MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 184 SFC 973 426 26.4 11.5 39 14.9 16.9 113 4 301.9 303.6 291.2 328.0 8.77 2 950 631 22.9 9.6 43 13.3 14.8 120 5 300.5 301.9 289.9 323.9 7.93 3 900 1099 18.4 8.3 52 10.1 12.4 135 6 300.5 301.9 289.7 323.2 7.66 4 850 1585 13.8 7.2 64 6.6 9.9 152 5 300.6 302.0 289.6 322.8 7.51 5 800 2092 9.0 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 163 5 300.8 302.1 289.5 322.5 7.33 6 750 2623 4.3 3.9 97 0.4 4.1 173 5 301.3 302.5 289.2 321.4 6.75 7 700 3181 0.9 -4.4 68 5.3 -1.5 192 5 303.5 304.2 287.3 315.6 3.95 8 650 3774 -1.3 -18.8 25 17.5 -6.9 192 2 307.5 307.7 286.0 311.8 1.33 9 600 4408 -4.3 -28.2 14 23.9 -10.3 87 3 311.1 311.2 286.5 313.2 0.62 10 550 5088 -8.1 -28.3 18 20.2 -13.0 73 5 314.5 314.6 287.7 316.8 0.68 11 500 5820 -13.9 -25.6 36 11.7 -16.7 102 3 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.4 0.95 12 450 6612 -18.4 -43.7 9 25.2 -21.8 36 6 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.18 13 400 7480 -24.5 -45.4 13 20.9 -26.8 21 10 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.17 14 350 8438 -31.8 -49.1 16 17.3 -33.3 350 13 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.12 15 300 9507 -40.6 -52.8 26 12.2 -41.3 320 11 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.5 0.09 16 250 10722 -50.5 -55.8 53 5.3 -50.7 317 11 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.08 17 200 12143 -58.6 -61.6 68 3.0 -58.7 307 16 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 18 150 13957 -56.7 -79.9 4 23.2 -57.1 271 17 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16521 -58.0 -84.5 2 26.4 -58.4 235 6 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.24 m Freezing level: 679.12 mb = 3428.37 m = 11247.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.31 mb = 3028.24 m = 9935.04 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.49 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.27 mb = 2286.72 m = 7502.28 ft T: 7.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.17 mb = 2383.05 m = 7818.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.98 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: 0.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.08 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 29.56 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 100.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 776.82 mb = 2333.65 m = 7656.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.82 mb = 2493.99 m = 8182.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 641.82 mb = 3874.18 m = 12710.40 ft B at Equ Level: 35.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 541.82 mb = 5202.94 m = 17069.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 131.4 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 161.4 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -160.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 313.11 Bulk Shear: 0.12 m/s