MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z MON 11 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 969 425 22.8 21.6 93 1.2 21.9 160 3 298.6 301.7 296.2 347.9 16.94 2 950 602 25.1 18.7 68 6.4 20.6 182 10 302.7 305.4 295.6 345.5 14.47 3 900 1076 22.5 16.3 68 6.1 18.2 231 10 304.7 307.1 295.2 343.7 13.08 4 850 1571 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 15.8 261 12 305.6 307.9 294.9 342.4 12.28 5 800 2089 14.6 12.3 86 2.4 13.1 270 12 306.8 308.9 294.5 340.8 11.29 6 750 2633 11.1 9.5 90 1.6 10.1 269 11 308.6 310.5 294.1 339.0 9.98 7 700 3207 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 5.8 260 10 312.0 313.3 292.9 334.3 7.19 8 650 3818 5.6 -0.6 64 6.2 2.3 249 10 315.3 316.4 292.6 333.2 5.66 9 600 4468 1.9 -5.6 57 7.5 -1.7 241 11 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.0 4.20 10 550 5165 -2.2 -10.7 52 8.4 -5.8 235 11 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.09 11 500 5916 -6.6 -15.5 49 8.9 -9.9 244 18 325.0 325.5 292.5 332.8 2.29 12 450 6732 -11.3 -21.7 42 10.4 -14.6 240 27 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.2 1.49 13 400 7627 -16.2 -30.1 29 14.0 -19.4 249 29 334.0 334.2 293.6 336.9 0.78 14 350 8619 -22.8 -33.0 39 10.2 -24.8 256 27 338.1 338.2 294.5 340.6 0.68 15 300 9731 -31.1 -42.2 33 11.1 -32.4 266 24 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.8 0.31 16 250 10994 -42.1 -49.7 43 7.6 -42.6 245 27 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.1 0.16 17 200 12461 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.8 238 47 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.4 0.06 18 150 14249 -64.3 -70.8 41 6.5 -64.4 246 30 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.02 19 100 16723 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.8 239 8 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.91 m Freezing level: 576.78 mb = 4792.00 m = 15721.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.08 mb = 4187.68 m = 13738.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.22 mb = 581.74 m = 1908.57 ft T: 24.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.43 mb = 1968.00 m = 6456.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.02 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 234.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.69 mb = 1604.69 m = 5264.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.69 mb = 2392.57 m = 7849.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.69 mb = 9227.57 m = 30273.81 ft B at Equ Level: 234.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.69 mb = 13409.47 m = 43993.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 18.39 Bulk Shear: 12.77 m/s