MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 39.34,-80.37 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -80.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 963 405 20.4 18.6 89 1.8 19.2 278 5 296.7 299.2 293.7 337.4 14.12 2 950 525 18.9 17.3 90 1.6 17.8 279 8 296.4 298.8 292.9 334.4 13.18 3 900 988 15.7 14.8 94 0.9 15.1 274 11 297.7 299.9 292.3 332.1 11.85 4 850 1473 13.9 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 268 15 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.0 10.26 5 800 1983 11.4 9.1 86 2.3 10.0 257 23 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.5 9.10 6 750 2521 8.6 7.1 90 1.5 7.7 248 24 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.5 8.46 7 700 3090 5.7 3.6 87 2.1 4.5 248 28 308.8 310.1 291.9 330.6 7.11 8 650 3694 3.1 -1.9 69 5.1 0.5 250 33 312.5 313.5 291.3 328.6 5.11 9 600 4338 -1.0 -4.0 80 3.0 -2.4 247 38 315.0 315.9 291.7 330.1 4.75 10 550 5029 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.1 -6.6 242 44 318.8 319.5 291.7 329.8 3.37 11 500 5774 -8.5 -18.9 43 10.4 -11.9 241 45 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.6 1.72 12 450 6582 -13.8 -23.2 45 9.4 -16.4 235 49 325.9 326.2 291.9 330.5 1.31 13 400 7468 -18.8 -27.3 47 8.5 -20.8 227 58 330.5 330.7 292.9 334.2 1.02 14 350 8451 -25.1 -37.6 30 12.5 -27.1 225 67 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.43 15 300 9551 -33.2 -34.4 89 1.2 -33.4 227 78 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.2 0.69 16 250 10808 -42.5 -43.4 91 0.9 -42.6 228 85 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.2 0.33 17 200 12279 -52.4 -67.7 14 15.2 -52.8 233 77 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14088 -64.0 -76.8 16 12.7 -64.1 232 63 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16554 -66.4 -83.1 8 16.7 -66.5 242 20 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.28 m Freezing level: 611.62 mb = 4188.47 m = 13741.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.85 mb = 3807.96 m = 12493.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.25 C = 79.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.63 mb = 627.77 m = 2059.59 ft T: 18.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 6.96 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1249.37 m = 4098.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.03 C = 73.46 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5022.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.54 mb = 1039.16 m = 3409.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 73.84 m/s