MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 178 SFC 970 442 24.6 11.7 44 12.9 16.5 21 0 300.4 302.0 290.8 326.8 8.95 2 950 623 21.1 9.7 48 11.4 14.2 102 1 298.6 300.1 289.3 322.0 7.96 3 900 1087 16.5 8.5 59 8.0 11.7 136 2 298.5 299.9 289.1 321.3 7.75 4 850 1570 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.3 147 3 298.6 300.0 289.0 321.0 7.60 5 800 2074 7.6 5.1 84 2.5 6.2 174 4 299.2 300.5 288.6 319.6 6.89 6 750 2603 4.6 -3.3 57 7.9 0.9 204 7 301.6 302.3 286.6 313.7 4.00 7 700 3162 1.6 -14.2 30 15.8 -4.1 215 7 304.2 304.6 285.3 310.0 1.82 8 650 3754 -2.1 -15.4 35 13.4 -6.7 242 6 306.6 307.0 286.1 312.3 1.77 9 600 4385 -6.0 -19.4 34 13.4 -10.1 255 6 309.2 309.5 286.6 313.7 1.37 10 550 5061 -10.1 -25.3 28 15.2 -13.9 255 4 312.1 312.2 287.1 315.1 0.89 11 500 5789 -14.7 -29.8 26 15.1 -17.9 310 3 315.1 315.2 287.9 317.3 0.64 12 450 6577 -20.3 -35.0 26 14.7 -22.7 328 5 317.7 317.8 288.5 319.2 0.43 13 400 7438 -26.7 -40.7 25 14.0 -28.3 309 6 320.3 320.4 289.2 321.3 0.27 14 350 8387 -34.4 -37.3 75 2.9 -34.7 273 9 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.44 15 300 9445 -43.2 -44.3 89 1.0 -43.3 265 12 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.25 16 250 10645 -52.1 -55.6 66 3.5 -52.2 257 21 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.08 17 200 12087 -52.1 -68.4 12 16.2 -52.5 283 21 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 13950 -53.1 -80.1 2 27.0 -53.6 294 18 378.6 378.6 302.0 378.6 0.00 19 100 16527 -58.5 -84.2 2 25.7 -58.8 271 9 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.39 m Freezing level: 678.24 mb = 3419.59 m = 11219.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.98 mb = 2700.99 m = 8861.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.81 % Est. max temperature: 23.26 C = 73.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.48 mb = 2048.01 m = 6719.13 ft T: 7.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2202.87 m = 7227.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: 0.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 22.12 C K Index: 18.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.59 mb = 2077.89 m = 6817.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.59 mb = 4068.75 m = 13348.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 594.59 mb = 4455.76 m = 14618.47 ft B at Equ Level: 5.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 524.59 mb = 5422.16 m = 17789.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 14.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.75 Bulk Shear: 3.15 m/s