MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z FRI 26 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 87 SFC 964 404 17.8 17.2 96 0.7 17.4 239 2 294.1 296.4 292.0 330.9 12.90 2 950 527 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.5 251 5 297.0 299.3 292.6 333.3 12.54 3 900 992 16.8 14.2 85 2.6 15.1 247 10 298.8 300.9 292.3 332.0 11.37 4 850 1477 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.5 248 12 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.8 10.36 5 800 1986 10.5 9.2 92 1.3 9.7 252 12 302.3 304.0 291.6 329.5 9.15 6 750 2522 7.9 6.1 88 1.8 6.9 256 15 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.0 7.90 7 700 3090 5.3 2.8 84 2.5 3.9 251 21 308.4 309.6 291.4 329.0 6.71 8 650 3692 1.9 -1.7 77 3.6 0.1 249 28 311.2 312.2 291.0 327.5 5.22 9 600 4334 -1.9 -6.0 73 4.1 -3.8 247 33 313.9 314.7 290.8 326.8 4.06 10 550 5021 -5.7 -11.8 62 6.0 -8.1 246 36 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.5 2.83 11 500 5762 -10.1 -18.5 50 8.4 -12.8 241 39 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 12 450 6567 -14.6 -22.5 51 7.8 -16.9 234 42 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.7 1.40 13 400 7451 -19.4 -30.2 38 10.8 -21.7 235 60 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.78 14 350 8430 -26.1 -35.8 40 9.7 -27.7 231 70 333.6 333.7 293.2 335.5 0.52 15 300 9529 -33.2 -39.4 54 6.2 -34.0 233 88 338.6 338.6 294.4 340.2 0.42 16 250 10786 -42.8 -43.9 89 1.1 -42.9 221 92 342.4 342.5 295.2 343.6 0.31 17 200 12254 -52.2 -67.6 14 15.4 -52.5 237 79 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14076 -62.1 -76.7 12 14.7 -62.2 234 58 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16546 -67.2 -82.9 9 15.7 -67.3 250 21 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.56 m Freezing level: 624.86 mb = 4015.00 m = 13172.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.26 mb = 3713.90 m = 12184.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.15 % Est. max temperature: 25.44 C = 77.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.63 mb = 485.33 m = 1592.27 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1442.04 m = 4731.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.94 C = 75.09 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.93 mb = 1183.15 m = 3881.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.93 mb = 1934.38 m = 6346.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.93 mb = 2467.67 m = 8095.93 ft B at Equ Level: 15.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 444.93 mb = 6652.21 m = 21824.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 44.50 m/s