 6 750 2623 11.0 9.0 88 2.0 9.8 198 5 308.5 310.3 293.8 338.0 9.68 7 700 3197 8.1 6.1 87 2.0 6.9 201 6 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.6 8.47 8 650 3807 5.3 3.1 85 2.2 4.0 200 7 315.0 316.4 293.9 338.1 7.37 9 600 4458 1.6 -1.2 82 2.8 0.1 209 7 317.9 319.1 293.5 336.7 5.86 10 550 5155 -2.2 -7.3 68 5.1 -4.6 227 7 321.5 322.3 293.0 334.7 4.03 11 500 5906 -6.2 -14.5 52 8.3 -9.4 217 14 325.5 326.0 292.8 333.9 2.49 12 450 6723 -11.1 -20.0 48 8.9 -14.0 210 20 329.3 329.6 293.2 335.4 1.73 13 400 7618 -17.0 -27.3 40 10.3 -19.6 211 26 332.9 333.1 293.5 336.6 1.02 14 350 8605 -24.7 -29.3 65 4.6 -25.6 218 33 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.1 0.97 15 300 9707 -32.7 -41.3 42 8.6 -33.7 224 41 339.3 339.3 294.4 340.6 0.34 16 250 10965 -42.5 -49.1 48 6.6 -42.9 228 46 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.6 0.17 17 200 12433 -54.4 -60.8 45 6.4 -54.5 229 55 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.05 18 150 14226 -64.6 -72.6 33 7.9 -64.7 235 34 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16700 -65.7 -83.2 7 17.5 -65.8 265 8 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.14 m Freezing level: 579.17 mb = 4748.34 m = 15578.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.84 mb = 4473.44 m = 14676.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.66 mb = 740.61 m = 2429.81 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.85 mb = 1841.88 m = 6042.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 1.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3757.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.91 mb = 1279.92 m = 4199.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -1.5 tot: 9.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.69 Bulk Shear: 2.10 m/s