MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 4 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 111 SFC 964 424 15.5 10.9 74 4.7 12.7 158 4 291.8 293.3 287.4 315.9 8.49 2 950 548 17.5 9.7 60 7.8 12.9 188 12 294.9 296.3 288.1 317.9 7.96 3 900 1012 17.9 10.0 60 7.9 13.0 223 20 299.9 301.5 290.3 325.2 8.57 4 850 1498 14.2 9.5 73 4.7 11.3 235 22 301.0 302.6 290.9 327.0 8.79 5 800 2007 10.2 7.9 86 2.3 8.8 237 23 302.0 303.5 290.9 326.9 8.40 6 750 2541 6.8 4.5 85 2.3 5.5 240 23 304.0 305.3 290.3 325.3 7.08 7 700 3107 4.7 -1.6 64 6.3 1.5 250 18 307.7 308.6 289.6 322.7 4.86 8 650 3708 1.4 -5.7 59 7.1 -1.8 255 17 310.6 311.3 289.6 322.7 3.86 9 600 4347 -2.7 -10.6 54 7.9 -5.8 257 18 313.0 313.6 289.4 322.2 2.85 10 550 5032 -6.9 -15.0 52 8.1 -9.8 255 18 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.0 2.16 11 500 5770 -10.8 -23.4 35 12.6 -14.3 262 19 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.9 1.16 12 450 6573 -15.0 -33.7 19 18.7 -18.8 273 22 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.49 13 400 7452 -21.5 -38.0 21 16.5 -24.1 277 25 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.36 14 350 8419 -29.5 -44.6 22 15.0 -31.1 277 25 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.21 15 300 9499 -38.6 -45.7 47 7.1 -39.1 293 25 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.21 16 250 10721 -49.7 -51.6 81 1.8 -49.8 300 31 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.13 17 200 12143 -59.3 -63.6 57 4.4 -59.3 299 33 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 18 150 13943 -58.2 -78.0 6 19.8 -58.4 255 36 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.01 19 100 16490 -59.9 -84.0 3 24.2 -60.2 229 32 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.18 m Freezing level: 632.46 mb = 3932.06 m = 12900.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.10 mb = 3376.36 m = 11077.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.49 mb = 1025.90 m = 3365.78 ft T: 17.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 4.26 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.32 mb = 2504.80 m = 8217.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 28.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7064.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.99 mb = 1810.09 m = 5938.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -1.8 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 24.44 m/s