MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-80.26 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -80.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 967 441 22.2 6.3 36 15.9 13.1 282 6 298.2 299.3 287.6 316.5 6.21 2 950 593 20.3 4.5 35 15.9 11.5 281 10 297.8 298.8 286.8 314.2 5.54 3 900 1056 15.8 3.3 43 12.5 9.0 275 11 297.8 298.8 286.6 313.7 5.39 4 850 1537 11.2 2.5 55 8.7 6.6 269 11 297.9 298.8 286.6 313.8 5.38 5 800 2039 6.4 1.5 71 4.8 3.9 264 11 297.9 298.9 286.6 313.8 5.35 6 750 2563 1.5 0.1 90 1.4 0.8 259 12 298.2 299.1 286.5 313.4 5.14 7 700 3115 -2.5 -4.1 89 1.6 -3.2 270 13 299.7 300.5 286.0 311.9 4.02 8 650 3703 -3.0 -14.0 42 11.0 -6.8 281 17 305.6 306.0 286.0 312.0 1.99 9 600 4333 -5.9 -15.2 48 9.3 -9.1 277 20 309.3 309.7 287.3 315.6 1.96 10 550 5009 -10.1 -18.3 51 8.2 -12.6 278 23 312.1 312.4 287.9 317.5 1.64 11 500 5737 -14.8 -24.2 45 9.3 -17.1 278 22 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.6 1.08 12 450 6526 -20.3 -31.8 35 11.6 -22.4 271 24 317.8 317.9 288.7 319.9 0.59 13 400 7387 -26.8 -32.7 57 6.0 -27.7 269 28 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.61 14 350 8335 -34.8 -36.4 85 1.6 -35.0 264 30 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.48 15 300 9391 -43.3 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 267 31 324.3 324.4 290.4 325.3 0.28 16 250 10592 -51.2 -54.8 65 3.6 -51.3 273 39 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 17 200 12036 -53.1 -64.8 23 11.7 -53.4 277 51 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 13882 -54.5 -80.4 3 25.9 -54.9 285 42 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16464 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 277 24 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.18 m Freezing level: 731.25 mb = 2770.43 m = 9089.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.19 mb = 2668.76 m = 8755.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.74 % Est. max temperature: 21.92 C = 71.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.98 mb = 2413.30 m = 7917.54 ft T: 2.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.71 C/km ThetaE index: 2.80 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.99 mb = 2649.34 m = 8691.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.43 C = 72.37 F Cap Strength: 4.39 C Lifted Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 74.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.21 mb = 2582.63 m = 8473.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.21 mb = 2854.47 m = 9364.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.21 mb = 3192.64 m = 10474.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.21 mb = 3307.81 m = 10852.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.5 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 304.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 6.40 m/s