MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.29,-83.69 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -83.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 978 285 24.8 17.3 63 7.4 19.7 293 4 299.9 302.2 293.7 337.5 12.85 2 950 533 21.2 15.4 70 5.8 17.4 288 6 298.7 300.8 292.4 332.8 11.69 3 900 998 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.2 282 6 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.4 11.52 4 850 1483 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 278 7 299.7 301.6 291.9 330.5 10.52 5 800 1991 10.8 8.0 83 2.8 9.1 265 9 302.6 304.2 291.1 327.8 8.44 6 750 2528 8.1 6.0 86 2.1 6.9 249 15 305.4 306.8 291.5 329.0 7.83 7 700 3095 5.4 2.8 84 2.6 3.9 245 22 308.4 309.7 291.5 329.0 6.71 8 650 3698 1.9 -2.0 75 3.9 -0.1 241 27 311.1 312.1 290.9 327.0 5.08 9 600 4340 -1.6 -8.0 62 6.3 -4.4 240 32 314.2 314.9 290.4 325.5 3.50 10 550 5028 -5.1 -11.7 60 6.6 -7.8 236 35 318.0 318.6 290.9 327.3 2.83 11 500 5771 -9.3 -24.7 27 15.5 -13.5 240 39 321.7 322.0 290.4 325.3 1.03 12 450 6576 -15.2 -33.7 19 18.5 -18.9 241 42 324.1 324.2 290.6 325.9 0.49 13 400 7456 -20.4 -41.9 13 21.5 -23.5 232 57 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.24 14 350 8432 -27.0 -51.2 8 24.2 -29.3 230 66 332.3 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.10 15 300 9525 -34.3 -53.7 12 19.4 -35.6 228 83 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.09 16 250 10778 -42.9 -46.2 70 3.3 -43.1 220 97 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12250 -51.7 -68.5 12 16.8 -52.1 232 81 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14075 -60.8 -76.6 11 15.8 -60.9 234 53 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16552 -65.5 -83.1 7 17.7 -65.6 252 21 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.09 m Freezing level: 623.19 mb = 4042.09 m = 13261.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.85 mb = 3687.39 m = 12097.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.81 mb = 1219.61 m = 4001.30 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.38 mb = 1350.50 m = 4430.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.38 C = 75.88 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 1.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 31.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.90 mb = 1286.67 m = 4221.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.90 mb = 1434.19 m = 4705.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 554.90 mb = 4957.89 m = 16265.84 ft B at Equ Level: 30.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.90 mb = 7549.68 m = 24769.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 273.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 32.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 47.62 m/s