MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 155 SFC 971 404 15.0 14.6 97 0.4 14.7 44 2 290.5 292.4 289.0 321.0 10.79 2 950 591 16.3 14.2 88 2.0 15.0 54 8 293.7 295.6 290.1 324.5 10.80 3 900 1052 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.8 54 11 297.8 299.6 291.0 327.6 10.24 4 850 1537 13.2 10.2 82 3.0 11.3 50 11 299.9 301.6 290.9 327.1 9.23 5 800 2045 10.4 6.3 76 4.1 8.0 45 7 302.2 303.6 290.2 324.6 7.49 6 750 2580 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.2 23 3 304.9 305.9 289.3 321.8 5.54 7 700 3146 5.2 -7.2 40 12.4 -0.3 303 2 308.3 308.9 288.2 318.3 3.19 8 650 3748 1.9 -9.1 44 11.0 -2.8 291 3 311.1 311.7 288.9 320.6 2.95 9 600 4388 -2.3 -11.4 49 9.2 -5.9 335 3 313.5 314.0 289.4 322.1 2.66 10 550 5073 -6.6 -14.7 53 8.1 -9.5 19 4 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.5 2.22 11 500 5811 -11.2 -20.3 47 9.1 -13.9 13 4 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.6 1.53 12 450 6612 -16.4 -20.1 73 3.7 -17.4 10 3 322.7 323.0 291.3 328.5 1.72 13 400 7487 -22.8 -24.3 88 1.5 -23.1 148 5 325.4 325.7 291.7 330.1 1.34 14 350 8452 -30.3 -31.5 89 1.2 -30.5 203 20 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.8 0.78 15 300 9530 -37.9 -42.3 64 4.4 -38.3 190 36 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 16 250 10764 -45.8 -60.0 19 14.1 -46.3 193 24 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12228 -51.8 -70.5 9 18.7 -52.1 220 16 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14063 -59.0 -79.1 6 20.1 -59.2 238 17 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16557 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.5 -65.7 246 19 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.10 m Freezing level: 627.12 mb = 4040.72 m = 13256.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.03 mb = 3110.62 m = 10205.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.59 C = 78.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.62 mb = 452.58 m = 1484.84 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.24 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.38 mb = 1864.61 m = 6117.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: 2.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 22.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6669.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.46 mb = 1180.85 m = 3874.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 28.1 at 5.0 knts Storm direction: 58.1 at 3.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -0.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -8.2 tot: -6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.82 Bulk Shear: 1.91 m/s