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: 37.62,-83.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -83.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 979 334 21.4 16.0 71 5.4 17.8 66 4 296.3 298.4 291.7 330.2 11.72 2 950 595 22.9 14.0 57 8.8 17.1 71 17 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.7 10.65 3 900 1063 19.2 12.3 65 6.8 14.8 70 17 301.3 303.1 292.0 331.0 10.06 4 850 1552 14.9 11.0 77 3.9 12.5 68 13 301.8 303.6 291.9 330.7 9.76 5 800 2062 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.6 65 9 302.8 304.4 291.5 329.2 8.86 6 750 2598 8.8 2.0 63 6.7 5.1 69 9 306.1 307.2 290.0 324.1 5.91 7 700 3167 6.1 -2.9 53 9.0 1.7 73 10 309.2 310.0 289.6 323.0 4.42 8 650 3770 2.6 -7.3 48 9.9 -1.9 82 10 311.9 312.5 289.6 322.7 3.39 9 600 4414 -0.6 -10.3 48 9.6 -4.7 85 10 315.4 315.9 290.2 324.8 2.91 10 550 5104 -4.0 -14.7 43 10.7 -8.1 90 15 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.7 2.22 11 500 5849 -9.0 -15.1 61 6.1 -11.2 84 18 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.0 2.37 12 450 6656 -14.6 -23.2 48 8.7 -17.0 88 12 324.9 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.31 13 400 7538 -20.5 -25.2 66 4.7 -21.7 74 10 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.7 1.23 14 350 8514 -26.0 -26.1 100 0.0 -26.1 112 20 333.6 333.9 293.9 338.3 1.30 15 300 9610 -35.2 -35.2 100 -0.0 -35.2 128 23 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.2 0.64 16 250 10860 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 158 71 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.36 17 200 12325 -52.1 -57.3 54 5.1 -52.3 178 54 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.5 0.08 18 150 14164 -59.7 -78.6 7 18.9 -59.9 207 36 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16631 -68.3 -82.6 11 14.2 -68.4 213 12 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.74 m Freezing level: 609.93 mb = 4285.88 m = 14061.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.39 mb = 3446.35 m = 11306.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.67 mb = 1027.87 m = 3372.24 ft T: 19.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 9.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 2012.77 m = 6603.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.04 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5896.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.00 mb = 1721.67 m = 5648.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.9 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 107.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 8.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 30.63 Bulk Shear: 0.54 m/s