MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z MON 29 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 164 SFC 972 405 18.7 15.4 81 3.3 16.5 46 4 294.2 296.2 290.7 326.6 11.36 2 950 607 21.7 13.8 61 7.9 16.5 51 15 299.2 301.1 291.7 329.9 10.49 3 900 1074 18.3 12.2 67 6.2 14.4 57 12 300.4 302.2 291.6 329.6 9.94 4 850 1561 14.2 10.4 78 3.8 11.8 74 10 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.6 9.34 5 800 2070 10.9 6.7 75 4.3 8.5 98 6 302.8 304.2 290.5 325.9 7.71 6 750 2606 8.2 -0.1 55 8.4 3.9 81 4 305.5 306.5 289.0 321.0 5.05 7 700 3173 5.5 -6.0 43 11.5 0.3 64 7 308.6 309.3 288.6 319.6 3.50 8 650 3775 1.7 -5.1 60 6.9 -1.5 65 9 310.9 311.7 289.8 323.6 4.01 9 600 4416 -2.0 -7.4 66 5.5 -4.4 75 7 313.9 314.5 290.4 325.5 3.64 10 550 5104 -5.5 -13.2 54 7.8 -8.4 87 5 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.8 2.50 11 500 5845 -10.1 -16.6 59 6.5 -12.3 53 11 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.7 2.09 12 450 6649 -15.6 -24.3 47 8.7 -17.9 67 11 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.19 13 400 7526 -21.8 -29.5 50 7.7 -23.4 73 19 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.83 14 350 8495 -29.1 -35.5 54 6.4 -30.0 55 19 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5 0.53 15 300 9581 -35.2 -53.9 13 18.7 -36.5 178 6 335.7 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 16 250 10833 -42.4 -62.4 9 20.0 -43.2 215 26 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12310 -51.2 -70.2 9 18.9 -51.6 214 32 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14139 -61.0 -78.6 8 17.6 -61.2 225 27 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16603 -67.6 -83.1 9 15.5 -67.7 246 20 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.23 m Freezing level: 626.54 mb = 4076.05 m = 13372.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.65 mb = 3259.19 m = 10692.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.26 mb = 825.54 m = 2708.44 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.48 mb = 2106.82 m = 6912.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.45 C = 81.40 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 23.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 154.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5543.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.42 mb = 1666.12 m = 5466.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 66.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 96.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.6 neg: -0.1 tot: 20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.53 Bulk Shear: 2.73 m/s