MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F216.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270000F216.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 day GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 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 76 SFC 960 425 18.5 18.0 97 0.5 18.1 187 4 295.0 297.5 292.8 334.1 13.62 2 950 516 20.0 17.3 85 2.7 18.2 203 12 297.5 299.9 293.2 335.7 13.21 3 900 983 18.8 14.7 77 4.1 16.1 215 25 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.77 4 850 1472 15.9 12.3 79 3.6 13.6 228 32 302.8 304.7 292.9 334.3 10.62 5 800 1985 12.5 9.7 83 2.8 10.7 237 36 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.8 9.48 6 750 2525 9.0 7.0 87 2.1 7.8 247 37 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.7 8.38 7 700 3094 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.8 252 36 308.9 310.2 292.0 331.2 7.30 8 650 3697 2.1 0.1 87 2.0 1.1 260 38 311.4 312.5 291.7 329.9 5.95 9 600 4340 -1.2 -6.1 69 4.9 -3.4 261 40 314.8 315.5 291.0 327.7 4.04 10 550 5029 -5.0 -11.9 58 6.9 -7.8 256 43 318.1 318.7 290.9 327.3 2.79 11 500 5773 -9.0 -14.8 63 5.8 -11.2 255 44 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.2 2.42 12 450 6581 -13.9 -16.9 78 3.0 -15.0 258 44 325.7 326.2 292.6 333.4 2.26 13 400 7465 -19.9 -21.5 87 1.6 -20.3 254 44 329.2 329.5 293.1 335.2 1.71 14 350 8441 -27.4 -28.8 88 1.3 -27.7 251 44 331.8 332.0 293.2 335.4 1.02 15 300 9530 -36.7 -37.2 95 0.5 -36.7 253 47 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.7 0.52 16 250 10764 -47.1 -48.1 89 1.0 -47.1 255 48 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.8 0.20 17 200 12202 -58.6 -61.5 69 2.9 -58.6 263 46 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 18 150 13986 -60.3 -76.8 10 16.5 -60.4 253 46 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16521 -60.4 -84.2 3 23.8 -60.7 243 36 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.04 m Freezing level: 617.92 mb = 4109.54 m = 13482.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.09 mb = 3845.65 m = 12616.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.12 mb = 488.07 m = 1601.25 ft T: 19.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 8.38 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1811.56 m = 5943.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.54 mb = 1327.18 m = 4354.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.54 mb = 2640.39 m = 8662.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.54 mb = 6588.57 m = 21615.77 ft B at Equ Level: 97.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.54 mb = 11314.05 m = 37119.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 315.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 105.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 1.03 Bulk Shear: 94.52 m/s