MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508270600F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 5 SEP 25 Station: 40.95,-80.70 Latitude: 40.95 Longitude: -80.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 972 335 21.3 18.6 85 2.7 19.5 233 7 296.9 299.4 293.7 337.4 14.01 2 950 531 25.0 16.1 58 8.9 18.9 239 21 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.6 12.19 3 900 1004 21.5 14.9 66 6.6 17.1 248 28 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.2 11.95 4 850 1497 17.3 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 249 31 304.2 306.4 294.0 338.8 11.61 5 800 2012 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 248 34 305.3 307.3 293.8 337.9 10.85 6 750 2553 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.1 254 36 307.6 309.3 293.2 335.7 9.28 7 700 3125 6.9 4.4 84 2.5 5.4 261 38 310.1 311.5 292.6 333.1 7.49 8 650 3730 2.9 -0.2 80 3.1 1.3 267 36 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.4 5.81 9 600 4374 -1.3 -3.8 83 2.5 -2.6 269 35 314.6 315.5 291.7 329.8 4.81 10 550 5063 -5.1 -6.6 89 1.6 -5.8 273 32 318.1 318.9 292.2 331.8 4.24 11 500 5807 -9.1 -10.2 91 1.1 -9.6 274 33 321.9 322.6 292.7 333.6 3.51 12 450 6615 -14.1 -14.8 94 0.7 -14.4 276 35 325.5 326.0 293.0 334.6 2.69 13 400 7499 -20.1 -20.2 99 0.1 -20.2 275 37 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.5 1.92 14 350 8474 -27.4 -27.6 98 0.2 -27.5 275 35 331.8 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.13 15 300 9563 -36.3 -36.4 99 0.1 -36.2 276 36 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.4 0.57 16 250 10799 -46.9 -47.1 98 0.2 -46.9 281 42 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.22 17 200 12237 -58.9 -59.5 93 0.6 -58.9 302 53 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 18 150 14007 -63.5 -72.2 30 8.7 -63.6 274 43 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16530 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 254 24 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.94 m Freezing level: 615.95 mb = 4168.59 m = 13676.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.59 mb = 3935.93 m = 12912.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.87 mb = 680.66 m = 2233.12 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.40 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1982.82 m = 6505.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.30 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.60 mb = 1662.22 m = 5453.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.60 mb = 2679.99 m = 8792.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.60 mb = 11663.95 m = 38267.10 ft B at Equ Level: 527.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.60 mb = 14065.46 m = 46145.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 199.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 15.51 Bulk Shear: 34.03 m/s