MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z SUN 31 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 191 SFC 971 440 11.9 7.0 72 4.9 9.2 82 2 287.4 288.6 283.7 305.7 6.47 2 950 622 13.8 5.9 59 7.9 9.5 98 5 291.2 292.3 284.8 308.8 6.13 3 900 1079 14.5 7.2 62 7.3 10.3 161 6 296.4 297.7 287.8 317.1 7.09 4 850 1560 11.5 5.8 68 5.6 8.3 205 6 298.1 299.4 288.2 318.2 6.83 5 800 2064 7.9 1.4 63 6.6 4.5 212 7 299.6 300.6 287.2 315.4 5.28 6 750 2593 5.0 -9.1 35 14.0 -0.8 224 6 302.0 302.4 285.2 309.9 2.56 7 700 3152 2.0 -19.3 19 21.3 -4.8 261 4 304.7 304.9 284.8 308.5 1.18 8 650 3745 -1.9 -17.0 31 15.1 -7.0 290 4 306.8 307.1 285.9 311.8 1.55 9 600 4377 -5.9 -20.9 29 15.0 -10.3 301 4 309.3 309.5 286.5 313.3 1.20 10 550 5053 -9.9 -27.5 22 17.6 -14.1 297 5 312.3 312.4 287.0 314.8 0.72 11 500 5780 -14.8 -32.5 20 17.8 -18.2 288 10 315.0 315.1 287.7 316.8 0.50 12 450 6569 -19.8 -39.8 15 20.0 -22.7 296 11 318.3 318.4 288.5 319.3 0.27 13 400 7433 -25.5 -47.8 11 22.2 -27.8 292 12 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.13 14 350 8386 -33.6 -48.4 21 14.8 -34.8 289 15 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.9 0.13 15 300 9446 -42.7 -43.0 96 0.3 -42.7 285 18 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.28 16 250 10650 -51.3 -55.0 65 3.7 -51.4 287 29 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.09 17 200 12091 -52.5 -68.2 13 15.7 -52.8 295 38 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 13947 -54.2 -79.8 3 25.6 -54.6 303 27 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16514 -58.9 -84.1 2 25.2 -59.2 313 15 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.81 m Freezing level: 674.90 mb = 3450.09 m = 11319.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.51 mb = 2511.38 m = 8239.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.08 % Est. max temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.72 mb = 1062.98 m = 3487.42 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.55 mb = 2940.25 m = 9646.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Cap Strength: 5.08 C Lifted Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 10.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 91.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10343.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.00 mb = 1797.98 m = 5898.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 14.42 m/s