MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F156.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F156.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6.5 day GFS valid 12Z WED 3 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 117 SFC 963 440 15.2 9.0 66 6.2 11.6 115 4 291.5 292.9 286.4 312.9 7.50 2 950 553 16.4 8.2 58 8.2 11.7 137 9 293.8 295.1 286.9 314.6 7.18 3 900 1013 15.3 6.4 55 9.0 10.2 171 19 297.3 298.5 287.8 316.9 6.69 4 850 1495 12.3 4.2 57 8.1 7.9 191 15 299.1 300.2 287.8 317.1 6.09 5 800 2000 8.5 2.5 66 6.0 5.3 184 11 300.2 301.2 287.8 317.2 5.72 6 750 2530 4.5 0.9 77 3.6 2.7 162 13 301.4 302.4 288.0 317.8 5.44 7 700 3090 2.0 1.0 93 0.9 1.5 187 16 304.6 305.7 289.5 322.5 5.89 8 650 3685 -0.9 -1.0 99 0.2 -1.0 214 18 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.8 5.46 9 600 4320 -4.4 -6.4 86 2.0 -5.3 220 20 311.0 311.8 289.8 323.5 3.96 10 550 5005 -6.5 -10.7 72 4.3 -8.2 223 22 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.4 3.06 11 500 5744 -10.8 -15.3 70 4.5 -12.4 224 23 319.9 320.3 291.0 327.6 2.33 12 450 6547 -15.2 -21.4 59 6.1 -17.0 223 27 324.1 324.4 291.6 329.4 1.54 13 400 7426 -21.7 -26.6 64 4.9 -22.8 220 31 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.7 1.08 14 350 8393 -30.0 -31.2 89 1.2 -30.2 217 30 328.3 328.5 292.0 331.2 0.81 15 300 9470 -39.3 -40.4 89 1.1 -39.4 230 31 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.4 0.38 16 250 10688 -50.5 -50.5 100 0.0 -50.4 246 40 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.15 17 200 12104 -60.1 -62.0 78 1.9 -60.1 276 53 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 18 150 13913 -57.0 -78.6 5 21.7 -57.2 244 35 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.01 19 100 16469 -59.2 -84.6 2 25.5 -59.5 246 25 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.60 m Freezing level: 665.52 mb = 3500.42 m = 11484.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.84 mb = 3443.71 m = 11298.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.53 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.67 mb = 1234.36 m = 4049.69 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2713.59 m = 8902.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 6.98 C Lifted Index: 7.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: 7.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 15.00 C K Index: 26.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9853.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.62 mb = 1972.63 m = 6471.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.0 neg: -15.2 tot: 105.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 26.91 m/s