MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.66,-80.04 Latitude: 40.66 Longitude: -80.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 978 341 12.9 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 254 3 287.9 289.5 286.6 313.5 9.13 2 950 585 12.7 12.1 96 0.6 12.4 287 13 290.1 291.8 287.6 316.6 9.40 3 900 1039 11.3 10.8 97 0.5 11.0 300 17 293.1 294.7 288.4 319.0 9.04 4 850 1515 8.5 8.1 98 0.3 8.3 295 17 295.0 296.5 288.2 318.2 8.02 5 800 2014 5.9 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 289 19 297.4 298.7 287.9 317.5 6.86 6 750 2541 3.1 1.4 88 1.7 2.2 286 22 300.0 301.0 287.7 316.9 5.66 7 700 3097 0.1 -2.7 82 2.7 -1.2 285 24 302.6 303.4 287.5 316.2 4.49 8 650 3688 -3.1 -7.9 69 4.8 -5.1 286 26 305.5 306.1 287.3 315.6 3.24 9 600 4318 -5.6 -28.4 15 22.8 -11.1 300 29 309.6 309.7 285.9 311.7 0.61 10 550 4995 -9.6 -37.6 8 28.1 -14.7 309 30 312.7 312.8 286.6 313.7 0.27 11 500 5724 -14.3 -41.0 8 26.7 -18.4 311 31 315.7 315.7 287.6 316.4 0.21 12 450 6514 -19.6 -36.6 21 16.9 -22.4 310 32 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.37 13 400 7377 -26.3 -38.3 31 12.0 -27.9 307 33 320.8 320.9 289.4 322.1 0.35 14 350 8326 -34.4 -39.8 58 5.4 -35.0 309 36 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.34 15 300 9382 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.3 -44.1 310 35 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.2 0.16 16 250 10582 -51.6 -55.6 62 4.0 -51.8 312 40 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 17 200 12017 -54.2 -66.7 20 12.5 -54.4 316 51 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 13866 -54.6 -79.4 3 24.8 -55.0 308 37 375.9 375.9 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16452 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.2 314 21 422.2 422.2 308.0 422.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.67 m Freezing level: 699.05 mb = 3108.63 m = 10198.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.51 mb = 2898.04 m = 9507.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.41 % Est. max temperature: 21.05 C = 69.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.46 mb = 439.82 m = 1442.97 ft T: 12.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 7.28 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1127.79 m = 3700.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.46 C = 65.23 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.40 C K Index: 28.18 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8238.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.72 mb = 865.83 m = 2840.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.2 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 328.2 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 67.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 22.55 m/s