MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.86,-80.44 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -80.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 980 335 7.4 5.7 89 1.7 6.5 308 2 282.1 283.2 280.6 298.3 5.86 2 950 593 10.7 5.8 72 4.9 8.1 346 5 288.1 289.2 283.5 305.4 6.11 3 900 1043 8.5 4.7 77 3.8 6.5 353 6 290.2 291.3 284.3 307.3 5.96 4 850 1513 5.7 -0.5 64 6.2 2.8 319 6 292.1 292.9 283.3 304.8 4.33 5 800 2008 5.4 -16.9 18 22.3 -2.0 310 13 296.9 297.1 281.7 300.9 1.27 6 750 2533 3.8 -10.7 34 14.5 -1.9 306 18 300.7 301.1 284.4 307.7 2.26 7 700 3091 1.1 -11.8 38 12.9 -3.8 302 22 303.7 304.1 285.5 310.6 2.21 8 650 3683 -1.9 -18.5 27 16.6 -7.2 305 24 306.8 307.1 285.8 311.3 1.36 9 600 4315 -5.9 -16.3 43 10.4 -9.4 307 25 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.1 1.78 10 550 4991 -9.4 -26.4 24 16.9 -13.6 310 27 312.9 313.0 287.3 315.6 0.81 11 500 5721 -13.7 -31.1 22 17.4 -17.3 308 29 316.3 316.4 288.2 318.3 0.57 12 450 6514 -18.5 -37.9 16 19.4 -21.6 310 35 320.0 320.1 289.1 321.2 0.32 13 400 7380 -25.6 -41.4 21 15.8 -27.5 311 38 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.6 0.25 14 350 8332 -33.5 -48.1 22 14.7 -34.6 306 42 323.6 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.14 15 300 9394 -42.1 -54.1 26 12.0 -42.7 302 44 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.3 0.08 16 250 10603 -51.2 -58.9 39 7.7 -51.4 304 45 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.05 17 200 12032 -54.4 -65.7 24 11.3 -54.6 301 50 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 13886 -54.3 -78.9 3 24.6 -54.7 301 41 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.01 19 100 16456 -58.3 -84.8 2 26.6 -58.6 313 21 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5554.60 m Freezing level: 682.00 mb = 3304.06 m = 10839.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 821.14 mb = 1794.85 m = 5888.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.85 % Est. max temperature: 19.15 C = 66.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.25 mb = 547.00 m = 1794.61 ft T: 10.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.39 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.98 mb = 3079.50 m = 10103.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lifted Index: 11.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.66 C Showalter Index: 11.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.44 C Cross Totals Index: 13.23 C K Index: 6.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13517.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.49 mb = 1288.43 m = 4227.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.2 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 339.2 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.4 neg: -5.7 tot: 33.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.83 Bulk Shear: 34.41 m/s