MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z 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 107 SFC 966 404 20.3 17.9 87 2.3 18.7 127 2 296.3 298.8 293.1 335.3 13.51 2 950 549 18.8 16.6 87 2.2 17.4 125 2 296.3 298.6 292.4 332.7 12.61 3 900 1012 16.1 13.8 86 2.3 14.6 142 3 298.1 300.1 291.8 330.4 11.09 4 850 1497 13.6 10.7 82 3.0 11.8 117 3 300.4 302.2 291.3 328.5 9.54 5 800 2006 10.7 7.3 79 3.4 8.7 49 2 302.6 304.1 290.7 326.5 8.03 6 750 2542 8.1 3.7 74 4.4 5.6 350 3 305.3 306.6 290.4 325.5 6.66 7 700 3108 4.5 1.5 81 2.9 2.9 326 5 307.4 308.6 290.6 326.1 6.11 8 650 3708 1.0 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.7 334 12 310.1 311.0 290.4 325.4 4.89 9 600 4348 -2.5 -3.9 90 1.4 -3.2 330 9 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.3 4.77 10 550 5036 -5.5 -6.0 96 0.5 -5.7 276 6 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.9 4.44 11 500 5779 -9.1 -9.6 96 0.5 -9.3 206 12 321.9 322.7 292.9 334.2 3.71 12 450 6588 -13.4 -13.6 98 0.2 -13.5 193 22 326.3 326.9 293.4 336.4 2.96 13 400 7474 -19.8 -21.3 87 1.6 -20.3 215 28 329.3 329.6 293.2 335.4 1.74 14 350 8451 -26.9 -31.8 63 4.9 -27.8 210 41 332.5 332.6 293.2 335.3 0.76 15 300 9546 -34.1 -34.1 100 0.0 -34.1 203 72 337.3 337.4 294.3 340.0 0.71 16 250 10795 -43.5 -55.8 24 12.3 -44.1 206 70 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.08 17 200 12262 -53.3 -66.9 17 13.6 -53.5 204 62 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14072 -60.9 -78.1 9 17.2 -61.0 216 39 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16545 -66.9 -83.3 8 16.5 -67.0 244 27 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.25 m Freezing level: 635.55 mb = 3893.31 m = 12773.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.21 mb = 3582.18 m = 11752.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.83 mb = 695.56 m = 2281.99 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 9.73 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1512.04 m = 4960.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.41 C = 75.93 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: 30.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.87 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.03 mb = 1163.48 m = 3817.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.03 mb = 2887.82 m = 9474.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 569.03 mb = 4766.94 m = 15639.38 ft B at Equ Level: 41.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 489.03 mb = 5949.66 m = 19519.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -11.5 tot: -10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.87 Bulk Shear: 10.76 m/s