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: 37.69,-86.42 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 987 189 20.1 18.7 92 1.3 19.2 184 13 294.3 296.8 292.8 334.1 13.92 2 950 519 17.8 17.1 96 0.6 17.4 187 30 295.2 297.6 292.4 332.6 13.03 3 900 981 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 197 41 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.5 12.17 4 850 1465 12.9 12.5 97 0.4 12.7 205 42 299.7 301.6 292.0 331.3 10.78 5 800 1973 10.7 9.0 89 1.7 9.7 204 45 302.6 304.3 291.6 329.6 9.07 6 750 2510 7.9 6.2 89 1.7 6.9 206 46 305.1 306.6 291.5 329.1 7.96 7 700 3076 4.1 2.8 91 1.3 3.4 207 46 307.0 308.3 291.0 327.5 6.72 8 650 3676 0.5 -0.3 94 0.8 0.1 210 45 309.5 310.6 291.0 327.4 5.77 9 600 4314 -3.1 -4.6 89 1.5 -3.8 212 46 312.5 313.4 290.8 326.8 4.52 10 550 4999 -6.9 -10.4 76 3.5 -8.3 213 46 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.1 3.15 11 500 5737 -11.0 -18.0 56 7.0 -13.3 214 44 319.6 320.0 290.5 325.8 1.86 12 450 6538 -16.5 -28.0 36 11.5 -19.1 220 44 322.5 322.7 290.4 325.5 0.85 13 400 7412 -23.0 -34.1 36 11.1 -24.9 221 49 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.54 14 350 8378 -29.2 -29.7 95 0.5 -29.3 203 59 329.4 329.6 292.4 332.8 0.93 15 300 9458 -38.5 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.5 201 65 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10689 -45.3 -60.2 17 14.9 -45.9 213 80 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.05 17 200 12149 -53.9 -67.6 17 13.7 -54.2 209 82 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13960 -61.2 -78.0 9 16.8 -61.3 203 70 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16461 -64.6 -83.1 6 18.5 -64.7 220 35 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.88 m Freezing level: 642.94 mb = 3765.81 m = 12354.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.00 mb = 3687.87 m = 12099.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.04 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.27 mb = 354.91 m = 1164.38 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.46 mb = 770.14 m = 2526.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.77 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 298.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.73 mb = 712.27 m = 2336.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.73 mb = 945.32 m = 3101.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 343.73 mb = 8504.31 m = 27900.94 ft B at Equ Level: 297.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.73 mb = 11415.52 m = 37452.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 265.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.83 Bulk Shear: 61.76 m/s