MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 1 SEP 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 202 SFC 974 424 14.0 10.5 79 3.5 11.9 110 3 289.3 290.7 286.2 312.4 8.19 2 950 637 16.6 9.1 61 7.5 12.2 141 8 294.0 295.4 287.5 316.1 7.67 3 900 1098 15.8 8.8 63 7.0 11.6 183 9 297.8 299.2 289.0 320.9 7.93 4 850 1581 12.3 7.3 72 5.0 9.4 199 5 299.0 300.4 289.2 321.3 7.58 5 800 2086 8.4 4.8 78 3.7 6.4 137 5 300.1 301.4 288.8 320.1 6.73 6 750 2616 4.4 0.2 74 4.2 2.3 147 6 301.4 302.3 287.7 316.9 5.17 7 700 3175 1.6 -13.0 33 14.6 -3.8 171 4 304.3 304.6 285.5 310.6 2.01 8 650 3768 -1.2 -19.4 24 18.2 -7.0 220 2 307.6 307.8 285.9 311.7 1.26 9 600 4402 -4.4 -28.4 13 24.0 -10.4 41 2 311.0 311.1 286.4 313.1 0.61 10 550 5082 -8.1 -29.7 16 21.7 -13.1 54 5 314.5 314.6 287.6 316.6 0.59 11 500 5814 -13.9 -26.1 35 12.2 -16.9 53 5 316.1 316.2 288.5 319.2 0.91 12 450 6606 -18.6 -46.4 7 27.8 -22.1 43 11 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.13 13 400 7474 -24.6 -47.0 11 22.4 -27.0 31 17 323.0 323.1 289.8 323.6 0.14 14 350 8431 -31.7 -51.5 12 19.7 -33.2 9 19 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.10 15 300 9501 -40.6 -54.1 22 13.5 -41.3 1 23 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 16 250 10714 -50.7 -58.2 40 7.5 -51.0 16 19 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.06 17 200 12140 -57.5 -62.0 56 4.5 -57.6 327 14 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 13956 -55.8 -79.9 3 24.1 -56.2 293 13 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16522 -58.2 -84.3 2 26.1 -58.6 262 4 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.59 m Freezing level: 671.62 mb = 3511.73 m = 11521.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.24 mb = 2821.34 m = 9256.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.20 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.95 mb = 874.25 m = 2868.23 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 10.68 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2344.93 m = 7693.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: 1.75 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 18.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8511.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.71 mb = 1722.29 m = 5650.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 125.7 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 155.7 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -1.5 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.04 Bulk Shear: 1.25 m/s