MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 0600Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.36,-84.29 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -84.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 981 262 18.7 18.6 100 0.1 18.7 236 1 293.5 295.9 292.6 333.1 13.91 2 950 541 18.2 17.7 96 0.6 17.8 245 4 295.7 298.1 292.9 334.5 13.49 3 900 1005 16.5 15.0 90 1.6 15.5 239 7 298.6 300.7 292.6 333.4 11.96 4 850 1490 13.8 12.5 92 1.2 13.0 228 8 300.6 302.5 292.3 332.3 10.80 5 800 2000 10.8 10.1 96 0.6 10.4 226 9 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.6 9.77 6 750 2537 8.0 7.6 97 0.4 7.8 218 12 305.3 306.9 292.2 331.7 8.77 7 700 3104 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.1 211 17 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.79 8 650 3707 2.1 2.0 99 0.1 2.0 209 24 311.3 312.6 292.4 332.5 6.81 9 600 4350 -1.0 -1.2 99 0.2 -1.2 215 31 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.4 5.84 10 550 5041 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 219 33 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.6 4.88 11 500 5786 -8.2 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.4 220 32 323.0 323.8 293.3 336.1 3.97 12 450 6598 -12.7 -13.3 96 0.5 -12.9 218 34 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.6 3.06 13 400 7487 -18.5 -18.6 99 0.1 -18.6 228 45 331.0 331.4 294.0 338.6 2.20 14 350 8470 -25.5 -25.5 100 0.0 -25.5 227 51 334.3 334.6 294.1 339.3 1.37 15 300 9569 -33.7 -33.7 100 0.0 -33.7 230 58 337.8 338.0 294.5 340.6 0.74 16 250 10824 -42.7 -42.9 98 0.2 -42.8 235 77 342.6 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12291 -54.2 -54.4 97 0.2 -54.2 239 90 347.0 347.0 296.1 347.5 0.12 18 150 14100 -61.1 -76.3 12 15.1 -61.3 241 59 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.8 0.01 19 100 16576 -67.8 -83.2 9 15.4 -67.9 238 18 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.49 m Freezing level: 616.46 mb = 4138.38 m = 13577.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.21 mb = 4109.97 m = 13484.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.54 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.53 mb = 269.02 m = 882.61 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 2.86 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.33 mb = 1134.69 m = 3722.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 34.22 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.69 mb = 837.63 m = 2748.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.69 mb = 1764.90 m = 5790.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 592.69 mb = 4447.41 m = 14591.05 ft B at Equ Level: 53.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 472.69 mb = 6218.96 m = 20403.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 37.23 m/s