MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 39.29,-80.39 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 966 404 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 235 2 292.0 294.1 290.2 324.9 11.61 2 950 542 15.2 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 241 4 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.6 11.25 3 900 1001 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 284 6 296.2 298.0 290.6 326.1 10.37 4 850 1483 11.9 9.9 88 2.0 10.7 292 6 298.6 300.2 290.3 325.1 9.05 5 800 1989 9.0 7.4 89 1.6 8.1 277 9 300.8 302.3 290.2 324.8 8.10 6 750 2521 6.3 2.6 77 3.7 4.3 270 14 303.4 304.5 289.3 321.9 6.15 7 700 3085 4.0 -7.9 42 11.9 -1.2 265 22 306.9 307.5 287.5 316.4 3.01 8 650 3684 1.5 -16.5 25 18.0 -4.8 262 27 310.7 311.0 287.4 316.0 1.62 9 600 4325 -1.7 -28.4 11 26.6 -8.8 262 29 314.1 314.2 287.5 316.2 0.61 10 550 5011 -6.0 -38.0 6 31.9 -12.4 267 30 316.9 317.0 288.1 317.9 0.26 11 500 5749 -11.1 -41.1 6 30.1 -16.2 269 30 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.3 0.21 12 450 6549 -16.1 -45.6 6 29.5 -20.2 274 30 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.14 13 400 7426 -21.3 -50.2 6 28.9 -24.5 269 34 327.3 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.10 14 350 8401 -26.6 -55.8 5 29.2 -29.0 253 49 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.06 15 300 9495 -35.1 -52.0 16 16.8 -36.4 240 76 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 16 250 10740 -44.4 -62.3 12 17.9 -45.0 239 77 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12204 -53.0 -67.6 15 14.6 -53.3 241 72 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14028 -60.3 -76.6 10 16.3 -60.5 237 52 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16511 -66.1 -83.1 8 17.0 -66.2 242 26 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.23 m Freezing level: 626.49 mb = 3985.33 m = 13075.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.57 mb = 2962.40 m = 9719.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.97 mb = 444.82 m = 1459.38 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1363.64 m = 4473.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.87 C = 71.36 F Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 2.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 20.96 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7552.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.21 mb = 999.12 m = 3277.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 35.91 m/s