MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509241800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 24 SEP 25 Station: 38.50,-84.22 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 984 253 24.4 19.0 72 5.4 20.6 223 8 298.9 301.5 294.4 340.3 14.20 2 950 561 20.6 17.3 81 3.3 18.4 229 11 298.1 300.5 293.4 336.4 13.17 3 900 1027 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 236 11 298.6 300.9 293.3 336.1 12.89 4 850 1512 13.9 13.3 97 0.5 13.6 247 13 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.2 11.40 5 800 2023 11.8 11.0 95 0.8 11.3 250 18 303.7 305.6 292.9 334.5 10.33 6 750 2562 9.2 8.3 94 0.9 8.6 249 21 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.3 9.19 7 700 3132 6.4 4.7 89 1.7 5.4 253 24 309.6 311.0 292.6 333.2 7.68 8 650 3737 2.6 0.5 86 2.1 1.5 255 27 311.9 313.1 292.0 331.0 6.11 9 600 4381 -1.1 -6.6 66 5.5 -3.6 260 30 314.9 315.6 290.9 327.3 3.88 10 550 5071 -3.9 -17.5 34 13.6 -8.7 250 32 319.5 319.8 290.4 325.4 1.76 11 500 5817 -8.3 -26.3 22 18.0 -13.2 250 34 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.89 12 450 6625 -14.1 -35.2 15 21.1 -18.3 242 39 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.43 13 400 7507 -20.2 -35.7 24 15.6 -22.9 246 47 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.5 0.45 14 350 8485 -26.2 -35.3 42 9.2 -27.6 260 53 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 15 300 9583 -33.7 -51.3 15 17.6 -35.1 264 79 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.11 16 250 10840 -41.7 -53.5 27 11.8 -42.4 257 85 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.5 0.10 17 200 12315 -53.5 -58.9 52 5.4 -53.7 258 91 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.07 18 150 14118 -63.3 -74.5 21 11.2 -63.4 269 54 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16585 -65.7 -83.5 7 17.8 -65.8 270 23 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.54 m Freezing level: 614.68 mb = 4191.65 m = 13751.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.44 mb = 3919.25 m = 12858.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.58 mb = 935.45 m = 3069.02 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 1052.40 m = 3452.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 138.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.05 mb = 1026.10 m = 3366.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.05 mb = 1168.88 m = 3834.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.05 mb = 8176.67 m = 26826.02 ft B at Equ Level: 136.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.05 mb = 10181.56 m = 33403.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.5 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 280.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.60 Bulk Shear: 30.02 m/s