MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F237.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508280000F237.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 237 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 151 SFC 967 441 19.8 9.8 53 10.0 13.8 262 8 295.8 297.2 288.3 318.6 7.89 2 950 591 18.0 8.5 54 9.4 12.4 262 14 295.4 296.8 287.7 316.8 7.36 3 900 1050 13.5 7.4 66 6.2 10.0 262 18 295.4 296.7 287.5 316.2 7.16 4 850 1528 9.1 6.3 83 2.8 7.6 261 17 295.7 297.0 287.5 316.3 7.08 5 800 2027 5.1 4.5 96 0.6 4.8 270 16 296.6 297.8 287.4 315.9 6.60 6 750 2552 3.3 1.1 85 2.3 2.2 292 18 300.2 301.2 287.6 316.7 5.51 7 700 3111 1.7 -1.5 80 3.1 0.1 297 20 304.3 305.2 288.5 319.3 4.90 8 650 3707 0.2 -5.4 66 5.6 -2.3 287 22 309.2 310.0 289.2 321.5 3.93 9 600 4347 -2.0 -10.6 52 8.6 -5.5 289 24 313.8 314.4 289.7 323.0 2.84 10 550 5033 -6.2 -15.8 47 9.6 -9.6 286 24 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.4 2.03 11 500 5772 -10.6 -23.2 35 12.6 -14.1 274 26 320.2 320.4 290.0 324.3 1.18 12 450 6574 -16.2 -32.0 24 15.8 -19.4 267 29 322.9 323.0 290.3 324.9 0.58 13 400 7448 -23.5 -41.3 18 17.9 -25.8 270 29 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.4 0.26 14 350 8407 -32.3 -42.7 35 10.4 -33.4 271 28 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 15 300 9471 -41.8 -44.6 74 2.8 -42.0 271 22 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.24 16 250 10679 -51.1 -57.3 47 6.2 -51.2 248 34 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.07 17 200 12117 -53.1 -69.3 12 16.1 -53.4 230 51 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 13964 -55.2 -79.1 4 23.8 -55.6 240 42 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.01 19 100 16526 -59.0 -84.6 2 25.6 -59.3 226 28 413.8 413.8 307.0 413.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.09 m Freezing level: 645.01 mb = 3770.92 m = 12371.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.22 mb = 3142.78 m = 10310.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.13 % Est. max temperature: 20.28 C = 68.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.82 mb = 1686.07 m = 5531.65 ft T: 7.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.39 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.01 mb = 1904.25 m = 6247.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.36 C = 68.65 F Cap Strength: 6.87 C Lifted Index: 7.76 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 7.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.66 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 22.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9953.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.40 mb = 1799.56 m = 5904.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 38.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 9.66 m/s