MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 158 SFC 968 441 19.8 12.1 61 7.7 15.0 293 6 295.8 297.4 289.5 322.4 9.20 2 950 597 17.1 10.9 67 6.1 13.3 292 10 294.5 296.0 288.6 319.4 8.67 3 900 1055 12.6 9.4 81 3.2 10.7 290 13 294.5 296.0 288.2 318.3 8.25 4 850 1531 8.6 7.1 91 1.4 7.8 287 15 295.1 296.5 287.7 316.8 7.47 5 800 2030 5.4 1.2 74 4.2 3.3 285 19 296.9 297.9 286.1 312.3 5.21 6 750 2556 3.7 -11.6 32 15.3 -2.1 291 24 300.6 301.0 284.2 307.2 2.10 7 700 3114 2.5 -22.2 14 24.6 -5.0 299 26 305.2 305.4 284.7 308.3 0.92 8 650 3710 -0.5 -16.4 29 15.9 -6.0 300 26 308.4 308.7 286.6 313.6 1.63 9 600 4345 -3.7 -19.3 29 15.6 -8.7 300 27 311.8 312.1 287.6 316.4 1.39 10 550 5027 -7.4 -20.7 34 13.3 -11.4 298 31 315.3 315.5 288.6 319.8 1.33 11 500 5762 -12.3 -25.9 31 13.6 -15.7 298 34 318.1 318.2 289.1 321.3 0.92 12 450 6559 -17.6 -30.5 32 12.9 -20.3 298 40 321.1 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.67 13 400 7429 -24.1 -37.8 27 13.7 -26.1 295 46 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.37 14 350 8387 -32.3 -42.3 36 10.0 -33.3 295 49 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.26 15 300 9453 -41.4 -45.4 65 4.0 -41.6 298 51 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.22 16 250 10664 -51.1 -51.5 96 0.3 -51.1 304 58 330.0 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 17 200 12089 -56.3 -65.4 31 9.0 -56.5 300 55 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 13919 -55.5 -79.2 4 23.7 -55.8 293 38 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.5 0.01 19 100 16475 -58.4 -85.1 2 26.6 -58.7 296 20 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.70 m Freezing level: 658.94 mb = 3603.06 m = 11820.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.38 mb = 2347.93 m = 7703.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.08 % Est. max temperature: 20.34 C = 68.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.46 mb = 1409.97 m = 4625.83 ft T: 9.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.19 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.42 mb = 1497.88 m = 4914.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.16 C = 66.48 F Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lifted Index: 4.74 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.50 C Showalter Index: 5.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.41 C K Index: 3.36 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.72 mb = 1446.18 m = 4744.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.72 mb = 1592.33 m = 5224.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 773.72 mb = 2302.10 m = 7552.73 ft B at Equ Level: 8.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.72 mb = 2733.34 m = 8967.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 326.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 28.54 m/s