MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 27 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 16.5 14.4 87 2.1 15.1 55 2 292.5 294.4 289.6 322.9 10.70 2 950 546 17.7 13.1 74 4.6 14.8 76 6 295.2 297.0 290.0 324.0 10.02 3 900 1010 17.5 13.0 75 4.4 14.6 146 6 299.5 301.4 291.8 330.3 10.52 4 850 1497 14.7 11.7 82 3.0 12.8 181 7 301.5 303.4 292.2 331.7 10.23 5 800 2008 11.3 9.5 89 1.8 10.2 207 6 303.1 304.9 292.0 331.0 9.35 6 750 2545 7.7 6.5 92 1.2 7.1 222 7 305.0 306.5 291.6 329.5 8.13 7 700 3111 4.9 0.9 75 4.0 2.8 226 7 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.9 5.85 8 650 3712 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.6 207 6 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.6 4.87 9 600 4353 -2.1 -7.1 69 5.0 -4.3 207 7 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.6 3.75 10 550 5039 -6.2 -7.6 89 1.5 -6.8 169 9 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.4 3.92 11 500 5781 -9.3 -10.0 95 0.6 -9.6 185 18 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.5 3.59 12 450 6590 -13.5 -13.9 97 0.4 -13.7 190 31 326.2 326.8 293.3 336.1 2.90 13 400 7476 -19.3 -19.4 100 0.0 -19.3 198 32 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.07 14 350 8456 -25.9 -25.9 100 0.0 -25.9 191 44 333.8 334.1 294.0 338.6 1.32 15 300 9555 -33.8 -34.0 98 0.2 -33.8 203 62 337.7 337.9 294.4 340.4 0.72 16 250 10802 -45.3 -45.3 99 0.1 -45.3 209 64 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 17 200 12251 -54.9 -62.7 38 7.7 -55.1 223 56 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.04 18 150 14056 -62.1 -77.4 11 15.2 -62.3 228 43 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16530 -65.9 -83.6 7 17.7 -66.1 249 22 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.59 m Freezing level: 631.62 mb = 3947.60 m = 12951.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.19 mb = 3598.18 m = 11804.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.15 mb = 672.36 m = 2205.87 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.16 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.14 mb = 2068.89 m = 6787.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 31.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5836.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.79 mb = 1399.48 m = 4591.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.1 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 220.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 15.47 m/s