MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F114.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 114 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 184 SFC 971 441 24.1 9.8 40 14.3 15.3 121 5 299.8 301.2 289.6 322.9 7.85 2 950 628 21.1 8.4 44 12.7 13.6 127 7 298.6 299.9 288.8 320.0 7.30 3 900 1092 16.5 7.3 55 9.1 11.2 135 9 298.5 299.8 288.6 319.5 7.15 4 850 1574 12.0 6.2 68 5.7 8.7 143 9 298.7 300.0 288.5 319.4 7.02 5 800 2079 7.7 4.3 79 3.5 5.8 157 8 299.4 300.6 288.3 318.6 6.50 6 750 2607 3.5 1.6 87 1.9 2.5 172 7 300.3 301.4 287.9 317.4 5.72 7 700 3163 -0.8 -2.6 87 1.8 -1.7 195 8 301.6 302.4 287.2 315.2 4.51 8 650 3754 -1.8 -18.3 27 16.4 -7.1 253 3 306.9 307.1 285.8 311.4 1.39 9 600 4386 -5.4 -24.2 21 18.8 -10.5 169 1 309.9 310.0 286.4 312.9 0.90 10 550 5064 -9.2 -32.2 14 23.0 -14.1 324 1 313.2 313.3 287.0 314.8 0.47 11 500 5794 -13.7 -42.2 7 28.6 -18.0 312 6 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.1 0.19 12 450 6586 -18.9 -43.9 9 25.0 -22.2 326 9 319.4 319.5 288.8 320.1 0.17 13 400 7452 -25.2 -43.1 17 17.9 -27.3 336 13 322.2 322.2 289.7 323.0 0.21 14 350 8407 -32.6 -44.9 28 12.3 -33.7 320 20 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.20 15 300 9473 -41.3 -50.4 37 9.1 -41.8 308 24 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.6 0.13 16 250 10683 -51.2 -55.2 62 4.0 -51.3 298 21 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.09 17 200 12113 -55.5 -64.5 31 9.1 -55.6 301 26 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.1 0.03 18 150 13943 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 307 20 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16516 -57.3 -84.3 2 26.9 -57.8 264 5 416.9 416.9 307.3 417.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.27 m Freezing level: 709.44 mb = 3058.05 m = 10032.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.18 mb = 2933.92 m = 9625.59 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.63 % Est. max temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.12 mb = 2221.83 m = 7289.36 ft T: 6.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.50 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.90 mb = 2381.96 m = 7814.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: 3.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 30.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 98.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.32 mb = 2230.18 m = 7316.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.32 mb = 2603.49 m = 8541.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 670.32 mb = 3508.66 m = 11511.21 ft B at Equ Level: 22.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 620.32 mb = 4123.24 m = 13527.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 174.9 at 5.6 knts Storm direction: 204.9 at 4.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -173.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.23 Bulk Shear: 3.68 m/s