MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 2 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 173 SFC 969 441 18.2 11.1 63 7.1 13.8 120 4 293.9 295.5 288.2 318.5 8.56 2 950 614 20.5 8.9 47 11.7 13.6 142 12 298.0 299.4 288.8 320.1 7.53 3 900 1079 17.4 6.8 50 10.5 11.3 146 14 299.4 300.7 288.7 319.9 6.92 4 850 1563 13.1 5.5 60 7.6 8.8 137 10 299.9 301.1 288.6 319.6 6.67 5 800 2069 8.6 4.0 73 4.6 6.1 134 6 300.4 301.5 288.5 319.4 6.40 6 750 2599 4.1 1.8 85 2.3 2.9 168 2 301.0 302.0 288.2 318.3 5.80 7 700 3156 -0.0 -2.2 85 2.1 -1.0 246 4 302.5 303.3 287.6 316.6 4.67 8 650 3747 -2.7 -11.3 52 8.6 -6.0 273 7 305.9 306.3 286.6 313.7 2.48 9 600 4378 -5.7 -19.1 34 13.4 -9.8 274 6 309.6 309.8 286.8 314.2 1.41 10 550 5056 -8.5 -36.6 8 28.1 -14.0 289 9 314.0 314.0 287.1 315.0 0.30 11 500 5788 -12.9 -44.8 5 31.9 -17.6 308 11 317.3 317.3 288.1 317.8 0.14 12 450 6583 -18.4 -40.0 13 21.6 -21.7 307 11 320.1 320.1 289.0 321.0 0.26 13 400 7450 -24.9 -41.3 20 16.4 -27.0 315 14 322.6 322.6 289.8 323.6 0.26 14 350 8405 -32.9 -45.5 27 12.6 -34.0 303 19 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.19 15 300 9468 -41.8 -49.6 42 7.8 -42.3 304 20 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.14 16 250 10680 -50.0 -57.5 41 7.5 -50.3 308 34 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.06 17 200 12116 -55.1 -66.2 24 11.1 -55.3 298 30 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 13944 -57.0 -78.1 5 21.1 -57.3 292 21 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16515 -56.9 -84.5 2 27.6 -57.3 248 8 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5615.12 m Freezing level: 700.11 mb = 3155.08 m = 10351.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.28 mb = 3004.55 m = 9857.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.36 C = 75.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.01 mb = 1346.56 m = 4417.78 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 6.41 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2480.24 m = 8137.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.38 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 96.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.09 mb = 2202.84 m = 7227.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.09 mb = 3018.09 m = 9901.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 672.09 mb = 3480.61 m = 11419.18 ft B at Equ Level: 17.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 602.09 mb = 4350.41 m = 14272.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 276.8 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -17.2 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 30.80 m/s