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: 37.49,-84.61 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -84.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 981 315 22.6 15.5 64 7.1 17.9 44 5 297.4 299.4 291.8 330.3 11.36 2 950 592 24.8 12.8 47 12.0 17.1 63 16 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.6 9.84 3 900 1063 20.5 11.7 57 8.8 14.8 68 15 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.1 9.61 4 850 1553 15.8 10.6 72 5.1 12.6 71 15 302.7 304.4 292.0 330.9 9.51 5 800 2065 10.9 9.5 91 1.3 10.0 73 14 302.7 304.5 291.9 330.6 9.38 6 750 2600 7.8 5.2 83 2.6 6.3 75 12 305.0 306.4 291.0 327.4 7.40 7 700 3168 5.7 -1.6 60 7.2 2.0 63 11 308.8 309.7 289.9 323.9 4.88 8 650 3771 2.3 -7.6 48 9.9 -2.1 59 11 311.5 312.2 289.4 322.1 3.32 9 600 4413 -0.9 -10.1 49 9.3 -4.8 67 11 315.1 315.6 290.2 324.6 2.95 10 550 5103 -4.5 -16.0 40 11.5 -8.6 73 14 318.8 319.2 290.4 325.5 2.00 11 500 5848 -9.0 -23.2 31 14.2 -13.1 77 14 322.1 322.3 290.6 326.2 1.18 12 450 6654 -14.3 -32.4 20 18.0 -18.1 56 9 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.3 0.56 13 400 7536 -20.7 -40.7 15 20.0 -23.7 82 6 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.27 14 350 8509 -27.4 -50.6 9 23.2 -29.6 106 13 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 15 300 9599 -36.1 -38.9 75 2.9 -36.4 107 24 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.2 0.44 16 250 10837 -43.8 -49.8 51 6.0 -44.2 159 45 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.16 17 200 12309 -52.0 -62.6 27 10.7 -52.3 163 45 350.4 350.4 296.8 350.6 0.04 18 150 14147 -59.0 -79.8 5 20.8 -59.2 206 24 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16627 -67.3 -82.9 9 15.6 -67.4 209 9 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.50 m Freezing level: 614.10 mb = 4232.11 m = 13884.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.47 mb = 3458.12 m = 11345.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.76 mb = 1219.36 m = 4000.47 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 9.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2183.00 m = 7161.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.13 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5519.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.96 mb = 2002.04 m = 6568.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.1 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 99.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 42.10 Bulk Shear: 0.40 m/s