MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F162.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F162.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 162 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 156 SFC 970 426 27.2 21.5 71 5.7 23.0 198 3 303.0 306.1 297.3 353.1 16.89 2 950 606 25.1 18.6 67 6.5 20.6 209 4 302.7 305.3 295.6 345.1 14.36 3 900 1078 20.6 17.4 82 3.2 18.4 228 4 302.8 305.4 295.3 344.3 14.03 4 850 1570 16.6 15.5 93 1.2 15.8 251 5 303.6 306.0 294.9 342.6 13.12 5 800 2085 13.9 12.1 89 1.8 12.7 269 6 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.3 11.13 6 750 2628 11.3 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 267 6 308.8 310.6 293.7 337.6 9.45 7 700 3203 8.7 5.6 81 3.1 6.8 244 6 312.1 313.6 293.7 337.3 8.17 8 650 3814 5.7 2.1 78 3.6 3.7 233 9 315.4 316.7 293.6 337.0 6.87 9 600 4465 1.9 -1.9 76 3.8 -0.0 225 12 318.4 319.4 293.4 336.2 5.57 10 550 5162 -2.1 -7.2 68 5.1 -4.4 216 13 321.6 322.4 293.0 334.9 4.05 11 500 5914 -6.4 -13.4 57 7.0 -9.2 229 21 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.5 2.72 12 450 6731 -11.2 -18.6 54 7.4 -13.7 225 30 329.2 329.5 293.3 335.9 1.95 13 400 7623 -17.9 -22.9 65 5.1 -19.3 224 33 331.8 332.1 293.6 337.2 1.51 14 350 8607 -25.0 -27.9 77 2.9 -25.7 221 44 335.0 335.2 294.1 339.0 1.10 15 300 9710 -32.7 -35.7 74 3.0 -33.1 219 50 339.3 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.61 16 250 10969 -42.1 -48.9 47 6.8 -42.6 220 65 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12436 -54.7 -59.2 57 4.5 -54.8 226 63 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.07 18 150 14232 -62.6 -74.2 20 11.6 -62.8 227 34 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16712 -65.6 -83.5 7 17.8 -65.8 248 7 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.42 m Freezing level: 575.81 mb = 4802.39 m = 15755.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.53 mb = 4457.83 m = 14625.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.16 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.01 mb = 1145.13 m = 3756.94 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.22 mb = 1537.42 m = 5043.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.96 mb = 1449.72 m = 4756.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.96 mb = 1701.37 m = 5581.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.96 mb = 11604.42 m = 38071.76 ft B at Equ Level: 520.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.96 mb = 14357.07 m = 47102.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 89.89 Bulk Shear: 5.81 m/s