MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 6Z 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 90 SFC 964 404 15.8 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 217 1 292.0 294.1 290.3 325.0 11.62 2 950 528 17.0 16.1 95 0.8 16.4 239 4 294.4 296.6 291.5 329.4 12.22 3 900 990 16.0 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 251 7 297.9 300.0 291.8 330.4 11.17 4 850 1474 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 259 9 299.7 301.5 291.6 329.5 10.15 5 800 1982 10.0 8.9 93 1.1 9.3 257 12 301.8 303.5 291.3 328.4 8.96 6 750 2516 7.1 6.0 92 1.2 6.5 249 14 304.3 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.83 7 700 3082 4.6 1.7 82 2.9 3.1 244 18 307.6 308.7 290.7 326.6 6.20 8 650 3683 1.2 -1.9 80 3.1 -0.4 238 21 310.3 311.3 290.6 326.2 5.11 9 600 4324 -2.1 -7.0 69 5.0 -4.3 232 26 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.76 10 550 5011 -6.0 -13.0 58 7.0 -8.7 233 32 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.3 2.55 11 500 5750 -10.7 -18.6 52 7.9 -13.2 232 39 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.77 12 450 6552 -16.0 -23.5 53 7.5 -18.0 232 43 323.1 323.4 291.0 327.6 1.28 13 400 7429 -21.1 -35.3 27 14.1 -23.6 234 56 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.48 14 350 8406 -26.1 -39.9 26 13.8 -28.0 224 83 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.34 15 300 9501 -34.8 -51.4 17 16.6 -36.0 225 84 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.11 16 250 10749 -43.3 -60.9 13 17.6 -44.0 229 87 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.8 0.04 17 200 12219 -51.5 -68.3 12 16.8 -51.9 239 75 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14047 -60.9 -76.6 11 15.7 -61.0 232 61 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16530 -65.8 -83.0 7 17.1 -66.0 234 23 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.21 m Freezing level: 631.83 mb = 3916.03 m = 12847.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.65 mb = 3613.14 m = 11853.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.73 mb = 431.62 m = 1416.07 ft T: 16.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1378.91 m = 4523.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.05 C = 73.49 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6048.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.47 mb = 1051.25 m = 3448.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 39.17 m/s