MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 11.2 10.8 97 0.4 11.0 206 3 287.1 288.6 285.5 310.7 8.45 2 950 591 11.8 10.8 94 1.0 11.2 237 8 289.1 290.6 286.5 313.3 8.59 3 900 1044 10.7 10.0 96 0.7 10.3 281 12 292.5 294.0 287.8 317.1 8.59 4 850 1519 8.1 8.0 99 0.1 8.0 295 16 294.6 296.0 287.9 317.5 7.94 5 800 2019 5.8 4.8 93 1.1 5.2 295 20 297.3 298.6 287.8 317.1 6.73 6 750 2545 3.3 -0.6 76 3.8 1.4 298 24 300.1 301.0 287.0 314.8 4.90 7 700 3102 0.4 -5.0 67 5.4 -2.0 300 27 303.0 303.7 286.9 314.5 3.77 8 650 3694 -1.5 -22.4 18 21.0 -7.6 302 29 307.3 307.5 285.5 310.5 0.97 9 600 4328 -4.4 -30.9 11 26.5 -10.6 314 29 311.0 311.1 286.3 312.7 0.48 10 550 5007 -8.9 -31.9 14 23.0 -13.9 318 31 313.5 313.6 287.1 315.2 0.48 11 500 5738 -13.4 -32.2 19 18.8 -17.2 314 34 316.7 316.8 288.3 318.5 0.51 12 450 6530 -19.6 -28.5 45 8.9 -21.5 311 34 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.4 0.81 13 400 7392 -26.5 -30.4 69 3.9 -27.2 305 33 320.6 320.7 289.8 323.3 0.76 14 350 8341 -34.5 -36.9 79 2.4 -34.7 306 33 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.0 0.46 15 300 9398 -43.2 -47.6 62 4.4 -43.5 311 38 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 16 250 10605 -50.3 -56.6 47 6.3 -50.5 324 55 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.07 17 200 12043 -54.1 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.4 319 54 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 13889 -55.5 -78.9 4 23.4 -55.8 308 44 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.01 19 100 16459 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 296 18 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5577.03 m Freezing level: 688.25 mb = 3241.14 m = 10633.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.02 mb = 2774.17 m = 9101.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.87 % Est. max temperature: 20.42 C = 68.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.69 mb = 488.55 m = 1602.83 ft T: 11.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.78 mb = 1270.83 m = 4169.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.59 C = 63.66 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 5.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 4.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 24.04 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9275.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.47 mb = 984.18 m = 3228.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 335.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 61.57 m/s