MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F132.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F132.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5.5 day GFS valid 12Z 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 123 SFC 968 404 17.2 16.7 97 0.5 16.8 50 6 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.4 12.42 2 950 562 17.1 15.8 92 1.3 16.3 62 15 294.5 296.7 291.4 328.8 11.98 3 900 1023 15.8 13.5 86 2.3 14.4 91 20 297.8 299.8 291.6 329.4 10.89 4 850 1508 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 89 17 300.2 302.0 291.7 330.1 10.19 5 800 2017 10.6 9.5 93 1.1 9.9 77 15 302.4 304.2 291.7 330.2 9.33 6 750 2553 7.6 7.0 96 0.6 7.3 67 15 304.8 306.4 291.7 330.1 8.43 7 700 3120 4.6 4.1 96 0.5 4.3 74 13 307.6 308.9 291.7 329.9 7.34 8 650 3721 1.3 0.9 97 0.4 1.1 70 16 310.5 311.7 291.7 330.0 6.31 9 600 4362 -1.9 -3.9 86 2.0 -2.9 73 16 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.79 10 550 5050 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 77 14 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.7 3.57 11 500 5792 -9.5 -12.5 78 3.1 -10.7 72 19 321.5 322.0 292.0 331.2 2.92 12 450 6600 -13.4 -14.4 92 1.0 -13.8 68 15 326.4 326.9 293.3 335.8 2.78 13 400 7488 -18.4 -18.6 99 0.1 -18.5 90 14 331.0 331.5 294.0 338.8 2.21 14 350 8472 -25.2 -25.2 99 0.1 -25.2 91 16 334.8 335.1 294.3 339.9 1.41 15 300 9572 -33.8 -33.8 100 0.0 -33.8 83 16 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.5 0.73 16 250 10819 -45.5 -45.5 100 -0.0 -45.4 89 7 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 17 200 12276 -53.1 -61.4 36 8.3 -53.3 118 2 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14102 -59.7 -78.6 7 18.8 -59.9 234 28 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16578 -67.3 -83.3 9 16.1 -67.4 274 7 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.68 m Freezing level: 629.43 mb = 3984.73 m = 13073.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.05 mb = 3894.79 m = 12778.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.15 mb = 470.73 m = 1544.37 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 0.24 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1554.34 m = 5099.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.43 C = 75.97 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 34.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6317.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.33 mb = 1086.38 m = 3564.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.0 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 105.0 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.8 neg: -14.6 tot: 33.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 70.86 Bulk Shear: 0.29 m/s