MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.08,-85.47 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -85.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 986 261 22.8 16.1 66 6.7 18.4 37 6 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.2 11.76 2 950 590 24.8 13.7 50 11.0 17.5 57 19 302.3 304.2 292.6 333.2 10.44 3 900 1061 20.5 12.4 60 8.1 15.3 63 18 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.6 10.12 4 850 1551 15.9 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 70 15 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.6 10.00 5 800 2063 11.2 10.2 93 1.0 10.6 78 14 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.3 9.81 6 750 2599 7.8 4.7 81 3.1 6.0 87 11 305.0 306.3 290.7 326.6 7.15 7 700 3167 5.8 -2.1 57 7.9 1.8 73 10 308.9 309.8 289.8 323.5 4.69 8 650 3770 2.2 -6.9 51 9.1 -1.9 69 11 311.5 312.1 289.6 322.6 3.51 9 600 4412 -1.5 -7.7 62 6.2 -4.2 74 9 314.4 315.1 290.5 325.9 3.57 10 550 5101 -5.1 -12.7 55 7.6 -8.0 78 10 318.1 318.6 290.8 326.7 2.63 11 500 5844 -9.4 -20.4 41 10.9 -12.8 85 13 321.5 321.8 290.8 326.7 1.51 12 450 6651 -13.7 -36.9 12 23.3 -18.1 95 9 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.36 13 400 7534 -20.6 -40.4 15 19.8 -23.6 81 10 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.28 14 350 8505 -28.6 -48.3 13 19.6 -30.5 93 14 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 15 300 9589 -37.5 -51.9 21 14.4 -38.4 109 14 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10823 -44.6 -59.1 18 14.6 -45.2 157 22 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12300 -50.3 -70.6 7 20.3 -50.8 161 28 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14144 -58.8 -79.8 5 21.0 -59.0 194 19 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16622 -67.2 -82.6 10 15.4 -67.4 230 10 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.20 m Freezing level: 619.91 mb = 4156.41 m = 13636.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.13 mb = 3461.44 m = 11356.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.10 mb = 1117.40 m = 3665.95 ft T: 19.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 10.62 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 2057.06 m = 6748.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: 0.58 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.75 mb = 1867.63 m = 6127.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.75 mb = 2448.46 m = 8032.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.75 mb = 2892.61 m = 9490.09 ft B at Equ Level: 21.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 503.75 mb = 5785.38 m = 18980.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 73.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 103.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 39.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.79 Bulk Shear: 2.93 m/s