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,-85.24 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 273 22.7 15.8 65 6.9 18.2 45 5 297.1 299.2 291.9 330.6 11.56 2 950 593 24.7 13.5 50 11.2 17.4 64 17 302.3 304.1 292.4 332.7 10.26 3 900 1064 20.4 12.2 60 8.1 15.1 70 16 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.99 4 850 1554 15.7 11.1 74 4.6 12.8 74 16 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.7 9.81 5 800 2065 11.0 9.7 92 1.3 10.2 78 15 302.8 304.6 292.0 331.0 9.47 6 750 2601 8.0 4.4 78 3.7 6.0 80 12 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.5 6.99 7 700 3169 5.7 -1.1 61 6.8 2.2 70 12 308.8 309.8 290.1 324.4 5.04 8 650 3772 2.2 -7.2 50 9.4 -2.0 65 13 311.4 312.1 289.5 322.3 3.42 9 600 4414 -1.2 -9.5 54 8.2 -4.7 68 11 314.7 315.3 290.2 324.7 3.11 10 550 5103 -4.8 -12.6 54 7.8 -7.8 69 11 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.1 2.64 11 500 5847 -9.1 -20.8 38 11.7 -12.8 73 14 321.9 322.2 290.8 326.9 1.46 12 450 6654 -14.1 -35.4 15 21.3 -18.3 73 10 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.1 0.42 13 400 7537 -20.4 -40.8 14 20.4 -23.5 91 8 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.27 14 350 8509 -28.0 -50.3 10 22.3 -30.1 101 16 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 15 300 9595 -37.5 -49.0 29 11.5 -38.3 104 19 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10830 -44.7 -58.6 20 13.9 -45.2 152 24 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.9 0.06 17 200 12304 -50.5 -71.7 6 21.2 -51.0 161 32 352.7 352.7 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14145 -59.1 -79.9 5 20.8 -59.3 197 19 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16624 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.5 -67.4 222 10 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.18 m Freezing level: 618.13 mb = 4181.30 m = 13718.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.74 mb = 3480.27 m = 11418.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.48 mb = 1155.15 m = 3789.80 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.49 mb = 2060.19 m = 6759.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.29 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 29.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5164.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.39 mb = 1894.33 m = 6214.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.0 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 101.0 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: -3.8 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 34.10 Bulk Shear: 0.55 m/s