MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 198 SFC 972 441 15.4 10.0 70 5.5 12.2 106 3 290.9 292.3 286.5 313.5 7.92 2 950 635 16.7 8.1 57 8.6 11.7 132 9 294.1 295.4 287.0 314.8 7.15 3 900 1095 15.3 6.6 56 8.7 10.3 149 9 297.3 298.5 287.8 317.2 6.82 4 850 1577 11.9 5.2 64 6.7 8.2 142 5 298.6 299.8 288.1 317.9 6.54 5 800 2081 7.5 3.6 76 3.9 5.4 110 5 299.2 300.3 287.9 317.6 6.21 6 750 2608 2.8 2.0 94 0.9 2.4 118 6 299.6 300.7 287.8 317.1 5.88 7 700 3164 -1.6 -1.8 98 0.2 -1.7 151 6 300.8 301.6 287.1 315.2 4.79 8 650 3754 -2.2 -17.4 30 15.2 -7.2 186 1 306.5 306.8 285.8 311.3 1.50 9 600 4385 -5.7 -23.0 24 17.3 -10.5 357 1 309.6 309.7 286.4 312.9 1.00 10 550 5062 -9.3 -30.8 16 21.5 -14.0 333 3 313.1 313.2 287.1 315.0 0.53 11 500 5793 -13.8 -35.2 15 21.4 -17.7 346 7 316.2 316.3 287.9 317.6 0.38 12 450 6584 -19.5 -41.8 12 22.3 -22.5 352 10 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.22 13 400 7448 -25.7 -43.2 18 17.5 -27.7 351 14 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.21 14 350 8401 -32.6 -49.5 17 16.9 -33.9 2 20 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 15 300 9468 -40.7 -50.0 36 9.2 -41.3 1 29 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.5 0.13 16 250 10683 -50.2 -56.1 50 5.9 -50.4 350 33 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12113 -56.5 -62.2 49 5.7 -56.6 339 24 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 13941 -54.9 -80.9 3 26.0 -55.2 323 18 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16516 -58.1 -84.2 2 26.1 -58.5 286 9 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.19 m Freezing level: 717.80 mb = 2966.07 m = 9731.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.77 mb = 2928.45 m = 9607.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.42 mb = 1137.91 m = 3733.27 ft T: 14.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.61 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.90 mb = 2383.71 m = 7820.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 30.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 80.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.88 mb = 1927.53 m = 6323.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.88 mb = 3051.00 m = 10009.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.88 mb = 3279.84 m = 10760.50 ft B at Equ Level: 19.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 649.88 mb = 3755.65 m = 12321.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.1 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 138.1 at 3.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.65 Bulk Shear: 2.11 m/s