MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 12Z 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 114 SFC 967 404 16.0 13.3 84 2.7 14.3 57 3 291.9 293.7 288.8 320.2 9.96 2 950 551 17.2 12.2 72 5.0 14.1 66 7 294.7 296.4 289.3 321.8 9.45 3 900 1014 17.2 11.1 67 6.2 13.4 103 4 299.3 300.9 290.7 326.3 9.23 4 850 1500 14.1 11.5 84 2.6 12.5 181 6 301.0 302.8 291.9 330.7 10.10 5 800 2010 10.6 9.6 94 1.0 10.0 202 8 302.4 304.2 291.8 330.4 9.42 6 750 2546 7.9 4.6 79 3.3 6.0 214 10 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.5 7.09 7 700 3113 5.2 -0.5 67 5.7 2.3 218 11 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.6 5.28 8 650 3715 1.6 -4.0 66 5.6 -1.1 213 11 310.8 311.6 290.1 324.5 4.37 9 600 4356 -1.9 -8.5 61 6.5 -4.8 213 10 313.9 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.36 10 550 5042 -6.2 -10.7 70 4.5 -8.0 172 12 316.7 317.3 290.8 326.8 3.08 11 500 5783 -9.5 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.7 177 23 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.3 3.61 12 450 6590 -14.3 -16.7 82 2.4 -15.2 199 21 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.0 2.30 13 400 7473 -20.4 -22.2 86 1.7 -20.9 208 26 328.4 328.7 292.8 334.1 1.62 14 350 8448 -27.3 -27.4 100 0.0 -27.3 206 40 331.9 332.1 293.3 336.1 1.15 15 300 9538 -36.0 -36.0 100 -0.0 -36.0 194 53 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.59 16 250 10774 -46.8 -47.8 89 1.0 -46.9 204 55 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.20 17 200 12226 -54.1 -65.4 24 11.3 -54.4 200 51 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.03 18 150 14046 -60.7 -76.9 10 16.2 -60.9 218 41 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16530 -65.4 -83.2 7 17.8 -65.5 240 17 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.48 m Freezing level: 627.14 mb = 4007.65 m = 13148.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.23 mb = 3514.36 m = 11529.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.86 C = 78.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.80 mb = 744.48 m = 2442.48 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.19 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2294.54 m = 7527.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.78 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 29.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6874.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.03 mb = 1519.82 m = 4986.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 26.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 29.05 m/s