MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F180.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F180.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 7.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 81 SFC 959 440 15.1 14.6 96 0.6 14.8 172 2 291.8 293.7 289.6 322.8 10.94 2 950 517 15.5 13.4 87 2.1 14.2 187 5 292.9 294.8 289.4 322.1 10.22 3 900 977 15.0 11.4 79 3.5 12.8 209 11 296.9 298.6 290.1 324.4 9.47 4 850 1459 12.1 10.3 89 1.7 11.0 215 17 298.8 300.5 290.6 326.0 9.32 5 800 1965 8.9 8.5 97 0.4 8.7 215 21 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.5 8.76 6 750 2498 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.7 215 25 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.7 7.58 7 700 3061 2.7 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 219 27 305.5 306.6 290.2 324.7 6.33 8 650 3658 -0.3 -2.9 83 2.6 -1.5 223 29 308.7 309.6 289.8 323.5 4.77 9 600 4295 -3.9 -6.9 79 3.1 -5.2 225 31 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.6 3.79 10 550 4977 -8.0 -11.1 78 3.1 -9.2 223 36 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.3 2.98 11 500 5711 -12.4 -18.3 61 5.9 -14.3 221 38 317.9 318.2 290.0 324.0 1.81 12 450 6508 -17.7 -26.6 45 9.0 -19.7 219 40 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.4 0.96 13 400 7378 -24.2 -28.6 67 4.4 -25.1 219 42 323.6 323.7 290.8 326.8 0.90 14 350 8337 -31.3 -37.1 57 5.8 -32.1 224 45 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.45 15 300 9410 -39.5 -45.9 51 6.4 -40.0 229 51 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.21 16 250 10633 -48.5 -54.9 47 6.4 -48.7 230 59 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.09 17 200 12073 -56.2 -63.0 42 6.7 -56.3 232 63 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 13894 -56.3 -79.4 4 23.1 -56.6 224 53 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16457 -56.8 -84.4 2 27.6 -57.2 225 23 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.75 m Freezing level: 654.56 mb = 3603.41 m = 11822.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.74 mb = 3416.83 m = 11209.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.94 % Est. max temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.87 mb = 509.56 m = 1671.77 ft T: 15.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 3.09 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1710.40 m = 5611.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.98 C = 73.36 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7542.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.63 mb = 1247.15 m = 4091.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 57.71 m/s