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: 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 86 SFC 979 275 21.3 16.7 75 4.6 18.2 184 13 296.3 298.6 292.2 331.9 12.35 2 950 529 19.3 15.3 78 3.9 16.7 184 24 296.8 298.9 291.8 330.3 11.62 3 900 992 15.5 13.8 90 1.7 14.4 184 32 297.5 299.5 291.6 329.5 11.06 4 850 1475 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 194 37 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.5 10.42 5 800 1983 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 198 38 301.9 303.6 291.5 329.2 9.22 6 750 2517 6.6 5.5 93 1.0 6.0 196 38 303.7 305.1 290.7 326.5 7.59 7 700 3082 3.6 2.5 92 1.1 3.0 190 38 306.5 307.7 290.7 326.5 6.56 8 650 3680 0.3 -1.8 86 2.1 -0.7 191 38 309.3 310.3 290.4 325.4 5.17 9 600 4319 -2.9 -6.4 77 3.5 -4.5 193 37 312.7 313.5 290.3 325.3 3.95 10 550 5004 -6.5 -7.9 90 1.3 -7.1 199 39 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.7 3.85 11 500 5743 -10.6 -13.3 80 2.7 -11.6 202 41 320.2 320.7 291.5 329.3 2.74 12 450 6547 -15.3 -17.8 81 2.6 -16.1 206 42 324.0 324.5 292.0 331.2 2.09 13 400 7427 -21.3 -22.8 88 1.5 -21.7 210 42 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.7 1.53 14 350 8398 -28.6 -30.0 88 1.4 -28.9 206 44 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.5 0.90 15 300 9480 -38.0 -38.0 100 -0.0 -37.9 212 50 331.9 332.0 292.7 333.7 0.48 16 250 10710 -46.5 -52.5 50 6.0 -46.8 214 63 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.12 17 200 12166 -54.6 -66.9 20 12.3 -54.8 212 77 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13971 -61.7 -75.9 13 14.3 -61.8 208 64 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16461 -64.0 -83.2 6 19.2 -64.2 217 29 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.80 m Freezing level: 645.23 mb = 3741.07 m = 12273.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.89 mb = 3558.12 m = 11673.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.54 mb = 855.09 m = 2805.37 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.85 mb = 1251.22 m = 4105.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.98 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: 0.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.89 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 33.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.45 mb = 1101.47 m = 3613.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.45 mb = 2156.15 m = 7073.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 543.45 mb = 5096.83 m = 16721.68 ft B at Equ Level: 67.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 413.45 mb = 7179.68 m = 23555.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.8 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 224.8 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.4 neg: -17.3 tot: 126.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 30.48 m/s