MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F084.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F084.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3.5 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 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 184 SFC 974 404 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.1 72 3 290.6 292.4 288.3 318.5 9.88 2 950 621 18.0 12.8 71 5.2 14.7 84 13 295.5 297.3 289.9 323.8 9.83 3 900 1084 16.3 11.6 74 4.7 13.4 94 14 298.3 300.0 290.6 326.2 9.57 4 850 1568 13.3 9.7 79 3.5 11.1 90 13 300.0 301.7 290.6 326.3 8.93 5 800 2076 10.0 8.0 87 2.1 8.8 79 14 301.8 303.4 290.8 326.9 8.43 6 750 2610 6.9 5.6 92 1.2 6.2 76 16 304.0 305.4 290.9 326.9 7.64 7 700 3177 5.8 -0.8 62 6.7 2.4 84 20 308.9 309.9 290.2 324.9 5.15 8 650 3782 3.8 -9.6 37 13.4 -1.9 94 21 313.3 313.9 289.5 322.5 2.84 9 600 4428 0.5 -17.2 25 17.6 -5.9 102 21 316.7 317.0 289.4 322.2 1.66 10 550 5120 -3.5 -22.4 22 18.8 -9.4 108 22 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.9 1.16 11 500 5866 -8.0 -31.8 13 23.8 -13.6 111 24 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.2 0.53 12 450 6675 -13.9 -30.1 24 16.2 -17.6 120 24 325.8 326.0 291.2 328.3 0.70 13 400 7560 -19.2 -36.9 19 17.7 -22.3 148 24 330.1 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.40 14 350 8542 -25.1 -46.5 12 21.4 -27.6 157 26 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.6 0.17 15 300 9645 -33.1 -37.2 66 4.1 -33.7 193 34 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.52 16 250 10897 -43.6 -45.2 84 1.6 -43.7 201 55 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.2 0.27 17 200 12358 -53.9 -58.4 58 4.5 -54.0 206 56 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.07 18 150 14185 -60.4 -77.8 8 17.4 -60.6 192 33 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.01 19 100 16632 -69.8 -82.2 15 12.5 -69.8 248 15 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.75 m Freezing level: 594.15 mb = 4508.54 m = 14791.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.07 mb = 3509.11 m = 11512.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.37 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.34 mb = 663.02 m = 2175.25 ft T: 17.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.73 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 2092.27 m = 6864.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 5.57 C Lifted Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.59 C Showalter Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.26 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 24.31 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8016.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.18 mb = 1437.62 m = 4716.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 96.8 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 126.8 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.87 Bulk Shear: 8.70 m/s