MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F186.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F186.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 186 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 72 SFC 958 441 20.9 17.1 79 3.8 18.4 229 5 297.7 300.0 293.1 335.2 12.94 2 950 513 19.6 15.5 78 4.0 16.9 227 9 297.0 299.2 292.0 331.1 11.76 3 900 976 15.3 13.9 92 1.4 14.4 221 11 297.3 299.3 291.6 329.7 11.19 4 850 1459 12.1 11.3 94 0.9 11.6 212 14 298.8 300.7 291.1 327.8 9.92 5 800 1965 9.4 8.3 93 1.0 8.8 209 19 301.1 302.7 290.8 326.7 8.65 6 750 2499 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.7 213 22 303.6 305.0 290.5 325.6 7.35 7 700 3063 3.3 1.5 88 1.8 2.3 214 26 306.2 307.3 290.2 324.7 6.09 8 650 3661 0.0 -2.8 81 2.8 -1.3 217 31 309.0 309.9 289.9 323.9 4.79 9 600 4298 -3.6 -9.2 65 5.6 -5.9 218 35 311.9 312.5 289.4 322.1 3.17 10 550 4981 -7.5 -11.7 71 4.3 -9.1 223 40 315.2 315.8 290.1 324.5 2.83 11 500 5717 -11.9 -16.1 71 4.2 -13.3 224 45 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.8 2.18 12 450 6515 -17.0 -24.7 51 7.6 -19.0 226 49 321.8 322.0 290.5 325.8 1.15 13 400 7389 -22.4 -35.6 29 13.2 -24.6 229 51 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.46 14 350 8356 -29.6 -43.8 24 14.2 -31.1 237 56 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.23 15 300 9434 -39.1 -47.4 41 8.2 -39.7 235 62 330.2 330.2 292.0 330.9 0.18 16 250 10655 -49.3 -52.3 71 3.0 -49.4 238 64 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12086 -57.2 -62.2 53 5.0 -57.2 226 70 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.04 18 150 13906 -57.4 -77.9 6 20.5 -57.6 229 56 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.01 19 100 16470 -57.1 -84.6 2 27.6 -57.5 230 26 417.5 417.5 307.4 417.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.55 m Freezing level: 649.35 mb = 3669.05 m = 12037.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.28 mb = 3436.94 m = 11275.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.77 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.61 mb = 913.58 m = 2997.26 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1259.46 m = 4132.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.41 C = 70.55 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 33.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.24 mb = 1173.23 m = 3849.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.24 mb = 1416.83 m = 4648.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 424.24 mb = 6952.71 m = 22810.46 ft B at Equ Level: 149.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.24 mb = 10284.06 m = 33739.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.82 Bulk Shear: 53.62 m/s