MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 170 SFC 971 426 25.3 9.4 36 16.0 15.5 14 1 301.0 302.4 289.9 323.6 7.62 2 950 616 23.1 7.1 36 16.0 13.7 22 1 300.6 301.8 288.9 320.4 6.66 3 900 1083 18.8 5.3 41 13.5 11.1 111 1 300.8 302.0 288.5 319.3 6.20 4 850 1570 14.2 4.2 51 10.0 8.6 148 1 301.0 302.1 288.5 319.2 6.08 5 800 2077 9.4 2.9 64 6.5 5.9 175 1 301.2 302.3 288.3 318.9 5.90 6 750 2609 5.8 -4.6 47 10.5 1.0 207 6 302.9 303.6 286.7 314.0 3.62 7 700 3169 2.1 -11.6 35 13.7 -3.2 228 6 304.8 305.2 286.0 311.9 2.25 8 650 3763 -1.5 -16.8 30 15.3 -6.6 267 6 307.3 307.6 286.2 312.4 1.58 9 600 4395 -5.2 -21.5 27 16.3 -10.0 283 7 310.1 310.3 286.7 313.9 1.14 10 550 5073 -8.9 -31.1 15 22.1 -13.8 302 7 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.3 0.52 11 500 5804 -13.7 -37.4 12 23.7 -17.8 317 7 316.4 316.4 287.9 317.5 0.31 12 450 6596 -19.3 -37.5 18 18.2 -22.2 325 8 318.9 319.0 288.8 320.2 0.34 13 400 7460 -26.1 -33.1 52 7.0 -27.2 316 10 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.2 0.59 14 350 8409 -34.3 -42.7 42 8.4 -35.1 296 13 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.5 0.25 15 300 9472 -40.6 -55.5 19 14.9 -41.3 289 17 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.4 0.07 16 250 10694 -47.7 -59.3 25 11.6 -48.0 282 28 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 17 200 12139 -54.7 -63.5 33 8.8 -54.8 319 29 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 13978 -55.3 -79.7 3 24.4 -55.7 282 29 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16534 -59.0 -84.1 2 25.1 -59.3 294 11 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.28 m Freezing level: 670.72 mb = 3516.81 m = 11537.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.96 mb = 2740.04 m = 8989.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.51 mb = 2418.51 m = 7934.66 ft T: 7.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3119.44 m = 10234.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 2.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 3.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 17.85 C K Index: 18.33 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 59.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8251.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 743.53 mb = 2678.90 m = 8788.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 4.12 m/s