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: 40.86,-84.49 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -84.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 984 239 17.1 16.1 94 0.9 16.5 25 5 291.5 293.6 290.2 324.9 11.80 2 950 543 18.1 14.9 82 3.2 16.0 38 9 295.6 297.6 291.2 328.1 11.30 3 900 1005 15.9 12.1 78 3.8 13.5 12 5 297.8 299.6 290.7 326.6 9.89 4 850 1488 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 11.0 281 4 299.6 301.2 290.5 325.9 8.98 5 800 1996 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.2 242 9 301.8 303.2 290.3 325.0 7.82 6 750 2530 7.1 2.5 72 4.7 4.6 239 9 304.3 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.11 7 700 3095 3.6 0.8 82 2.8 2.1 235 12 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.3 5.80 8 650 3693 0.0 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.4 233 15 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.2 5.56 9 600 4331 -3.5 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.6 239 17 312.1 312.9 290.3 325.1 4.13 10 550 5015 -7.1 -15.1 53 8.0 -9.9 238 19 315.7 316.1 289.6 322.8 2.15 11 500 5751 -11.9 -19.1 55 7.2 -14.1 251 19 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.69 12 450 6549 -17.4 -21.2 72 3.8 -18.4 265 28 321.4 321.7 290.8 326.8 1.56 13 400 7422 -22.5 -22.7 98 0.3 -22.5 249 46 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.1 1.54 14 350 8394 -27.3 -27.3 100 -0.0 -27.3 224 71 331.9 332.2 293.3 336.1 1.16 15 300 9484 -36.1 -36.1 100 -0.0 -36.1 222 78 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.7 0.58 16 250 10724 -44.2 -52.0 41 7.8 -44.6 236 101 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.13 17 200 12191 -52.7 -66.2 18 13.5 -53.0 242 109 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14032 -56.8 -78.4 5 21.6 -57.1 255 47 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16539 -64.6 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 257 23 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.13 m Freezing level: 649.50 mb = 3699.74 m = 12138.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.75 mb = 3597.67 m = 11803.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.08 mb = 354.36 m = 1162.59 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 5.27 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1567.68 m = 5143.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.46 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 31.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7036.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.33 mb = 1077.20 m = 3534.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -8.2 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 50.04 m/s