MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F246.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F246.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 246 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 39.71,-84.44 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -84.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 981 274 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 151 8 290.5 292.4 289.4 322.1 11.25 2 950 544 16.4 15.3 93 1.1 15.7 180 24 293.8 295.9 290.8 326.8 11.56 3 900 1005 15.6 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 199 28 297.6 299.5 291.5 329.1 10.87 4 850 1489 12.6 11.6 93 1.0 12.0 198 29 299.4 301.2 291.5 329.1 10.16 5 800 1996 9.7 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 195 29 301.5 303.2 291.4 328.8 9.22 6 750 2531 6.9 5.9 93 1.0 6.3 191 28 304.1 305.5 291.0 327.5 7.79 7 700 3095 3.8 2.5 92 1.3 3.1 194 27 306.7 307.9 290.7 326.7 6.58 8 650 3696 0.9 -1.6 83 2.5 -0.3 194 24 310.0 311.0 290.6 326.3 5.25 9 600 4335 -2.9 -6.5 76 3.6 -4.6 204 24 312.8 313.5 290.3 325.2 3.91 10 550 5020 -7.1 -11.6 70 4.6 -8.8 211 26 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.0 2.85 11 500 5759 -9.4 -29.3 18 20.0 -14.2 202 28 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.0 0.67 12 450 6565 -14.8 -33.7 18 18.9 -18.6 202 26 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.49 13 400 7444 -21.5 -29.2 50 7.8 -23.1 211 26 327.1 327.3 291.7 330.1 0.85 14 350 8411 -29.9 -34.8 62 4.9 -30.6 221 31 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.6 0.57 15 300 9494 -37.1 -43.2 53 6.1 -37.7 228 32 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.28 16 250 10732 -44.9 -53.0 40 8.1 -45.3 244 55 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.7 0.11 17 200 12195 -53.7 -67.0 18 13.2 -54.0 234 71 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14001 -62.4 -76.0 14 13.6 -62.5 227 55 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16470 -67.3 -82.8 9 15.5 -67.4 215 25 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.82 m Freezing level: 638.12 mb = 3847.43 m = 12622.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.80 mb = 3635.98 m = 11928.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.02 mb = 313.72 m = 1029.26 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 5.11 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1394.19 m = 4574.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.22 C = 75.60 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 2.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6414.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.37 mb = 907.48 m = 2977.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.1 neg: -16.5 tot: 105.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 12.04 m/s