MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F138.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F138.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 138 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 127 SFC 968 404 19.7 17.7 88 2.0 18.4 70 6 295.6 298.0 292.7 333.7 13.26 2 950 569 18.8 15.6 82 3.1 16.7 71 13 296.2 298.4 291.8 330.4 11.84 3 900 1031 15.5 13.5 88 1.9 14.2 81 16 297.4 299.4 291.5 329.0 10.89 4 850 1514 12.6 11.4 93 1.1 11.9 87 16 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.6 10.01 5 800 2022 9.9 9.2 96 0.7 9.5 83 15 301.7 303.3 291.3 328.8 9.15 6 750 2557 7.1 6.7 98 0.3 6.9 74 14 304.2 305.8 291.4 329.0 8.25 7 700 3122 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 68 14 307.6 308.8 291.0 327.7 6.59 8 650 3723 1.3 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.2 71 14 310.5 311.5 290.7 326.6 5.17 9 600 4364 -2.3 -6.8 71 4.6 -4.3 75 13 313.5 314.2 290.5 325.7 3.82 10 550 5050 -5.8 -12.0 62 6.1 -8.2 72 13 317.1 317.7 290.6 326.2 2.77 11 500 5792 -9.6 -17.2 54 7.7 -12.2 65 11 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.1 1.98 12 450 6597 -14.9 -16.1 91 1.2 -15.3 84 11 324.5 325.0 292.4 332.7 2.42 13 400 7482 -19.1 -19.1 100 0.1 -19.1 161 6 330.2 330.6 293.7 337.6 2.11 14 350 8464 -25.2 -25.5 98 0.2 -25.3 147 1 334.8 335.0 294.3 339.7 1.38 15 300 9564 -34.2 -36.5 79 2.3 -34.5 164 4 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.4 0.56 16 250 10810 -45.2 -45.9 92 0.7 -45.2 35 13 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.25 17 200 12265 -53.1 -63.0 29 9.8 -53.4 234 13 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.04 18 150 14087 -60.3 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 259 25 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16579 -66.5 -83.4 8 16.9 -66.7 282 13 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.76 m Freezing level: 631.48 mb = 3960.69 m = 12994.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.91 mb = 3687.25 m = 12097.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.44 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.95 mb = 659.65 m = 2164.17 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1348.96 m = 4425.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.29 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 31.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.25 mb = 1151.73 m = 3778.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.25 mb = 2207.78 m = 7243.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.25 mb = 2752.95 m = 9031.89 ft B at Equ Level: 10.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 632.25 mb = 3944.97 m = 12942.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.8 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 104.8 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.8 neg: -9.4 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 97.32 Bulk Shear: 0.11 m/s