MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 164 SFC 971 426 32.0 17.4 42 14.7 21.8 241 6 307.8 310.2 296.0 346.9 12.95 2 950 619 28.6 15.9 46 12.7 19.9 241 10 306.3 308.5 294.9 342.5 12.07 3 900 1096 23.9 14.7 56 9.2 17.7 239 11 306.2 308.3 294.7 341.5 11.78 4 850 1592 19.3 13.5 69 5.8 15.4 238 12 306.3 308.5 294.6 340.9 11.50 5 800 2110 14.5 12.2 86 2.3 13.0 238 12 306.6 308.7 294.4 340.4 11.23 6 750 2653 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 238 12 307.1 308.9 293.6 337.0 9.91 7 700 3224 8.4 -0.3 54 8.7 3.8 247 14 311.7 312.8 291.3 328.4 5.34 8 650 3834 5.5 -0.7 64 6.2 2.2 257 16 315.1 316.2 292.5 332.9 5.60 9 600 4484 1.6 -1.1 82 2.7 0.1 256 18 317.9 319.1 293.5 336.8 5.90 10 550 5181 -2.1 -5.1 79 3.1 -3.6 253 19 321.6 322.6 293.6 337.2 4.75 11 500 5934 -5.8 -14.7 49 8.9 -9.2 243 19 326.0 326.5 292.9 334.4 2.45 12 450 6753 -10.5 -17.5 56 7.0 -13.0 244 18 330.0 330.5 293.7 337.5 2.15 13 400 7649 -16.5 -22.5 60 6.0 -18.3 250 24 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.2 1.58 14 350 8639 -23.7 -32.3 45 8.6 -25.4 240 22 336.9 337.0 294.2 339.6 0.73 15 300 9745 -32.4 -43.0 34 10.6 -33.6 241 22 339.7 339.8 294.6 340.9 0.29 16 250 11003 -42.5 -51.6 37 9.1 -43.1 237 28 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.13 17 200 12469 -54.8 -60.4 50 5.7 -54.9 238 32 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14252 -65.5 -69.8 55 4.4 -65.5 258 26 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.4 0.02 19 100 16718 -66.4 -83.9 7 17.4 -66.5 248 6 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.54 m Freezing level: 578.27 mb = 4787.08 m = 15705.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.14 mb = 4508.95 m = 14792.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.07 mb = 2268.68 m = 7443.09 ft T: 13.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2301.26 m = 7549.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 29.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.92 mb = 2248.90 m = 7378.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.92 mb = 2410.58 m = 7908.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 491.92 mb = 6060.52 m = 19883.35 ft B at Equ Level: 52.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.92 mb = 10950.39 m = 35926.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 11.65 Bulk Shear: 4.57 m/s