MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 172 SFC 969 442 22.7 11.2 48 11.6 15.5 121 4 298.5 300.1 289.9 323.7 8.62 2 950 616 21.5 8.6 43 12.9 13.8 127 7 299.0 300.4 289.0 320.8 7.39 3 900 1081 17.5 7.0 50 10.5 11.4 137 8 299.6 300.8 288.8 320.2 6.98 4 850 1566 12.9 5.9 63 7.0 8.9 144 7 299.7 300.9 288.8 320.0 6.88 5 800 2071 8.4 4.3 76 4.1 6.2 166 6 300.1 301.3 288.6 319.5 6.53 6 750 2601 4.0 2.1 87 1.9 3.0 195 7 300.9 302.0 288.3 318.7 5.95 7 700 3158 0.0 -3.3 78 3.3 -1.5 224 6 302.5 303.3 287.2 315.5 4.28 8 650 3749 -2.5 -12.1 48 9.6 -6.1 266 4 306.2 306.6 286.6 313.6 2.33 9 600 4380 -5.7 -23.3 24 17.6 -10.5 227 2 309.5 309.7 286.3 312.8 0.98 10 550 5057 -9.3 -32.2 14 22.8 -14.2 249 4 313.0 313.1 286.9 314.6 0.47 11 500 5788 -13.3 -45.5 5 32.2 -17.9 300 9 316.9 316.9 287.9 317.4 0.13 12 450 6582 -18.4 -40.7 12 22.3 -21.7 313 11 320.1 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.24 13 400 7449 -24.7 -42.0 18 17.3 -26.8 323 16 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.24 14 350 8404 -32.9 -44.5 30 11.6 -33.9 305 21 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.21 15 300 9469 -41.8 -48.9 46 7.1 -42.2 298 22 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.15 16 250 10677 -51.1 -56.1 55 5.1 -51.2 298 22 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.08 17 200 12112 -54.5 -65.7 24 11.2 -54.8 298 26 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 13942 -56.5 -78.8 4 22.2 -56.8 306 20 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.01 19 100 16516 -57.5 -84.3 2 26.8 -57.9 271 6 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.89 m Freezing level: 699.95 mb = 3158.68 m = 10362.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.66 mb = 2968.15 m = 9737.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.09 % Est. max temperature: 24.13 C = 75.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.01 mb = 1895.90 m = 6220.06 ft T: 9.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.96 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2467.48 m = 8095.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.92 C = 76.86 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.72 C Showalter Index: 3.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 28.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 94.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.21 mb = 2297.99 m = 7539.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 733.21 mb = 2783.84 m = 9133.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.21 mb = 3710.09 m = 12172.06 ft B at Equ Level: 13.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 593.21 mb = 4468.75 m = 14661.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 11.04 m/s