MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F300.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250000F300.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12.5 day GFS valid 12Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-86.89 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 161 15.9 15.4 97 0.4 15.6 104 6 288.9 290.9 288.7 319.9 11.07 1 1000 171 15.9 15.3 96 0.6 15.5 109 7 289.1 291.0 288.7 319.9 11.02 2 950 606 14.0 13.2 95 0.8 13.5 143 20 291.4 293.2 288.8 320.0 10.09 3 900 1064 13.8 13.4 98 0.4 13.6 165 26 295.7 297.6 290.8 326.8 10.80 4 850 1545 11.7 11.3 97 0.4 11.5 174 27 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.5 9.97 5 800 2052 9.4 8.8 96 0.6 9.0 178 25 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.6 8.94 6 750 2586 6.7 6.0 95 0.7 6.3 185 22 303.9 305.3 291.0 327.3 7.83 7 700 3150 3.6 3.3 98 0.2 3.4 182 21 306.4 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.97 8 650 3749 0.4 0.3 100 0.1 0.4 183 25 309.4 310.5 291.2 328.1 6.04 9 600 4388 -2.3 -2.5 99 0.2 -2.4 189 31 313.5 314.5 291.7 330.2 5.31 10 550 5076 -5.3 -5.6 98 0.3 -5.4 212 39 317.8 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.60 11 500 5818 -9.8 -10.4 95 0.6 -10.1 217 44 321.1 321.8 292.4 332.5 3.46 12 450 6624 -15.2 -17.1 86 1.8 -15.9 223 49 324.1 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.22 13 400 7503 -21.2 -26.4 63 5.2 -22.4 225 55 327.4 327.6 292.1 331.3 1.11 14 350 8473 -28.8 -36.4 48 7.6 -29.9 227 56 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.8 0.49 15 300 9558 -37.2 -41.3 66 4.1 -37.7 222 52 332.9 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.34 16 250 10792 -45.7 -55.6 32 9.9 -46.2 226 78 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 17 200 12253 -53.6 -68.1 16 14.4 -53.9 233 92 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14060 -62.1 -77.4 11 15.3 -62.3 233 76 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16544 -67.0 -82.8 9 15.8 -67.1 229 18 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.98 m Freezing level: 642.70 mb = 3842.20 m = 12605.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.26 mb = 3832.11 m = 12572.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.00 mb = 213.94 m = 701.88 ft T: 15.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 0.25 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1391.83 m = 4566.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.16 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 5.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.52 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8313.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.10 mb = 686.08 m = 2250.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.7 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 220.7 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.8 neg: -12.5 tot: 183.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 72.71 m/s