MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 109 SFC 966 404 21.7 15.8 69 6.0 17.8 179 1 297.8 299.9 292.2 331.8 11.72 2 950 550 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.2 195 1 296.5 298.5 291.3 328.5 11.08 3 900 1012 14.7 13.4 92 1.3 13.9 249 1 296.7 298.6 291.1 327.9 10.79 4 850 1494 11.9 10.1 89 1.8 10.8 298 4 298.6 300.3 290.4 325.4 9.17 5 800 2000 9.4 4.7 73 4.6 6.8 279 6 301.1 302.4 289.1 321.1 6.71 6 750 2533 7.1 -4.0 45 11.1 1.9 268 8 304.3 305.0 287.4 316.0 3.80 7 700 3098 5.5 -14.4 22 20.0 -2.0 274 11 308.6 308.9 286.9 314.4 1.78 8 650 3700 3.0 -23.2 13 26.2 -5.1 274 14 312.4 312.6 287.2 315.5 0.91 9 600 4344 -0.2 -27.4 11 27.2 -7.7 273 14 315.9 316.1 288.2 318.3 0.67 10 550 5035 -4.0 -34.2 7 30.2 -10.9 265 16 319.3 319.4 289.0 320.7 0.38 11 500 5780 -8.5 -41.2 5 32.6 -14.5 237 14 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.4 0.21 12 450 6588 -13.8 -45.9 5 32.1 -18.6 187 2 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.14 13 400 7470 -20.5 -44.0 10 23.5 -23.7 248 9 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.19 14 350 8443 -28.0 -54.2 6 26.3 -30.2 244 33 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.3 0.07 15 300 9533 -35.6 -50.7 20 15.2 -36.7 236 67 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.12 16 250 10777 -45.2 -48.9 66 3.7 -45.4 235 84 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12232 -54.4 -67.2 19 12.8 -54.6 233 64 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14045 -61.4 -76.0 13 14.6 -61.6 235 57 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16523 -65.9 -83.4 7 17.5 -66.0 251 26 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.09 m Freezing level: 602.52 mb = 4311.71 m = 14145.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.87 mb = 2800.72 m = 9188.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.77 % Est. max temperature: 24.20 C = 75.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.74 mb = 1156.03 m = 3792.71 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1347.76 m = 4421.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.96 C = 71.53 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 4.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.63 C K Index: 10.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 142.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5819.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.76 mb = 1213.14 m = 3980.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -1.6 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 10.86 m/s