MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 1 OCT 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 113 SFC 967 404 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 67 8 294.7 296.9 291.8 330.4 12.46 2 950 554 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 72 16 295.4 297.6 291.9 330.7 12.26 3 900 1015 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 97 27 297.1 299.2 292.1 331.3 11.85 4 850 1500 14.3 13.0 92 1.3 13.5 105 32 301.2 303.2 292.8 334.0 11.16 5 800 2012 13.2 9.6 79 3.6 11.0 91 24 305.2 307.0 292.7 333.5 9.42 6 750 2554 10.1 6.8 80 3.4 8.1 80 21 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.7 8.27 7 700 3124 6.3 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 83 18 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.1 7.68 8 650 3730 3.1 -1.4 72 4.5 0.8 93 11 312.5 313.5 291.5 329.2 5.34 9 600 4374 -0.2 -8.2 55 8.0 -3.7 94 8 315.9 316.6 290.9 327.0 3.43 10 550 5067 -3.5 -12.5 49 9.1 -7.1 107 7 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.8 2.65 11 500 5813 -8.6 -13.4 68 4.9 -10.4 122 8 322.6 323.1 292.2 331.7 2.71 12 450 6623 -12.9 -13.7 94 0.8 -13.2 87 15 327.0 327.6 293.6 337.0 2.95 13 400 7514 -17.6 -17.8 99 0.2 -17.6 70 22 332.1 332.6 294.4 340.4 2.37 14 350 8501 -24.3 -24.4 100 0.0 -24.4 82 24 336.0 336.3 294.7 341.5 1.52 15 300 9605 -32.9 -32.9 100 -0.0 -32.9 111 22 339.0 339.2 294.8 342.0 0.80 16 250 10861 -42.9 -42.9 100 -0.0 -42.9 142 37 342.2 342.3 295.2 343.6 0.35 17 200 12327 -53.1 -60.8 38 7.8 -53.2 172 13 348.8 348.8 296.4 349.0 0.05 18 150 14148 -60.6 -74.7 14 14.1 -60.8 276 22 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16612 -68.2 -82.7 11 14.5 -68.3 268 15 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.26 m Freezing level: 602.83 mb = 4337.70 m = 14231.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.07 mb = 3840.99 m = 12601.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.90 mb = 653.93 m = 2145.41 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 2028.79 m = 6656.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: 2.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 34.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6213.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.78 mb = 998.17 m = 3274.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 94.0 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 124.0 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.1 neg: -68.7 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.66 Bulk Shear: 2.62 m/s