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: 38.30,-82.48 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -82.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 248 21.3 16.0 72 5.3 17.8 36 4 295.4 297.5 291.4 328.9 11.66 2 950 599 22.9 13.7 56 9.2 16.9 47 14 300.4 302.3 292.0 331.1 10.43 3 900 1067 18.7 12.7 68 6.0 14.8 62 13 300.8 302.6 292.0 331.0 10.28 4 850 1555 14.6 11.2 80 3.4 12.4 80 13 301.4 303.2 291.9 330.5 9.85 5 800 2065 11.3 7.5 77 3.8 9.1 92 10 303.2 304.8 291.0 327.7 8.18 6 750 2602 8.9 1.2 58 7.7 4.8 77 9 306.3 307.3 289.8 323.3 5.57 7 700 3171 6.2 -3.8 49 10.0 1.4 72 10 309.4 310.1 289.4 322.2 4.11 8 650 3775 3.1 -8.3 43 11.3 -1.9 75 13 312.4 313.0 289.5 322.5 3.15 9 600 4419 -0.2 -11.2 43 11.0 -4.7 76 17 315.9 316.4 290.2 324.7 2.71 10 550 5110 -4.2 -15.6 41 11.3 -8.4 78 19 319.1 319.5 290.6 326.0 2.07 11 500 5855 -8.9 -21.6 35 12.7 -12.8 80 16 322.2 322.5 290.8 326.9 1.36 12 450 6662 -14.5 -20.7 59 6.2 -16.3 68 18 325.0 325.4 291.9 330.7 1.64 13 400 7546 -19.2 -20.6 89 1.4 -19.6 99 21 330.0 330.4 293.4 336.5 1.86 14 350 8528 -25.5 -25.5 99 0.1 -25.5 119 25 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.4 1.37 15 300 9626 -34.0 -34.3 98 0.2 -34.1 152 17 337.4 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.70 16 250 10879 -43.5 -43.5 100 -0.0 -43.5 163 50 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.6 0.32 17 200 12340 -54.5 -55.1 92 0.7 -54.5 185 62 346.5 346.6 296.0 347.0 0.11 18 150 14171 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.7 -60.5 212 43 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16631 -69.2 -82.5 13 13.3 -69.3 223 14 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.25 m Freezing level: 603.37 mb = 4375.58 m = 14355.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.16 mb = 3416.97 m = 11210.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.71 C = 81.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.18 mb = 922.04 m = 3025.04 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.86 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 2068.95 m = 6787.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 2.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 24.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5938.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.66 mb = 1627.61 m = 5339.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 74.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 104.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -2.2 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.53 Bulk Shear: 5.62 m/s