MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 39.79,-84.96 Latitude: 39.79 Longitude: -84.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 978 318 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.8 40 2 294.6 296.8 291.9 330.5 12.55 2 950 566 17.1 15.7 91 1.4 16.2 44 2 294.5 296.6 291.3 328.5 11.86 3 900 1027 15.2 13.2 88 2.0 13.9 42 1 297.1 299.1 291.2 328.0 10.64 4 850 1510 12.6 11.1 91 1.5 11.7 261 2 299.3 301.1 291.2 328.1 9.82 5 800 2017 9.8 8.8 93 1.0 9.2 272 5 301.6 303.2 291.1 327.9 8.90 6 750 2552 7.5 6.0 91 1.4 6.6 265 8 304.7 306.2 291.2 328.4 7.87 7 700 3119 5.2 3.0 86 2.2 4.0 270 14 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.1 6.80 8 650 3721 1.1 -0.6 88 1.8 0.2 261 19 310.3 311.3 291.0 327.7 5.63 9 600 4361 -2.7 -2.8 99 0.1 -2.8 256 26 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.3 5.19 10 550 5047 -5.8 -9.7 73 4.0 -7.4 254 34 317.2 317.9 291.2 328.0 3.32 11 500 5788 -10.6 -15.0 70 4.3 -12.2 253 34 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.1 2.39 12 450 6591 -15.2 -27.2 35 12.0 -18.1 255 37 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.4 0.92 13 400 7471 -21.0 -44.9 10 23.9 -24.1 259 42 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.17 14 350 8443 -28.2 -51.3 9 23.1 -30.3 250 49 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 15 300 9532 -34.9 -56.0 10 21.1 -36.2 259 58 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.06 16 250 10784 -42.6 -60.8 12 18.2 -43.3 260 74 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12259 -52.0 -67.5 14 15.4 -52.4 262 76 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14077 -60.6 -76.2 11 15.5 -60.8 270 49 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16566 -65.1 -83.3 6 18.2 -65.3 270 28 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.52 m Freezing level: 635.16 mb = 3910.99 m = 12831.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.27 mb = 3767.09 m = 12359.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.04 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.87 mb = 639.05 m = 2096.60 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 2.50 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1317.86 m = 4323.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.39 C = 74.11 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6509.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.47 mb = 1003.35 m = 3291.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -1.7 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 48.01 m/s