MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F189.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 189 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 70 SFC 958 441 20.2 18.7 91 1.5 19.2 235 5 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.4 14.33 2 950 511 19.4 16.6 84 2.8 17.5 235 9 296.9 299.1 292.6 333.3 12.61 3 900 974 15.5 14.6 94 1.0 14.9 227 11 297.5 299.6 292.0 331.3 11.66 4 850 1457 12.7 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 216 14 299.4 301.2 291.4 328.8 10.03 5 800 1965 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 214 18 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.0 8.61 6 750 2498 6.4 5.1 91 1.3 5.6 217 21 303.5 304.9 290.5 325.6 7.35 7 700 3062 3.1 1.4 89 1.6 2.2 215 25 305.9 307.0 290.1 324.4 6.07 8 650 3659 -0.5 -1.9 90 1.4 -1.2 211 29 308.4 309.4 290.0 324.3 5.12 9 600 4296 -3.8 -5.0 91 1.2 -4.3 212 33 311.8 312.6 290.5 325.6 4.39 10 550 4979 -7.5 -9.1 89 1.6 -8.1 219 36 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.5 3.51 11 500 5715 -11.5 -15.4 73 3.8 -12.9 221 42 319.0 319.4 290.7 326.7 2.32 12 450 6516 -15.9 -22.6 56 6.7 -17.7 217 44 323.3 323.5 291.2 328.0 1.38 13 400 7394 -21.8 -30.3 46 8.5 -23.5 221 50 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.4 0.77 14 350 8362 -29.5 -39.0 39 9.5 -30.7 222 56 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.37 15 300 9441 -38.5 -44.1 55 5.6 -38.9 223 62 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.25 16 250 10665 -48.7 -51.1 76 2.3 -48.8 223 62 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 17 200 12097 -57.6 -61.3 62 3.8 -57.6 221 71 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 18 150 13911 -57.9 -76.7 7 18.8 -58.2 229 60 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.01 19 100 16474 -57.6 -84.7 2 27.0 -58.0 222 30 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.39 m Freezing level: 656.64 mb = 3579.69 m = 11744.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.81 mb = 3441.12 m = 11289.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.24 mb = 626.61 m = 2055.79 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 14.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.93 mb = 1183.82 m = 3883.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.73 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 261.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.82 mb = 1098.62 m = 3604.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.82 mb = 1439.26 m = 4721.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.82 mb = 6823.57 m = 22386.75 ft B at Equ Level: 261.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.82 mb = 11728.68 m = 38479.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.9 at 27.4 knts Storm direction: 246.9 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.83 Bulk Shear: 44.88 m/s