MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 100 SFC 965 404 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 260 1 292.0 294.1 290.3 325.1 11.70 2 950 536 15.8 15.4 97 0.4 15.5 282 3 293.2 295.3 290.7 326.4 11.66 3 900 996 14.9 13.4 91 1.5 14.0 284 6 296.9 298.8 291.2 328.1 10.79 4 850 1479 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 281 8 299.1 300.9 290.9 327.2 9.59 5 800 1986 9.2 8.2 94 1.0 8.6 270 10 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.4 8.58 6 750 2519 6.2 5.1 93 1.0 5.6 256 14 303.3 304.6 290.4 325.4 7.37 7 700 3083 3.8 -0.8 72 4.5 1.5 258 17 306.7 307.6 289.5 322.5 5.18 8 650 3682 1.1 -7.1 54 8.2 -2.5 252 24 310.2 310.9 289.1 321.2 3.45 9 600 4322 -1.9 -14.7 37 12.8 -6.6 249 28 314.0 314.4 288.9 320.7 2.04 10 550 5009 -5.9 -23.2 24 17.3 -10.9 253 30 317.0 317.2 288.9 320.7 1.07 11 500 5748 -10.7 -27.8 23 17.2 -14.9 254 37 320.0 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.78 12 450 6550 -16.1 -30.6 28 14.5 -19.2 251 43 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.4 0.67 13 400 7426 -22.0 -36.9 25 14.9 -24.4 252 42 326.5 326.5 291.2 328.0 0.41 14 350 8401 -25.1 -48.0 10 22.9 -27.7 252 71 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.14 15 300 9502 -33.7 -36.7 75 2.9 -34.1 236 95 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.55 16 250 10751 -44.7 -46.1 85 1.5 -44.8 231 95 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.24 17 200 12206 -54.1 -66.5 21 12.3 -54.4 237 75 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14029 -60.5 -76.3 11 15.7 -60.7 228 55 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.9 0.01 19 100 16514 -66.7 -82.9 8 16.2 -66.8 238 24 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.48 m Freezing level: 631.16 mb = 3923.19 m = 12871.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.37 mb = 3300.76 m = 10829.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.33 % Est. max temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.74 mb = 423.01 m = 1387.80 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 7.45 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1359.67 m = 4460.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.37 C = 72.26 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.49 mb = 1001.11 m = 3284.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.49 mb = 2469.50 m = 8101.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.49 mb = 2689.56 m = 8823.92 ft B at Equ Level: 22.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 644.49 mb = 3750.06 m = 12303.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -0.8 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 43.85 m/s