MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 29 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 161 SFC 967 440 11.6 10.8 95 0.8 11.1 230 3 287.5 288.9 285.7 311.0 8.41 2 950 593 13.0 10.8 86 2.2 11.7 253 8 290.3 291.8 286.9 314.6 8.56 3 900 1047 11.0 9.5 91 1.4 10.1 278 13 292.8 294.3 287.6 316.6 8.32 4 850 1523 8.7 7.8 94 1.0 8.2 286 19 295.3 296.7 288.1 317.9 7.81 5 800 2023 6.1 4.8 91 1.3 5.4 290 22 297.7 298.9 287.9 317.5 6.76 6 750 2550 3.0 1.0 87 2.0 2.0 295 23 299.8 300.8 287.5 316.2 5.49 7 700 3106 -0.1 -4.2 74 4.1 -2.0 303 24 302.3 303.1 286.9 314.5 4.00 8 650 3696 -2.7 -8.3 66 5.5 -5.0 310 26 305.9 306.5 287.3 315.7 3.15 9 600 4327 -5.9 -14.8 49 9.0 -8.9 313 27 309.3 309.7 287.3 315.8 2.02 10 550 5004 -9.6 -29.1 19 19.5 -14.0 314 26 312.7 312.8 287.1 314.9 0.62 11 500 5733 -14.1 -36.1 14 22.0 -18.0 317 27 315.9 315.9 287.8 317.1 0.35 12 450 6524 -19.4 -40.4 14 21.0 -22.5 322 30 318.8 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.25 13 400 7387 -26.1 -43.5 18 17.3 -28.1 325 32 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.8 0.20 14 350 8337 -34.3 -45.0 33 10.7 -35.3 324 34 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.2 0.20 15 300 9394 -43.6 -49.1 55 5.4 -43.9 323 36 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.15 16 250 10593 -52.4 -56.1 64 3.7 -52.5 316 37 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 17 200 12030 -52.1 -69.1 11 16.9 -52.5 313 42 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13886 -54.3 -79.3 3 25.0 -54.6 299 40 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16467 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 300 19 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5571.70 m Freezing level: 702.10 mb = 3082.31 m = 10112.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.12 mb = 2821.48 m = 9256.72 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.94 % Est. max temperature: 20.89 C = 69.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.30 mb = 546.49 m = 1792.93 ft T: 12.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.80 mb = 1524.78 m = 5002.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.38 C = 66.88 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.37 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 26.52 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9556.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.41 mb = 1098.94 m = 3605.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.4 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 335.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 42.12 m/s