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: 37.82,-82.17 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -82.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 976 362 20.5 16.0 76 4.5 17.5 62 2 295.7 297.8 291.6 329.7 11.82 2 950 596 22.4 14.3 60 8.1 17.1 55 10 299.9 301.9 292.2 331.8 10.86 3 900 1064 18.7 12.7 68 6.0 14.9 61 12 300.8 302.7 292.0 331.2 10.32 4 850 1552 14.6 11.4 81 3.2 12.6 71 11 301.4 303.3 292.0 331.1 10.03 5 800 2062 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 83 10 302.7 304.4 291.7 330.1 9.22 6 750 2599 8.5 5.0 79 3.4 6.5 90 9 305.8 307.1 291.1 327.9 7.32 7 700 3167 6.0 -1.3 59 7.3 2.2 81 8 309.1 310.0 290.1 324.5 4.95 8 650 3771 2.7 -6.2 52 8.9 -1.4 72 10 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.8 3.70 9 600 4415 -0.4 -10.2 47 9.9 -4.5 73 13 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.2 2.93 10 550 5106 -4.3 -13.7 48 9.4 -7.9 74 13 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.0 2.42 11 500 5850 -9.4 -13.7 71 4.3 -11.0 66 15 321.6 322.1 291.9 330.5 2.66 12 450 6657 -14.4 -15.5 91 1.1 -14.8 69 18 325.1 325.6 292.7 333.7 2.53 13 400 7543 -18.7 -18.8 99 0.1 -18.7 116 23 330.7 331.1 293.9 338.3 2.17 14 350 8525 -25.5 -26.0 95 0.5 -25.6 117 21 334.4 334.6 294.1 339.1 1.31 15 300 9624 -33.7 -33.8 100 0.0 -33.7 148 26 337.8 338.0 294.4 340.6 0.73 16 250 10877 -43.1 -43.1 100 -0.0 -43.2 165 57 341.9 342.0 295.1 343.3 0.34 17 200 12341 -52.9 -57.2 59 4.4 -53.0 184 60 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14177 -60.7 -77.0 10 16.4 -60.8 209 50 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16635 -69.3 -82.4 13 13.0 -69.4 228 14 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.48 m Freezing level: 605.71 mb = 4341.28 m = 14242.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.08 mb = 3535.13 m = 11598.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.69 mb = 933.57 m = 3062.85 ft T: 19.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.55 mb = 1951.91 m = 6403.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 28.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5985.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.87 mb = 1643.01 m = 5390.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 72.0 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 102.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.69 Bulk Shear: 1.84 m/s