MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F234.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F234.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 234 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 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 968 403 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 217 5 290.4 292.3 288.7 320.0 10.48 2 950 562 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.2 222 11 290.6 292.4 288.4 319.0 10.03 3 900 1016 11.4 10.9 97 0.5 11.1 252 14 293.2 294.9 288.5 319.4 9.13 4 850 1493 9.1 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 256 15 295.7 297.2 288.6 319.7 8.28 5 800 1993 6.7 5.3 91 1.3 5.9 254 17 298.3 299.5 288.3 318.9 7.01 6 750 2521 3.2 2.6 96 0.6 2.9 258 22 300.0 301.1 288.2 318.3 6.16 7 700 3078 0.0 -0.4 97 0.5 -0.2 259 24 302.5 303.5 288.2 318.5 5.30 8 650 3669 -2.6 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.0 256 27 306.0 306.9 288.7 319.9 4.51 9 600 4301 -5.8 -6.4 95 0.6 -6.0 247 31 309.4 310.2 289.3 321.8 3.95 10 550 4979 -9.5 -10.0 96 0.5 -9.7 237 31 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.2 3.25 11 500 5709 -13.9 -14.2 97 0.4 -14.0 231 36 316.1 316.6 290.1 324.5 2.54 12 450 6500 -19.7 -19.8 99 0.1 -19.8 232 37 318.4 318.8 290.1 324.4 1.77 13 400 7362 -26.9 -31.5 65 4.6 -27.7 230 40 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.69 14 350 8312 -33.4 -47.2 24 13.8 -34.5 242 40 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.3 0.15 15 300 9377 -40.9 -57.0 16 16.1 -41.6 247 39 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.0 0.06 16 250 10595 -48.7 -61.0 23 12.3 -49.1 239 38 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.8 0.04 17 200 12037 -55.0 -67.1 21 12.1 -55.2 236 44 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13867 -57.0 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.3 242 43 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16403 -61.1 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.4 248 24 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5581.95 m Freezing level: 699.58 mb = 3082.54 m = 10113.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.49 mb = 3037.47 m = 9965.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.56 % Est. max temperature: 21.41 C = 70.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.54 mb = 468.37 m = 1536.63 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 1.34 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1004.87 m = 3296.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.31 C = 63.17 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.85 mb = 905.91 m = 2972.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.85 mb = 2555.04 m = 8382.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 686.85 mb = 3228.96 m = 10593.56 ft B at Equ Level: 20.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 616.85 mb = 4082.44 m = 13393.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.74 Bulk Shear: 28.80 m/s