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: 37.15,-86.03 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -86.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 992 215 23.2 16.2 65 7.0 18.5 33 6 297.0 299.1 292.0 331.0 11.73 2 950 591 24.6 13.6 51 10.9 17.4 50 16 302.1 304.0 292.5 332.9 10.38 3 900 1062 20.3 12.7 62 7.6 15.4 59 16 302.4 304.3 292.5 332.9 10.30 4 850 1552 15.7 11.7 77 4.0 13.1 69 15 302.6 304.5 292.5 332.9 10.23 5 800 2064 11.2 10.2 93 1.0 10.6 83 14 303.1 304.9 292.3 332.2 9.79 6 750 2600 8.1 4.2 76 3.9 5.9 87 12 305.4 306.7 290.6 326.3 6.92 7 700 3168 5.7 -0.9 62 6.6 2.3 77 11 308.7 309.7 290.2 324.6 5.10 8 650 3771 2.2 -4.9 59 7.2 -1.2 73 12 311.5 312.2 290.0 324.3 4.07 9 600 4413 -1.3 -9.5 53 8.2 -4.8 74 12 314.6 315.2 290.2 324.7 3.10 10 550 5102 -5.0 -13.6 51 8.6 -8.2 82 12 318.2 318.7 290.6 326.3 2.44 11 500 5845 -9.5 -22.1 35 12.6 -13.2 85 16 321.5 321.8 290.6 326.0 1.30 12 450 6651 -13.8 -36.4 13 22.6 -18.1 86 12 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.38 13 400 7535 -20.5 -41.1 14 20.6 -23.5 90 11 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.26 14 350 8506 -28.8 -44.3 21 15.5 -30.5 89 16 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.21 15 300 9589 -37.5 -53.5 17 16.0 -38.5 102 16 332.5 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.09 16 250 10820 -45.9 -57.3 26 11.4 -46.4 144 17 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 17 200 12294 -49.5 -73.0 5 23.5 -50.0 156 22 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14141 -58.7 -79.8 5 21.1 -58.9 185 16 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16621 -67.5 -82.5 10 15.0 -67.7 231 9 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.14 m Freezing level: 618.23 mb = 4178.83 m = 13709.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.81 mb = 3563.05 m = 11689.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.78 mb = 1111.81 m = 3647.63 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.62 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.54 mb = 2036.87 m = 6682.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.50 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5216.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.14 mb = 1812.72 m = 5947.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.5 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 104.5 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -2.9 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 4.97 m/s