MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F168.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F168.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7 day GFS valid 0Z THU 4 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 100 SFC 961 440 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 151 3 291.0 292.9 289.2 321.3 10.73 2 950 535 14.4 13.7 96 0.6 14.0 172 7 291.8 293.6 289.2 321.4 10.44 3 900 992 13.2 11.9 91 1.4 12.4 209 15 295.2 296.9 289.8 323.2 9.74 4 850 1472 11.3 9.8 90 1.5 10.4 197 19 298.0 299.6 290.0 324.2 8.97 5 800 1978 8.6 7.8 95 0.8 8.1 195 25 300.3 301.8 290.2 324.8 8.31 6 750 2510 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 200 29 302.8 304.2 290.4 325.4 7.55 7 700 3072 2.5 2.3 99 0.1 2.4 207 32 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.9 6.49 8 650 3668 -0.9 -0.9 99 0.1 -0.9 215 30 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.9 5.50 9 600 4304 -3.7 -4.5 94 0.8 -4.1 228 26 311.8 312.7 290.6 326.1 4.55 10 550 4988 -7.2 -8.8 88 1.6 -7.8 236 26 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.1 3.59 11 500 5725 -11.4 -13.5 84 2.1 -12.2 240 27 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.0 2.69 12 450 6525 -16.7 -17.8 91 1.2 -17.0 232 29 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.4 2.09 13 400 7400 -22.6 -25.5 77 2.9 -23.2 224 33 325.7 325.9 291.7 329.9 1.20 14 350 8366 -29.9 -31.3 87 1.4 -30.1 214 37 328.5 328.7 292.1 331.4 0.80 15 300 9445 -38.5 -38.7 98 0.2 -38.5 210 45 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.45 16 250 10669 -49.2 -49.3 99 0.1 -49.2 202 46 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12094 -58.2 -61.5 66 3.2 -58.3 215 52 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 13920 -55.7 -79.2 4 23.4 -56.1 230 47 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.01 19 100 16483 -59.7 -84.1 3 24.4 -60.0 220 34 412.5 412.5 306.8 412.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.13 m Freezing level: 662.92 mb = 3513.98 m = 11528.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.74 mb = 3499.73 m = 11481.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.73 % Est. max temperature: 23.23 C = 73.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.54 mb = 468.35 m = 1536.56 ft T: 14.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 0.54 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1497.39 m = 4912.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.55 C = 70.78 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 3.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7564.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.44 mb = 1044.16 m = 3425.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 38.83 m/s