MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 6 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 147 SFC 966 441 19.9 8.4 47 11.5 13.1 244 10 296.0 297.3 287.7 316.9 7.17 2 950 586 17.0 7.3 53 9.7 11.5 246 17 294.5 295.7 286.8 314.1 6.77 3 900 1043 12.4 6.1 66 6.2 8.9 249 20 294.2 295.4 286.5 313.3 6.59 4 850 1519 8.0 5.1 82 2.9 6.4 252 20 294.5 295.7 286.5 313.3 6.48 5 800 2015 3.7 3.0 95 0.7 3.4 259 20 295.1 296.2 286.2 312.5 5.94 6 750 2540 3.9 -4.0 56 7.9 0.3 283 23 300.8 301.5 286.1 312.3 3.79 7 700 3099 1.7 -6.2 56 7.9 -1.8 281 22 304.3 305.0 287.1 314.9 3.42 8 650 3693 -0.5 -9.3 51 8.8 -4.1 273 24 308.4 309.0 288.0 317.7 2.92 9 600 4331 -2.6 -13.2 44 10.6 -6.6 262 28 313.1 313.6 288.9 320.6 2.30 10 550 5017 -6.0 -16.4 43 10.5 -9.6 265 31 317.0 317.4 289.8 323.4 1.92 11 500 5757 -10.6 -22.6 37 12.0 -14.0 266 32 320.1 320.3 290.1 324.4 1.24 12 450 6557 -16.7 -28.3 36 11.6 -19.3 269 30 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.1 0.82 13 400 7430 -23.8 -38.5 25 14.7 -25.9 269 35 324.1 324.1 290.4 325.3 0.34 14 350 8387 -32.6 -41.9 39 9.2 -33.6 271 35 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.28 15 300 9451 -42.3 -47.0 60 4.7 -42.6 273 34 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.18 16 250 10657 -50.5 -57.1 46 6.5 -50.7 243 36 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 17 200 12099 -52.7 -71.3 9 18.6 -53.1 231 56 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13947 -55.0 -78.8 4 23.8 -55.4 233 50 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.01 19 100 16523 -58.2 -84.8 2 26.6 -58.5 220 30 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.66 m Freezing level: 660.91 mb = 3563.64 m = 11691.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.59 mb = 2620.65 m = 8597.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.29 % Est. max temperature: 18.90 C = 66.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.97 mb = 1873.39 m = 6146.21 ft T: 4.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 4.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.09 mb = 1882.33 m = 6175.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.94 C = 66.09 F Cap Strength: 8.67 C Lifted Index: 9.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.92 C Showalter Index: 9.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.59 C Cross Totals Index: 15.71 C K Index: 15.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.96 mb = 1823.32 m = 5981.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.96 mb = 1974.77 m = 6478.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.96 mb = 2076.88 m = 6813.81 ft B at Equ Level: 3.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.96 mb = 2284.41 m = 7494.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.4 neg: -2.8 tot: 58.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 15.13 m/s