MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 99 SFC 965 405 23.0 15.0 61 8.0 17.8 302 3 299.2 301.2 292.2 331.9 11.21 2 950 543 20.7 13.7 64 7.0 16.2 305 5 298.2 300.1 291.3 328.6 10.43 3 900 1007 16.2 12.5 78 3.8 13.8 306 6 298.2 300.1 291.1 327.8 10.14 4 850 1490 12.0 10.8 92 1.2 11.3 300 6 298.7 300.5 290.9 326.9 9.64 5 800 1996 9.1 6.1 82 2.9 7.4 268 7 300.8 302.2 289.6 322.8 7.41 6 750 2529 7.5 -3.0 47 10.6 2.4 250 11 304.8 305.5 287.8 317.3 4.07 7 700 3095 5.2 -9.4 34 14.6 -1.0 256 13 308.2 308.8 287.7 316.8 2.68 8 650 3697 2.8 -19.2 18 21.9 -4.7 269 17 312.1 312.3 287.5 316.4 1.29 9 600 4340 -0.2 -31.3 7 31.1 -8.1 273 18 315.9 316.0 287.9 317.5 0.47 10 550 5032 -3.5 -37.6 5 34.2 -10.8 273 19 319.9 320.0 289.0 320.9 0.27 11 500 5777 -8.3 -41.2 5 32.9 -14.3 270 11 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.21 12 450 6586 -13.6 -43.7 6 30.1 -18.4 303 7 326.1 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.18 13 400 7469 -20.2 -43.4 11 23.1 -23.5 272 10 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 14 350 8445 -27.3 -37.3 38 10.0 -28.7 248 42 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.44 15 300 9539 -33.8 -34.0 98 0.2 -33.8 228 70 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.72 16 250 10789 -44.7 -44.8 99 0.1 -44.7 229 77 339.6 339.6 294.5 340.7 0.28 17 200 12241 -55.5 -60.3 55 4.8 -55.6 236 74 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14049 -62.0 -76.2 13 14.2 -62.1 230 54 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16521 -66.2 -83.1 8 16.9 -66.4 247 22 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.72 m Freezing level: 603.39 mb = 4296.67 m = 14096.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.36 mb = 2928.60 m = 9608.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.99 C = 75.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.41 mb = 1406.99 m = 4616.06 ft T: 12.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 15.54 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1555.65 m = 5103.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.85 C = 73.13 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 16.55 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.36 mb = 1476.76 m = 4844.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.36 mb = 1827.04 m = 5994.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 786.36 mb = 2138.06 m = 7014.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 756.36 mb = 2459.71 m = 8069.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -0.6 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 9.38 m/s