MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 111 SFC 966 404 18.8 17.8 94 1.1 18.1 132 1 294.8 297.2 292.6 333.1 13.35 2 950 551 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 17.0 140 3 295.0 297.3 292.0 331.2 12.60 3 900 1012 15.9 14.0 88 1.9 14.7 149 6 297.9 299.9 291.8 330.5 11.22 4 850 1497 13.7 11.5 87 2.2 12.3 141 5 300.5 302.3 291.7 330.1 10.08 5 800 2007 10.9 7.9 82 3.0 9.2 104 2 302.8 304.4 291.1 327.9 8.41 6 750 2543 7.8 4.4 79 3.3 5.9 23 3 305.0 306.3 290.6 326.2 7.03 7 700 3109 4.2 1.4 82 2.8 2.7 328 4 307.1 308.3 290.5 325.7 6.08 8 650 3709 0.8 -1.7 84 2.4 -0.4 311 7 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.1 5.22 9 600 4349 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.8 292 6 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.2 5.05 10 550 5037 -5.4 -5.8 97 0.4 -5.5 214 9 317.7 318.6 292.3 332.3 4.52 11 500 5781 -8.9 -9.4 96 0.5 -9.1 196 19 322.2 323.0 293.0 334.6 3.76 12 450 6591 -13.0 -13.9 93 0.9 -13.3 183 24 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.8 2.91 13 400 7480 -18.9 -19.7 94 0.8 -19.2 210 35 330.4 330.8 293.7 337.4 2.00 14 350 8459 -26.3 -26.8 95 0.5 -26.4 195 41 333.3 333.6 293.7 337.7 1.22 15 300 9554 -34.9 -41.6 50 6.7 -35.6 197 54 336.2 336.3 293.7 337.5 0.33 16 250 10801 -43.9 -57.4 21 13.5 -44.5 202 68 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.07 17 200 12267 -53.5 -66.2 20 12.6 -53.8 210 62 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14072 -62.8 -76.8 13 14.0 -62.9 216 42 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16542 -66.2 -83.6 7 17.4 -66.3 224 22 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.08 m Freezing level: 637.97 mb = 3862.85 m = 12673.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3620.98 m = 11879.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.38 % Est. max temperature: 25.95 C = 78.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.65 mb = 535.66 m = 1757.38 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.89 C/km ThetaE index: 7.38 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.95 mb = 1477.90 m = 4848.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.31 C = 75.76 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 2.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.37 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.69 mb = 1062.64 m = 3486.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.69 mb = 2768.13 m = 9081.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 579.69 mb = 4620.94 m = 15160.39 ft B at Equ Level: 46.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 499.69 mb = 5785.58 m = 18981.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.7 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 234.7 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: -28.0 tot: -18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 6.30 m/s