MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 88 SFC 964 404 15.5 15.4 99 0.2 15.4 229 1 291.8 293.8 290.0 324.2 11.46 2 950 525 16.3 15.9 97 0.5 16.0 239 3 293.8 295.9 291.2 328.1 12.02 3 900 986 15.6 13.6 88 2.0 14.4 264 6 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.5 10.97 4 850 1470 12.8 11.1 89 1.7 11.7 267 9 299.6 301.4 291.2 328.4 9.81 5 800 1978 9.8 8.5 92 1.2 9.0 258 12 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.6 8.77 6 750 2512 6.6 5.6 93 1.0 6.1 250 16 303.7 305.2 290.7 326.6 7.63 7 700 3076 4.1 1.5 83 2.6 2.7 251 19 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.8 6.11 8 650 3676 1.0 -2.8 75 3.8 -0.9 248 22 310.1 311.0 290.3 325.0 4.77 9 600 4316 -2.4 -8.6 63 6.2 -5.1 245 28 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.9 3.33 10 550 5002 -6.6 -13.5 58 6.8 -9.2 242 34 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.46 11 500 5739 -11.3 -18.4 56 7.0 -13.6 238 39 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.3 1.80 12 450 6539 -16.5 -25.3 46 8.8 -18.7 236 42 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.3 1.09 13 400 7417 -21.2 -30.6 43 9.3 -23.1 243 44 327.4 327.6 291.7 330.1 0.75 14 350 8390 -26.9 -48.1 12 21.2 -29.1 240 67 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 15 300 9489 -33.1 -44.3 32 11.1 -34.3 238 103 338.7 338.7 294.2 339.7 0.25 16 250 10740 -44.3 -48.5 63 4.2 -44.5 236 101 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.19 17 200 12207 -52.1 -67.9 13 15.8 -52.4 235 77 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14034 -61.1 -76.0 12 14.9 -61.2 229 57 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16518 -66.2 -83.0 8 16.8 -66.3 235 25 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.45 m Freezing level: 635.50 mb = 3861.96 m = 12670.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.02 mb = 3528.05 m = 11574.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.70 C = 76.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.32 mb = 424.09 m = 1391.35 ft T: 15.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.51 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.08 mb = 1419.59 m = 4657.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.09 C = 73.55 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 32.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.31 mb = 1039.86 m = 3411.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.31 mb = 2409.68 m = 7905.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 729.31 mb = 2740.69 m = 8991.64 ft B at Equ Level: 24.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 589.31 mb = 4457.83 m = 14625.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.8 neg: -1.4 tot: 25.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 44.65 m/s