MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z FRI 29 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 165 SFC 970 425 18.6 11.6 64 7.0 14.3 299 5 294.3 295.9 288.6 319.8 8.87 2 950 603 15.8 10.5 71 5.2 12.6 298 7 293.2 294.7 287.9 317.4 8.43 3 900 1059 11.4 9.4 87 2.0 10.3 291 9 293.3 294.8 287.8 317.0 8.25 4 850 1534 8.5 6.5 87 2.0 7.4 281 15 295.1 296.4 287.4 315.9 7.17 5 800 2033 4.8 3.3 90 1.5 4.0 280 18 296.3 297.4 286.8 314.1 6.07 6 750 2558 3.7 -13.1 28 16.8 -2.4 293 22 300.6 301.0 284.0 306.4 1.86 7 700 3116 2.3 -20.9 16 23.2 -4.8 300 25 305.1 305.3 284.7 308.5 1.03 8 650 3711 -0.6 -16.6 29 16.0 -6.1 300 26 308.3 308.6 286.6 313.5 1.60 9 600 4347 -3.8 -19.6 28 15.8 -8.8 300 28 311.8 312.0 287.5 316.2 1.35 10 550 5029 -7.5 -19.7 37 12.1 -11.3 299 31 315.1 315.4 288.8 320.0 1.46 11 500 5763 -12.6 -22.9 42 10.3 -15.4 298 36 317.7 317.9 289.3 321.8 1.21 12 450 6559 -17.9 -29.6 35 11.6 -20.4 298 41 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.3 0.73 13 400 7429 -24.1 -35.8 33 11.7 -25.9 296 47 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.45 14 350 8387 -31.7 -42.4 34 10.7 -32.9 297 51 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.26 15 300 9457 -40.0 -40.6 94 0.6 -40.1 307 57 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.37 16 250 10679 -48.9 -48.9 100 0.0 -48.9 311 73 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.18 17 200 12105 -59.2 -61.2 78 2.0 -59.2 316 72 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 18 150 13921 -56.4 -79.1 4 22.7 -56.7 296 40 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.01 19 100 16477 -58.2 -85.0 2 26.8 -58.6 296 17 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.31 m Freezing level: 660.34 mb = 3588.35 m = 11772.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 768.94 mb = 2355.11 m = 7726.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.13 % Est. max temperature: 20.10 C = 68.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.32 mb = 1299.63 m = 4263.82 ft T: 9.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.37 mb = 1521.04 m = 4990.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.34 C = 66.81 F Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lifted Index: 5.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 6.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 4.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.38 mb = 1337.18 m = 4387.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.38 mb = 1876.24 m = 6155.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 785.38 mb = 2182.90 m = 7161.64 ft B at Equ Level: 7.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.38 mb = 2499.82 m = 8201.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 326.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 39.40 m/s