MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F072.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 day GFS valid 0Z SUN 28 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 124 SFC 968 404 16.3 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 87 2 292.2 294.3 290.6 326.0 11.92 2 950 562 17.3 15.8 91 1.5 16.3 85 4 294.7 296.8 291.4 328.9 11.93 3 900 1024 16.0 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 54 2 298.0 300.0 291.5 329.3 10.76 4 850 1509 13.7 10.2 79 3.5 11.6 12 2 300.5 302.2 291.1 327.7 9.24 5 800 2018 11.2 6.5 73 4.7 8.5 338 3 303.1 304.5 290.5 325.8 7.61 6 750 2554 7.7 3.2 73 4.5 5.2 328 4 304.9 306.1 290.1 324.4 6.45 7 700 3120 4.1 0.9 80 3.1 2.4 294 10 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.9 5.85 8 650 3720 0.9 -3.7 72 4.6 -1.3 311 11 310.0 310.8 290.0 324.0 4.48 9 600 4359 -2.7 -6.5 75 3.8 -4.4 312 12 313.0 313.8 290.4 325.5 3.92 10 550 5045 -6.3 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.4 276 10 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.2 3.59 11 500 5785 -10.5 -12.3 87 1.8 -11.2 244 11 320.2 320.8 291.7 330.1 2.98 12 450 6588 -15.3 -23.2 51 7.9 -17.5 226 13 324.0 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.31 13 400 7469 -20.8 -26.9 58 6.2 -22.2 220 23 328.0 328.2 292.2 331.8 1.05 14 350 8442 -27.8 -30.5 78 2.7 -28.3 199 40 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.86 15 300 9531 -36.2 -36.4 98 0.2 -36.2 192 47 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.57 16 250 10771 -44.7 -51.2 48 6.5 -45.1 200 60 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.14 17 200 12239 -52.4 -68.9 12 16.5 -52.7 203 53 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14065 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.0 208 36 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16551 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 241 21 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.39 m Freezing level: 637.69 mb = 3877.00 m = 12719.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.71 mb = 3502.09 m = 11489.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.47 mb = 441.63 m = 1448.90 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1759.68 m = 5773.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 31.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5836.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.59 mb = 1141.74 m = 3745.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 319.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 154.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: -4.4 tot: -1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 15.07 m/s