MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F135.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F135.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 135 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.44,-84.09 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -84.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 973 354 18.8 16.6 87 2.2 17.4 43 5 294.2 296.4 291.6 329.5 12.32 2 950 559 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.3 54 16 296.3 298.3 291.3 328.7 11.24 3 900 1022 16.5 13.3 81 3.3 14.4 61 27 298.6 300.5 291.6 329.8 10.71 4 850 1507 13.3 12.2 93 1.2 12.6 64 28 300.1 302.1 292.0 331.1 10.55 5 800 2017 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 70 28 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.5 10.07 6 750 2554 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 78 28 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.35 7 700 3124 6.4 6.1 98 0.3 6.2 89 26 309.6 311.2 293.2 335.6 8.49 8 650 3730 3.3 3.2 99 0.1 3.2 94 25 312.7 314.1 293.3 335.8 7.44 9 600 4376 -0.1 -0.1 100 0.0 -0.1 87 23 316.0 317.3 293.3 336.1 6.34 10 550 5070 -3.1 -3.3 98 0.2 -3.2 89 19 320.4 321.5 293.9 338.1 5.47 11 500 5821 -6.9 -7.4 96 0.5 -7.2 104 17 324.6 325.4 294.1 339.1 4.38 12 450 6637 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 103 18 328.8 329.5 294.4 340.3 3.38 13 400 7531 -16.7 -17.1 97 0.4 -16.9 109 21 333.2 333.7 294.8 341.9 2.49 14 350 8521 -23.9 -23.9 100 0.0 -23.9 113 25 336.5 336.8 294.8 342.2 1.58 15 300 9628 -31.7 -35.1 72 3.3 -32.2 94 22 340.7 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.65 16 250 10890 -41.8 -42.1 97 0.3 -41.9 129 16 343.9 343.9 295.6 345.4 0.38 17 200 12363 -53.6 -53.7 100 0.0 -53.7 192 30 347.8 347.9 296.3 348.4 0.13 18 150 14161 -61.4 -75.2 14 13.8 -61.6 170 30 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16623 -68.6 -82.6 12 14.0 -68.7 188 6 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.77 m Freezing level: 601.11 mb = 4362.02 m = 14310.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.46 mb = 4356.81 m = 14293.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.53 mb = 626.52 m = 2055.49 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 0.78 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1643.57 m = 5392.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.53 F Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lifted Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.29 C Showalter Index: 3.76 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.28 C Cross Totals Index: 19.12 C K Index: 32.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6285.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.63 mb = 1226.30 m = 4023.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 81.6 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 111.6 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 17.63 m/s