MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 181 SFC 972 425 21.2 20.2 94 1.1 20.5 187 3 296.8 299.6 294.7 341.5 15.49 2 950 625 21.7 18.2 80 3.5 19.2 229 10 299.2 301.7 294.3 339.8 13.94 3 900 1095 20.8 15.8 73 5.0 17.4 253 15 302.9 305.3 294.4 340.4 12.66 4 850 1588 17.7 13.1 74 4.6 14.7 254 17 304.7 306.8 293.9 338.1 11.20 5 800 2104 14.1 10.6 80 3.5 11.9 252 18 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.5 10.09 6 750 2646 9.9 7.6 85 2.4 8.5 253 17 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.9 8.75 7 700 3217 8.1 -0.1 56 8.2 3.7 260 16 311.4 312.5 291.3 328.4 5.43 8 650 3827 5.3 -3.4 53 8.7 1.0 250 17 315.0 315.8 291.6 329.6 4.58 9 600 4476 1.8 -8.1 48 9.9 -2.7 241 20 318.2 318.9 291.6 329.5 3.46 10 550 5173 -2.0 -15.4 35 13.4 -7.1 242 20 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.8 2.11 11 500 5925 -5.9 -22.5 25 16.7 -11.1 254 18 325.9 326.2 291.8 330.3 1.25 12 450 6742 -10.8 -20.5 45 9.6 -14.0 257 19 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.67 13 400 7638 -16.6 -22.7 59 6.2 -18.4 248 23 333.4 333.7 294.0 338.9 1.54 14 350 8628 -23.2 -30.5 51 7.3 -24.8 243 21 337.5 337.6 294.5 340.7 0.86 15 300 9736 -32.3 -40.1 45 7.9 -33.3 250 23 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.4 0.39 16 250 10993 -42.8 -47.6 59 4.8 -43.2 249 24 342.4 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.21 17 200 12459 -54.7 -59.7 54 5.0 -54.9 246 28 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14240 -65.7 -69.6 58 3.9 -65.7 269 25 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16711 -66.0 -83.8 7 17.8 -66.1 276 9 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.23 m Freezing level: 576.35 mb = 4805.90 m = 15767.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.93 mb = 3991.50 m = 13095.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.62 mb = 555.61 m = 1822.84 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.02 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.30 mb = 1973.91 m = 6475.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: 28.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.77 mb = 1399.38 m = 4591.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.77 mb = 2492.86 m = 8178.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.77 mb = 3056.01 m = 10026.15 ft B at Equ Level: 25.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 583.77 mb = 4695.99 m = 15406.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.69 Bulk Shear: 9.48 m/s