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: 38.03,-82.64 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -82.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 985 277 21.2 16.0 72 5.3 17.8 41 4 295.6 297.7 291.5 329.2 11.66 2 950 597 22.9 13.6 56 9.3 16.9 48 16 300.5 302.4 292.0 330.9 10.37 3 900 1065 18.8 12.2 65 6.7 14.6 58 12 300.9 302.7 291.8 330.3 9.95 4 850 1553 14.8 11.0 78 3.7 12.4 81 9 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.5 9.75 5 800 2064 11.2 8.3 82 2.9 9.5 99 8 303.1 304.7 291.4 328.9 8.65 6 750 2601 8.9 2.1 63 6.7 5.2 77 8 306.2 307.3 290.1 324.4 5.96 7 700 3169 6.0 -2.5 54 8.5 1.8 72 10 309.1 310.0 289.8 323.2 4.54 8 650 3772 2.7 -7.0 49 9.7 -1.7 75 13 312.0 312.7 289.7 323.1 3.47 9 600 4416 -0.3 -11.0 44 10.7 -4.7 77 16 315.8 316.3 290.2 324.7 2.74 10 550 5108 -4.1 -15.5 41 11.3 -8.3 78 16 319.2 319.6 290.6 326.1 2.09 11 500 5853 -8.8 -18.4 46 9.6 -12.0 82 14 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.4 1.79 12 450 6659 -15.1 -18.2 77 3.1 -16.1 65 19 324.3 324.7 292.0 331.2 2.03 13 400 7543 -18.8 -19.1 98 0.3 -18.9 110 22 330.5 330.9 293.8 337.9 2.11 14 350 8524 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.7 121 26 334.1 334.4 294.0 338.9 1.35 15 300 9621 -34.1 -34.2 99 0.1 -34.1 163 23 337.3 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.70 16 250 10874 -43.3 -43.3 100 -0.0 -43.3 160 56 341.7 341.8 295.0 343.0 0.33 17 200 12336 -53.9 -55.1 87 1.2 -53.9 183 59 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.9 0.11 18 150 14170 -60.2 -78.0 8 17.9 -60.4 210 43 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16632 -69.3 -82.5 13 13.2 -69.4 224 13 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.14 m Freezing level: 605.24 mb = 4348.96 m = 14268.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.29 mb = 3473.83 m = 11396.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.91 mb = 951.39 m = 3121.33 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 7.38 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.92 mb = 2116.61 m = 6944.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5695.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.72 mb = 1685.82 m = 5530.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.3 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 104.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 27.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.80 Bulk Shear: 3.95 m/s