MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F144.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F144.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 177 SFC 972 425 19.1 11.8 63 7.2 14.6 128 4 294.6 296.2 288.9 320.5 8.99 2 950 619 21.6 9.8 47 11.8 14.4 145 12 299.1 300.5 289.6 322.6 8.01 3 900 1086 18.4 7.8 50 10.6 12.1 145 13 300.4 301.8 289.5 322.3 7.37 4 850 1572 14.3 6.1 58 8.2 9.6 123 9 301.1 302.4 289.3 321.8 6.96 5 800 2081 10.0 4.0 66 6.0 6.7 89 6 301.8 303.0 289.0 321.0 6.40 6 750 2613 5.5 1.6 76 3.9 3.4 1 2 302.5 303.6 288.6 319.8 5.72 7 700 3173 1.3 -1.3 83 2.6 0.0 271 3 303.9 304.8 288.4 319.0 4.97 8 650 3766 -2.4 -8.8 61 6.4 -5.0 214 4 306.3 306.8 287.3 315.7 3.02 9 600 4400 -3.5 -28.9 12 25.3 -9.9 124 2 312.0 312.1 286.8 314.1 0.59 10 550 5082 -7.6 -26.5 20 18.9 -12.5 74 4 315.1 315.3 288.1 317.9 0.80 11 500 5816 -13.0 -30.1 22 17.1 -16.7 67 4 317.2 317.3 288.5 319.4 0.63 12 450 6612 -17.6 -43.6 8 26.0 -21.2 22 7 321.1 321.2 289.3 321.8 0.18 13 400 7481 -24.1 -44.7 13 20.5 -26.5 1 9 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.18 14 350 8440 -31.8 -46.4 22 14.5 -33.1 331 12 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.5 0.17 15 300 9510 -39.9 -49.6 35 9.7 -40.5 322 20 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.14 16 250 10727 -50.3 -55.8 52 5.5 -50.5 314 29 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 17 200 12149 -58.9 -62.2 65 3.3 -59.0 295 17 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 13959 -56.6 -79.8 4 23.2 -56.9 275 18 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16521 -58.1 -84.5 2 26.4 -58.5 256 8 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.70 m Freezing level: 682.54 mb = 3380.04 m = 11089.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.80 mb = 3175.36 m = 10417.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.59 mb = 1349.05 m = 4425.96 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.10 mb = 2568.20 m = 8425.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 2.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 30.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.51 mb = 2210.47 m = 7252.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 702.51 mb = 3144.07 m = 10315.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.51 mb = 3857.64 m = 12656.14 ft B at Equ Level: 20.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.51 mb = 4367.09 m = 14327.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 114.2 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 144.2 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -37.4 tot: -33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 5.99 m/s