MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 116 SFC 967 404 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 68 2 293.7 295.9 291.6 329.7 12.64 2 950 555 16.9 15.9 93 1.1 16.3 75 3 294.4 296.5 291.3 328.7 12.01 3 900 1016 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 68 2 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.7 11.03 4 850 1501 13.6 10.8 83 2.8 11.9 338 2 300.3 302.1 291.3 328.6 9.60 5 800 2010 11.1 5.9 70 5.2 8.1 326 4 303.0 304.3 290.2 324.9 7.32 6 750 2546 7.7 3.4 74 4.4 5.3 343 7 304.9 306.1 290.2 324.6 6.50 7 700 3111 3.7 2.1 89 1.6 2.8 308 9 306.6 307.8 290.6 326.1 6.38 8 650 3710 0.6 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.2 300 10 309.6 310.7 290.8 326.8 5.54 9 600 4350 -2.3 -3.2 94 0.8 -2.7 261 9 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.4 5.06 10 550 5037 -5.8 -6.5 95 0.7 -6.1 235 12 317.2 318.0 292.0 330.9 4.27 11 500 5779 -10.1 -11.3 91 1.2 -10.6 225 15 320.7 321.4 292.1 331.4 3.22 12 450 6584 -15.0 -16.5 88 1.5 -15.5 207 20 324.4 324.8 292.3 332.3 2.34 13 400 7465 -20.7 -26.3 61 5.6 -22.0 208 28 328.1 328.4 292.3 332.1 1.11 14 350 8439 -27.2 -27.8 95 0.6 -27.3 202 44 332.0 332.2 293.3 336.0 1.11 15 300 9533 -35.3 -35.3 100 0.0 -35.3 184 52 335.6 335.7 293.8 338.0 0.63 16 250 10774 -44.8 -49.3 61 4.5 -45.0 199 68 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.17 17 200 12238 -53.0 -67.5 16 14.4 -53.4 206 58 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14059 -59.8 -78.0 8 18.1 -60.0 210 34 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16538 -65.6 -83.3 7 17.6 -65.8 238 23 400.9 400.9 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.41 m Freezing level: 640.08 mb = 3837.20 m = 12589.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.61 mb = 3677.89 m = 12066.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.93 mb = 501.55 m = 1645.48 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 5.06 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1605.50 m = 5267.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 32.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.59 mb = 1076.67 m = 3532.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.59 mb = 3011.32 m = 9879.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 628.59 mb = 3978.03 m = 13051.13 ft B at Equ Level: 29.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 538.59 mb = 5200.59 m = 17062.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -129.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -13.1 tot: -12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 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: 1.82 Bulk Shear: 16.25 m/s