MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F204.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F204.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 8.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 95 SFC 960 440 12.0 11.8 99 0.1 11.9 272 5 288.5 290.1 286.8 314.0 9.11 2 950 527 11.3 11.3 100 0.1 11.3 280 9 288.7 290.2 286.6 313.5 8.85 3 900 978 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.6 271 10 291.4 292.9 287.1 315.0 8.30 4 850 1452 8.2 7.3 94 0.9 7.7 241 14 294.7 296.1 287.6 316.6 7.56 5 800 1951 5.3 3.3 87 2.0 4.2 246 20 296.8 297.9 286.9 314.6 6.07 6 750 2476 2.4 -0.1 84 2.5 1.1 242 26 299.1 300.1 286.8 314.3 5.07 7 700 3031 0.2 -0.4 95 0.7 -0.1 199 17 302.8 303.7 288.3 318.8 5.30 8 650 3625 -1.5 -1.7 99 0.2 -1.6 171 28 307.2 308.2 289.8 323.2 5.20 9 600 4259 -4.9 -5.5 95 0.7 -5.2 180 39 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.22 10 550 4938 -9.5 -10.3 93 0.9 -9.8 187 44 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.0 3.17 11 500 5667 -14.4 -16.9 81 2.5 -15.2 190 48 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.04 12 450 6457 -20.1 -23.2 76 3.1 -20.8 193 52 318.0 318.2 289.5 322.4 1.31 13 400 7319 -26.4 -28.5 83 2.1 -26.8 191 57 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.8 0.91 14 350 8269 -33.8 -35.2 87 1.4 -34.0 185 59 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.2 0.55 15 300 9330 -42.3 -50.0 42 7.8 -42.7 192 72 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.13 16 250 10544 -47.7 -61.2 20 13.6 -48.1 199 77 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12011 -48.9 -74.2 4 25.4 -49.4 204 72 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 13890 -52.8 -78.8 3 26.0 -53.2 208 54 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.01 19 100 16474 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 215 24 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.09 m Freezing level: 693.21 mb = 3112.04 m = 10210.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.96 mb = 2986.01 m = 9796.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.85 % Est. max temperature: 19.78 C = 67.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.28 mb = 453.92 m = 1489.22 ft T: 11.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 2.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 974.04 m = 3195.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.86 C = 58.74 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 29.16 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10379.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.53 mb = 926.63 m = 3040.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.7 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 227.7 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -48.7 tot: -25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 114.97 m/s