MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F198.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F198.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 198 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 5 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 87 SFC 959 440 14.5 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 285 2 291.1 293.0 289.2 321.5 10.77 2 950 522 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 294 5 291.6 293.5 289.2 321.6 10.58 3 900 977 11.9 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 299 4 293.8 295.5 289.0 321.0 9.50 4 850 1455 10.1 10.0 100 0.0 10.0 222 3 296.7 298.4 289.8 323.2 9.13 5 800 1959 8.1 7.2 94 0.9 7.6 203 10 299.7 301.2 289.8 323.3 7.99 6 750 2490 6.0 4.1 88 1.9 4.9 201 18 303.1 304.3 289.9 323.6 6.85 7 700 3053 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.0 199 24 304.9 306.1 289.9 323.9 6.26 8 650 3648 -1.1 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.2 204 29 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.2 5.37 9 600 4284 -4.0 -5.3 91 1.3 -4.6 199 37 311.5 312.4 290.3 325.1 4.31 10 550 4966 -7.8 -9.5 88 1.7 -8.5 201 43 314.9 315.5 290.5 325.8 3.39 11 500 5701 -12.4 -14.7 83 2.3 -13.2 202 47 317.9 318.4 290.6 326.0 2.46 12 450 6498 -17.7 -21.5 72 3.8 -18.8 204 56 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.1 1.52 13 400 7369 -23.9 -24.1 98 0.2 -23.9 202 61 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.7 1.36 14 350 8330 -30.6 -34.4 69 3.8 -31.2 199 72 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.6 0.59 15 300 9405 -39.2 -45.1 54 5.9 -39.6 199 70 330.1 330.1 292.0 331.0 0.23 16 250 10627 -48.8 -55.0 48 6.2 -49.0 201 72 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.09 17 200 12073 -53.6 -65.0 23 11.5 -53.8 204 80 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 13918 -55.2 -78.0 4 22.8 -55.6 217 54 374.9 374.9 301.4 375.0 0.01 19 100 16480 -58.0 -84.5 2 26.5 -58.4 224 37 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.77 m Freezing level: 666.81 mb = 3447.81 m = 11311.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.78 mb = 3419.11 m = 11217.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.25 % Est. max temperature: 22.48 C = 72.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.72 mb = 453.17 m = 1486.76 ft T: 14.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 0.52 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 970.03 m = 3182.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.14 C = 62.85 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 2.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8260.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.89 mb = 941.01 m = 3087.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.9 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 232.9 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.8 neg: -13.1 tot: 76.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 104.33 m/s