MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 27 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 109 SFC 966 404 17.5 13.4 77 4.1 15.0 66 1 293.6 295.4 289.5 322.4 10.07 2 950 549 20.5 12.3 59 8.2 15.3 41 4 298.0 299.7 290.5 325.7 9.51 3 900 1014 17.0 10.5 65 6.5 13.0 24 6 299.0 300.7 290.3 325.1 8.89 4 850 1498 12.7 9.3 80 3.4 10.6 20 5 299.4 301.0 290.2 324.8 8.66 5 800 2005 9.9 3.5 64 6.4 6.4 279 2 301.7 302.9 288.8 320.2 6.17 6 750 2540 8.1 -3.9 42 12.1 2.4 242 7 305.4 306.1 287.8 317.1 3.81 7 700 3106 5.7 -9.2 33 14.9 -0.7 245 10 308.8 309.3 287.9 317.4 2.72 8 650 3710 3.4 -18.6 18 22.0 -4.2 242 11 312.8 313.1 287.9 317.4 1.36 9 600 4355 0.6 -23.9 14 24.4 -7.0 230 11 316.8 316.9 288.7 320.0 0.93 10 550 5047 -3.8 -34.3 7 30.5 -10.8 224 9 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.0 0.38 11 500 5792 -8.6 -38.1 7 29.5 -14.5 208 9 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.6 0.28 12 450 6599 -13.8 -43.6 6 29.9 -18.5 154 11 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 13 400 7484 -19.8 -32.5 32 12.7 -22.3 239 22 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.63 14 350 8460 -26.8 -27.0 98 0.2 -26.8 228 42 332.6 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.20 15 300 9556 -34.4 -34.3 100 -0.0 -34.4 222 56 336.9 337.1 294.2 339.6 0.69 16 250 10805 -44.2 -44.3 100 0.0 -44.2 221 66 340.3 340.3 294.7 341.5 0.30 17 200 12260 -55.7 -56.1 96 0.3 -55.8 229 65 344.5 344.5 295.5 344.9 0.10 18 150 14063 -61.4 -76.1 12 14.7 -61.6 227 47 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16540 -66.4 -83.2 8 16.8 -66.5 240 19 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.04 m Freezing level: 593.58 mb = 4443.72 m = 14578.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.21 mb = 2975.94 m = 9763.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.28 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.98 mb = 928.70 m = 3046.87 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 8.58 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2471.05 m = 8107.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 5.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 15.66 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7800.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.45 mb = 1692.84 m = 5553.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -12.1 tot: -6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 18.40 m/s