MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 77 SFC 963 405 21.7 18.7 83 3.0 19.6 268 4 298.0 300.6 294.1 339.4 14.24 2 950 519 20.6 16.9 80 3.6 18.1 274 6 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.4 12.87 3 900 984 17.0 14.5 86 2.4 15.4 267 8 299.0 301.1 292.5 332.9 11.64 4 850 1470 13.5 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 267 10 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.75 5 800 1979 10.8 9.6 92 1.3 10.0 264 14 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.7 9.40 6 750 2516 8.5 6.3 86 2.2 7.2 262 18 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.0 8.01 7 700 3085 5.9 3.2 83 2.7 4.4 257 24 309.0 310.3 291.7 330.1 6.88 8 650 3689 2.3 -0.0 85 2.3 1.1 250 31 311.6 312.7 291.7 329.9 5.89 9 600 4332 -1.4 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.4 248 35 314.5 315.3 291.1 327.8 4.17 10 550 5020 -5.1 -12.2 57 7.2 -7.9 243 43 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.0 2.72 11 500 5764 -9.2 -21.4 37 12.2 -12.9 241 42 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.6 1.38 12 450 6570 -13.9 -24.7 40 10.8 -16.8 238 51 325.8 326.0 291.7 329.8 1.15 13 400 7456 -19.1 -33.6 27 14.5 -21.9 234 66 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.3 0.56 14 350 8436 -25.5 -41.6 21 16.1 -27.7 231 75 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.28 15 300 9537 -33.0 -38.6 57 5.6 -33.8 228 83 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.5 0.45 16 250 10794 -42.6 -47.0 62 4.3 -42.9 227 90 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.22 17 200 12264 -52.5 -68.1 14 15.5 -52.9 231 80 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14077 -63.0 -76.2 15 13.2 -63.1 236 62 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16548 -66.7 -83.0 8 16.3 -66.8 245 21 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.97 m Freezing level: 619.24 mb = 4084.40 m = 13400.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3839.39 m = 12596.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.05 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.98 mb = 776.85 m = 2548.70 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1336.47 m = 4384.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.52 C = 74.33 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.31 mb = 1201.40 m = 3941.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.31 mb = 1546.41 m = 5073.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.31 mb = 2601.32 m = 8534.39 ft B at Equ Level: 12.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 422.31 mb = 7047.68 m = 23122.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.5 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 278.5 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 60.84 m/s