MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 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 182 SFC 970 441 17.4 13.9 80 3.5 15.2 121 4 293.1 294.9 289.6 322.6 10.36 2 950 622 19.3 11.8 62 7.5 14.6 142 11 296.7 298.4 289.8 323.3 9.16 3 900 1086 16.6 9.0 61 7.6 12.0 146 11 298.6 300.1 289.4 322.2 8.03 4 850 1570 12.6 7.4 70 5.2 9.6 143 6 299.4 300.8 289.3 321.8 7.61 5 800 2075 8.5 5.3 80 3.2 6.7 104 2 300.2 301.5 289.0 320.9 6.99 6 750 2605 4.1 2.8 92 1.3 3.4 92 2 301.0 302.2 288.6 319.7 6.27 7 700 3163 0.5 -4.3 70 4.8 -1.6 188 1 303.1 303.8 287.2 315.2 3.98 8 650 3756 -1.7 -15.6 34 13.8 -6.5 315 4 307.0 307.3 286.2 312.6 1.75 9 600 4388 -5.5 -20.8 29 15.2 -10.1 331 5 309.7 309.9 286.6 313.7 1.22 10 550 5065 -9.5 -27.6 21 18.1 -13.9 335 5 312.8 312.9 287.2 315.2 0.72 11 500 5794 -14.4 -31.2 23 16.8 -17.8 340 5 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.5 0.57 12 450 6584 -20.0 -36.2 22 16.2 -22.6 350 6 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.38 13 400 7445 -26.5 -32.8 56 6.2 -27.5 4 7 320.5 320.6 289.6 322.7 0.61 14 350 8395 -34.2 -36.6 78 2.4 -34.4 13 11 322.7 322.8 290.1 324.4 0.47 15 300 9453 -43.3 -45.3 80 2.1 -43.4 26 9 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.22 16 250 10653 -51.9 -56.3 59 4.3 -52.0 335 6 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 17 200 12099 -51.5 -70.8 8 19.3 -51.8 324 16 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13959 -53.5 -80.3 2 26.8 -53.9 310 15 377.9 377.9 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16533 -58.4 -84.2 2 25.8 -58.7 298 11 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.71 m Freezing level: 688.47 mb = 3300.12 m = 10827.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.08 mb = 2979.65 m = 9775.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.14 C = 75.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.39 mb = 884.56 m = 2902.05 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.70 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2107.37 m = 6913.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.52 C = 76.13 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.76 C K Index: 29.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 105.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.05 mb = 1777.72 m = 5832.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.05 mb = 2560.92 m = 8401.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.05 mb = 3706.39 m = 12159.92 ft B at Equ Level: 39.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 464.05 mb = 6353.14 m = 20843.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 40.0 at 4.8 knts Storm direction: 70.0 at 3.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 8.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 18.79 m/s