MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040000F192.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 12 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 165 SFC 971 425 23.6 20.4 83 3.1 21.3 248 3 299.3 302.1 295.6 345.3 15.77 2 950 613 25.0 18.2 66 6.8 20.2 257 11 302.6 305.1 295.3 343.8 13.95 3 900 1088 22.9 15.5 63 7.3 17.8 254 17 305.1 307.4 294.8 342.1 12.40 4 850 1583 19.2 13.5 70 5.7 15.4 244 19 306.3 308.4 294.6 341.0 11.56 5 800 2103 15.5 11.6 78 3.9 13.0 236 20 307.7 309.7 294.4 340.3 10.81 6 750 2647 11.5 9.3 87 2.2 10.2 233 21 309.0 310.9 294.1 339.1 9.88 7 700 3222 8.0 6.3 89 1.7 6.9 232 20 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.7 8.58 8 650 3831 4.4 3.2 92 1.2 3.7 244 20 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.44 9 600 4479 0.9 0.4 97 0.5 0.6 259 20 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.1 6.59 10 550 5176 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.7 266 18 321.6 322.7 294.1 339.2 5.43 11 500 5930 -5.7 -7.8 85 2.1 -6.7 257 17 326.1 326.9 294.4 340.3 4.26 12 450 6749 -10.4 -13.6 77 3.3 -11.6 252 16 330.2 330.8 294.4 340.4 2.97 13 400 7646 -16.1 -21.9 61 5.8 -17.9 256 16 334.1 334.4 294.3 340.0 1.66 14 350 8637 -23.1 -28.8 60 5.7 -24.4 244 19 337.6 337.8 294.6 341.3 1.01 15 300 9747 -31.6 -36.7 61 5.1 -32.4 241 23 340.8 340.9 295.0 342.9 0.55 16 250 11008 -42.0 -46.2 64 4.1 -42.3 239 26 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.5 0.24 17 200 12474 -55.0 -58.0 69 3.0 -55.1 240 31 345.7 345.7 295.7 346.0 0.08 18 150 14259 -65.6 -70.3 52 4.7 -65.7 242 21 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.1 0.02 19 100 16720 -66.2 -83.9 7 17.7 -66.3 244 7 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.81 m Freezing level: 585.12 mb = 4686.82 m = 15376.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4601.43 m = 15096.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.32 C = 88.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.46 mb = 823.91 m = 2703.09 ft T: 24.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.55 mb = 2256.46 m = 7402.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.29 C = 90.11 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.25 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.14 mb = 1734.45 m = 5690.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.14 mb = 2870.83 m = 9418.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.14 mb = 6408.61 m = 21025.35 ft B at Equ Level: 113.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.14 mb = 11551.69 m = 37898.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.4 neg: -11.2 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 7.87 m/s