MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 155 SFC 972 405 24.6 16.3 60 8.3 19.0 71 4 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.6 12.08 2 950 602 23.4 14.1 56 9.3 17.3 72 10 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.4 10.69 3 900 1071 19.1 12.6 66 6.5 14.9 72 12 301.2 303.1 292.1 331.4 10.23 4 850 1559 14.8 11.2 79 3.6 12.5 65 11 301.6 303.4 291.9 330.8 9.88 5 800 2069 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 10.0 64 11 302.2 303.9 291.8 330.3 9.50 6 750 2605 8.7 4.2 73 4.5 6.2 83 10 306.0 307.3 290.9 327.0 6.92 7 700 3175 6.5 -0.0 63 6.6 3.1 74 11 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.6 5.45 8 650 3780 3.6 -5.8 50 9.5 -0.8 70 13 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.2 3.81 9 600 4426 -0.0 -10.3 46 10.3 -4.4 69 15 316.1 316.6 290.5 325.5 2.90 10 550 5117 -4.2 -16.1 39 11.9 -8.5 68 17 319.1 319.4 290.5 325.7 1.97 11 500 5861 -8.8 -21.1 36 12.3 -12.6 68 19 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.42 12 450 6670 -13.3 -32.1 19 18.8 -17.4 64 15 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.58 13 400 7558 -18.7 -22.1 75 3.4 -19.6 145 4 330.7 331.1 293.4 336.5 1.63 14 350 8541 -25.6 -28.8 74 3.3 -26.2 193 13 334.3 334.5 293.8 338.0 1.01 15 300 9640 -33.2 -34.9 84 1.7 -33.4 188 24 338.6 338.7 294.6 341.1 0.65 16 250 10895 -42.7 -42.7 100 0.0 -42.7 197 52 342.6 342.7 295.3 344.0 0.35 17 200 12362 -53.3 -58.1 56 4.8 -53.4 207 70 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.7 0.08 18 150 14182 -61.9 -77.7 10 15.8 -62.0 220 43 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16634 -69.3 -82.8 13 13.4 -69.4 237 24 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.23 m Freezing level: 600.48 mb = 4419.36 m = 14499.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.35 mb = 3650.86 m = 11977.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.47 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.73 mb = 1452.16 m = 4764.25 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 10.34 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.18 mb = 1931.63 m = 6337.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: 2.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.81 mb = 1812.25 m = 5945.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.81 mb = 2071.02 m = 6794.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.81 mb = 2281.43 m = 7484.91 ft B at Equ Level: 2.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 759.81 mb = 2497.30 m = 8193.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.7 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 99.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -2.6 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.41 Bulk Shear: 2.39 m/s