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: 38.50,-84.22 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -84.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 982 253 18.6 18.6 100 0.1 18.6 200 0 293.3 295.7 292.4 332.6 13.82 2 950 540 18.3 17.4 94 1.0 17.7 230 3 295.8 298.2 292.7 333.9 13.25 3 900 1004 16.3 14.7 90 1.7 15.3 223 5 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.5 11.73 4 850 1489 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 220 6 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.6 10.61 5 800 1999 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 222 6 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.67 6 750 2535 7.8 7.5 98 0.3 7.6 212 7 305.0 306.6 292.0 331.2 8.71 7 700 3102 5.1 5.1 100 0.0 5.1 203 13 308.1 309.6 292.3 332.1 7.87 8 650 3705 2.2 2.2 100 0.0 2.2 203 22 311.5 312.8 292.5 332.9 6.91 9 600 4348 -1.2 -1.3 99 0.2 -1.3 208 29 314.8 315.9 292.6 333.1 5.80 10 550 5038 -4.5 -4.9 97 0.4 -4.7 211 31 318.7 319.7 292.9 334.4 4.85 11 500 5783 -8.3 -8.7 97 0.4 -8.5 215 32 322.9 323.7 293.3 336.0 3.96 12 450 6594 -12.8 -13.3 96 0.5 -13.0 214 34 327.2 327.8 293.7 337.5 3.05 13 400 7484 -18.6 -18.7 99 0.1 -18.6 226 44 330.8 331.3 293.9 338.4 2.18 14 350 8466 -25.6 -25.6 100 0.0 -25.6 228 52 334.3 334.6 294.1 339.2 1.36 15 300 9565 -33.9 -33.9 100 0.0 -33.9 229 59 337.6 337.8 294.4 340.3 0.72 16 250 10819 -42.7 -42.9 98 0.2 -42.8 235 78 342.5 342.6 295.3 343.9 0.35 17 200 12286 -54.1 -54.3 98 0.2 -54.1 240 91 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.6 0.12 18 150 14097 -60.7 -76.7 10 16.0 -60.9 242 57 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.5 0.01 19 100 16573 -68.0 -83.3 10 15.2 -68.1 239 18 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.81 m Freezing level: 617.28 mb = 4125.62 m = 13535.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.36 mb = 4105.68 m = 13469.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.38 C = 79.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.59 mb = 259.23 m = 850.47 ft T: 18.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 2.88 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1141.48 m = 3744.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.25 C = 75.65 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 2.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.38 mb = 849.37 m = 2786.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.38 mb = 1777.22 m = 5830.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 611.38 mb = 4196.89 m = 13769.17 ft B at Equ Level: 40.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 501.38 mb = 5761.74 m = 18903.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.8 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 240.8 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.1 neg: -0.8 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 30.41 m/s