MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F141.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 141 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 176 SFC 972 426 23.3 12.6 51 10.6 16.5 123 5 298.9 300.6 290.7 326.7 9.50 2 950 621 22.4 10.1 45 12.4 14.8 132 11 299.9 301.4 290.0 324.0 8.17 3 900 1088 18.5 8.2 51 10.3 12.4 136 10 300.6 302.0 289.7 323.2 7.61 4 850 1575 14.2 6.8 61 7.4 9.9 132 6 301.0 302.4 289.6 322.8 7.33 5 800 2083 9.7 5.3 74 4.4 7.2 133 3 301.5 302.8 289.5 322.3 6.98 6 750 2615 5.1 3.6 90 1.5 4.3 259 1 302.1 303.4 289.3 322.0 6.63 7 700 3175 1.0 0.6 97 0.4 0.8 260 3 303.6 304.7 289.0 320.9 5.71 8 650 3767 -1.8 -8.3 61 6.5 -4.5 237 3 307.0 307.6 287.7 316.8 3.15 9 600 4401 -4.3 -27.5 14 23.2 -10.2 113 4 311.2 311.3 286.5 313.4 0.66 10 550 5081 -8.0 -27.9 18 20.0 -12.9 85 5 314.6 314.8 287.8 317.1 0.70 11 500 5814 -13.4 -27.5 30 14.1 -16.7 86 3 316.7 316.8 288.6 319.5 0.80 12 450 6608 -17.8 -45.6 7 27.8 -21.4 20 7 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.4 0.14 13 400 7478 -24.3 -45.1 13 20.8 -26.7 352 8 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.17 14 350 8436 -31.8 -48.1 18 16.3 -33.2 344 12 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 15 300 9505 -40.4 -49.1 39 8.7 -40.9 316 17 328.4 328.4 291.4 329.0 0.15 16 250 10721 -50.3 -54.5 60 4.3 -50.4 310 21 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 17 200 12144 -58.3 -62.0 62 3.7 -58.4 297 16 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.05 18 150 13956 -56.6 -79.8 4 23.1 -56.9 273 17 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16524 -57.8 -84.5 2 26.8 -58.2 247 7 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.37 m Freezing level: 681.55 mb = 3393.46 m = 11133.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.59 mb = 3259.82 m = 10694.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.14 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.87 mb = 1765.48 m = 5792.20 ft T: 12.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 13.23 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.04 mb = 2451.20 m = 8041.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: 0.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 1.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.94 mb = 2250.02 m = 7381.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.94 mb = 2735.46 m = 8974.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.94 mb = 4028.09 m = 13215.37 ft B at Equ Level: 29.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 558.94 mb = 4955.26 m = 16257.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 121.9 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 151.9 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -153.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 0.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.05 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s