MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F093.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F093.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 93 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 173 SFC 969 441 22.3 13.2 56 9.1 16.5 129 4 298.1 299.9 290.8 326.9 9.88 2 950 617 21.3 10.7 51 10.6 14.7 139 8 298.8 300.3 289.9 323.7 8.51 3 900 1082 17.2 9.0 59 8.1 12.3 150 6 299.2 300.6 289.6 322.8 8.05 4 850 1566 12.9 7.6 71 5.2 9.8 155 3 299.6 301.0 289.5 322.5 7.75 5 800 2072 8.4 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 173 1 300.1 301.5 289.2 321.5 7.23 6 750 2602 4.5 1.4 80 3.1 2.9 203 3 301.5 302.5 288.2 318.5 5.66 7 700 3160 0.6 -3.9 72 4.5 -1.4 229 3 303.2 303.9 287.3 315.7 4.10 8 650 3752 -2.2 -15.5 35 13.4 -6.8 277 6 306.5 306.8 286.1 312.1 1.75 9 600 4383 -5.8 -19.6 33 13.7 -10.0 285 7 309.4 309.6 286.7 313.8 1.35 10 550 5060 -9.6 -26.8 23 17.2 -13.7 281 5 312.7 312.9 287.2 315.4 0.78 11 500 5789 -14.4 -30.9 23 16.5 -17.8 304 4 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.58 12 450 6578 -20.2 -35.9 23 15.7 -22.7 327 4 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.40 13 400 7439 -26.8 -35.3 44 8.5 -28.0 332 3 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.9 0.47 14 350 8387 -34.4 -35.5 89 1.1 -34.5 325 6 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.3 0.53 15 300 9445 -43.2 -43.5 97 0.3 -43.2 304 5 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.27 16 250 10645 -52.1 -55.7 65 3.6 -52.2 255 10 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.08 17 200 12088 -51.8 -68.9 11 17.1 -52.1 304 15 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 13952 -53.3 -80.1 2 26.8 -53.7 295 18 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16530 -58.2 -84.2 2 26.0 -58.5 286 11 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.86 m Freezing level: 689.18 mb = 3288.46 m = 10788.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.55 mb = 2971.25 m = 9748.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.14 C = 75.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.62 mb = 1589.36 m = 5214.37 ft T: 12.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.45 mb = 2180.80 m = 7154.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 107.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.00 mb = 2009.41 m = 6592.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.00 mb = 2482.26 m = 8143.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.00 mb = 5185.77 m = 17013.49 ft B at Equ Level: 62.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.00 mb = 9422.56 m = 30913.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 4.4 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 3.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.57 Bulk Shear: 11.27 m/s