MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 31 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 177 SFC 972 426 25.9 9.5 36 16.3 15.8 349 2 301.5 302.9 290.0 324.3 7.69 2 950 622 22.0 7.6 39 14.4 13.5 359 2 299.5 300.8 288.7 319.9 6.89 3 900 1088 17.3 6.4 49 10.9 11.0 6 1 299.4 300.6 288.5 319.2 6.72 4 850 1572 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.5 187 1 299.5 300.7 288.3 318.7 6.50 5 800 2077 9.1 -0.8 50 9.9 4.2 212 5 300.9 301.7 286.9 314.5 4.52 6 750 2608 5.9 -9.7 32 15.6 -0.4 219 7 303.0 303.5 285.5 310.7 2.44 7 700 3169 2.3 -13.4 30 15.7 -3.6 237 5 305.0 305.3 285.7 311.2 1.94 8 650 3763 -1.3 -16.7 30 15.4 -6.5 277 5 307.4 307.7 286.2 312.6 1.59 9 600 4396 -5.3 -21.1 28 15.8 -9.9 285 6 310.0 310.2 286.7 313.9 1.18 10 550 5073 -9.1 -29.6 17 20.5 -13.8 286 7 313.3 313.4 287.2 315.3 0.60 11 500 5804 -13.8 -35.9 14 22.1 -17.8 290 9 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.5 0.36 12 450 6595 -19.2 -42.8 10 23.6 -22.4 298 12 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.8 0.19 13 400 7460 -25.7 -39.0 28 13.4 -27.4 291 17 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.8 0.33 14 350 8412 -33.7 -38.9 59 5.2 -34.3 276 21 323.3 323.4 290.2 324.7 0.37 15 300 9475 -40.5 -54.5 21 14.0 -41.2 267 31 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 16 250 10696 -48.5 -57.9 33 9.4 -48.8 258 43 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 17 200 12137 -54.9 -64.0 32 9.0 -55.1 300 34 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 13974 -55.6 -79.7 3 24.1 -55.9 287 30 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16529 -59.5 -84.1 3 24.6 -59.8 288 12 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.34 m Freezing level: 668.65 mb = 3541.42 m = 11618.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.79 mb = 2555.92 m = 8385.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.69 C = 76.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 764.24 mb = 2453.41 m = 8049.16 ft T: 6.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.53 mb = 2990.64 m = 9811.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: 2.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 3.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 15.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8070.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.99 mb = 2445.41 m = 8022.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.8 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 301.8 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.52 Bulk Shear: 4.34 m/s