MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-84.29 Latitude: 37.01 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 99 SFC 973 336 25.5 15.8 55 9.7 19.0 180 13 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.4 11.68 2 950 545 22.4 14.1 59 8.3 17.0 180 24 299.9 301.9 292.0 331.3 10.69 3 900 1012 17.8 13.0 73 4.8 14.7 181 27 299.9 301.8 291.9 330.6 10.50 4 850 1498 13.4 12.0 91 1.4 12.5 182 27 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.7 10.41 5 800 2007 10.7 9.0 89 1.7 9.7 195 25 302.6 304.2 291.6 329.4 9.04 6 750 2543 8.0 5.3 83 2.8 6.4 209 22 305.3 306.7 291.1 327.7 7.44 7 700 3110 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.7 217 24 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.6 5.80 8 650 3711 0.8 -1.9 82 2.8 -0.5 215 26 309.9 310.9 290.5 325.8 5.12 9 600 4350 -2.6 -7.7 68 5.2 -4.8 212 29 313.2 313.8 290.2 324.6 3.57 10 550 5036 -6.5 -11.8 66 5.3 -8.6 211 34 316.4 316.9 290.4 325.5 2.80 11 500 5775 -10.5 -19.7 47 9.1 -13.3 211 37 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.7 1.61 12 450 6579 -14.9 -20.4 63 5.5 -16.5 217 37 324.5 324.9 291.8 330.3 1.68 13 400 7460 -21.0 -24.9 71 3.9 -22.0 217 39 327.7 328.0 292.3 332.2 1.27 14 350 8433 -27.7 -37.2 40 9.4 -29.1 216 50 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.45 15 300 9523 -35.0 -48.5 24 13.5 -36.1 218 60 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.16 16 250 10769 -44.3 -54.0 33 9.7 -44.8 221 64 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.10 17 200 12234 -53.5 -62.9 31 9.4 -53.8 216 61 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14035 -64.2 -75.1 21 10.9 -64.3 214 61 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16487 -66.1 -82.9 8 16.8 -66.2 217 30 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.07 m Freezing level: 637.62 mb = 3868.87 m = 12692.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.25 mb = 3608.23 m = 11837.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.70 % Est. max temperature: 25.96 C = 78.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.10 mb = 1556.56 m = 5106.75 ft T: 13.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 5.09 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.90 mb = 1790.34 m = 5873.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: 0.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.08 mb = 1606.55 m = 5270.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.08 mb = 3178.70 m = 10428.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.08 mb = 5865.51 m = 19243.57 ft B at Equ Level: 50.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 404.08 mb = 7383.86 m = 24224.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 88.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.57 Bulk Shear: 20.18 m/s