MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F066.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 66 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 119 SFC 967 404 17.7 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 113 2 293.7 295.9 291.5 329.4 12.52 2 950 558 16.5 15.5 94 1.0 15.9 116 3 294.0 296.1 291.0 327.5 11.76 3 900 1018 15.3 13.8 90 1.6 14.3 148 2 297.3 299.3 291.5 329.4 11.05 4 850 1502 13.7 11.3 85 2.4 12.2 247 3 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.7 9.93 5 800 2012 11.1 6.4 72 4.8 8.4 262 5 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.6 7.55 6 750 2548 7.6 3.8 77 3.8 5.5 297 4 304.9 306.1 290.3 325.2 6.73 7 700 3113 3.3 2.2 93 1.1 2.7 276 2 306.1 307.3 290.5 325.7 6.43 8 650 3711 0.2 0.1 99 0.1 0.1 169 10 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.93 9 600 4351 -2.2 -2.3 99 0.1 -2.3 181 15 313.6 314.6 291.9 330.6 5.38 10 550 5040 -5.3 -5.7 97 0.4 -5.5 191 17 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.5 4.56 11 500 5783 -9.3 -10.0 95 0.7 -9.6 197 22 321.7 322.4 292.7 333.5 3.58 12 450 6591 -14.0 -15.0 92 1.0 -14.4 196 33 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.6 2.64 13 400 7475 -20.1 -20.5 97 0.4 -20.3 190 38 328.8 329.2 293.2 335.3 1.87 14 350 8451 -27.1 -27.2 99 0.1 -27.1 191 53 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.17 15 300 9542 -36.0 -36.0 100 0.0 -36.0 186 56 334.7 334.8 293.6 336.9 0.59 16 250 10779 -45.8 -48.4 75 2.6 -45.9 199 65 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.19 17 200 12240 -53.4 -67.2 17 13.8 -53.7 209 58 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14054 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 214 32 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16538 -65.1 -83.3 6 18.2 -65.3 226 20 401.9 401.9 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.26 m Freezing level: 646.17 mb = 3760.25 m = 12336.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.15 mb = 3746.39 m = 12291.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.63 mb = 524.92 m = 1722.16 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.49 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1658.36 m = 5440.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.25 C = 77.45 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: 2.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.98 mb = 1046.57 m = 3433.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.98 mb = 2974.18 m = 9757.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 621.98 mb = 4063.61 m = 13331.90 ft B at Equ Level: 36.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 551.98 mb = 5011.17 m = 16440.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.4 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 224.4 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -10.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.8 neg: -9.1 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 13.45 m/s