MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.32,-80.29 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 973 425 21.2 3.4 31 17.9 11.6 286 6 296.7 297.6 285.8 311.5 5.01 2 950 629 17.6 1.6 34 16.0 9.3 286 10 295.0 295.9 284.7 308.4 4.53 3 900 1087 12.9 0.5 43 12.4 6.7 288 11 294.8 295.6 284.5 307.8 4.41 4 850 1562 8.3 -0.5 54 8.9 4.1 289 11 294.9 295.6 284.4 307.6 4.32 5 800 2059 3.6 -1.5 69 5.2 1.3 291 11 295.0 295.8 284.4 307.6 4.27 6 750 2578 -0.8 -4.1 78 3.3 -2.3 297 12 295.7 296.3 284.1 306.8 3.75 7 700 3130 -0.6 -25.7 13 25.0 -7.2 315 17 301.8 301.9 283.0 304.0 0.68 8 650 3719 -2.3 -32.8 8 30.5 -9.1 309 18 306.4 306.4 284.4 307.7 0.37 9 600 4351 -5.2 -33.4 9 28.2 -11.2 305 19 310.2 310.2 285.8 311.5 0.38 10 550 5027 -10.3 -34.6 12 24.2 -15.0 304 20 311.8 311.9 286.4 313.1 0.37 11 500 5754 -15.3 -42.3 8 27.0 -19.2 304 25 314.4 314.4 287.1 315.1 0.18 12 450 6542 -19.5 -50.5 5 31.0 -22.9 317 32 318.7 318.7 288.4 319.0 0.08 13 400 7407 -25.4 -51.5 7 26.1 -27.7 313 39 322.0 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.08 14 350 8359 -33.2 -48.1 21 15.0 -34.3 313 43 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.14 15 300 9424 -41.5 -48.5 47 6.9 -41.9 303 52 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.16 16 250 10636 -50.6 -56.8 48 6.2 -50.8 295 55 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 17 200 12066 -54.0 -66.8 19 12.8 -54.2 286 49 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 13921 -53.9 -79.9 3 26.0 -54.3 282 41 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16494 -57.8 -85.0 2 27.2 -58.2 288 27 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5564.46 m Freezing level: 759.34 mb = 2481.40 m = 8140.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 782.22 mb = 2239.83 m = 7348.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.76 % Est. max temperature: 19.51 C = 67.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.66 mb = 2624.84 m = 8611.59 ft T: -0.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.89 mb = 4183.33 m = 13724.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.58 C = 92.45 F Cap Strength: 7.83 C Lifted Index: 8.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.25 C Showalter Index: 8.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.60 C Cross Totals Index: 14.75 C K Index: -1.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11754.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 746.03 mb = 2620.81 m = 8598.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -0.9 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 9.14 m/s