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: 39.99,-84.14 Latitude: 39.99 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 975 308 22.3 16.7 71 5.6 18.5 182 15 297.6 299.8 292.6 333.5 12.37 2 950 531 19.9 15.2 74 4.7 16.8 183 26 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.6 11.49 3 900 994 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 184 32 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.6 11.02 4 850 1477 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 188 35 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.2 10.28 5 800 1984 9.7 9.1 96 0.6 9.4 193 36 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.5 9.13 6 750 2518 6.8 6.0 95 0.8 6.3 192 39 304.0 305.4 291.0 327.5 7.83 7 700 3083 4.0 3.0 93 1.0 3.4 190 39 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.6 6.80 8 650 3683 0.4 -0.5 94 0.9 -0.0 190 38 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.70 9 600 4322 -2.8 -6.9 73 4.2 -4.6 193 37 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.0 3.79 10 550 5007 -6.4 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.8 199 35 316.5 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.34 11 500 5746 -10.9 -14.0 78 3.1 -12.0 201 37 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.4 2.60 12 450 6550 -15.2 -24.2 46 8.9 -17.6 203 41 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.20 13 400 7428 -21.8 -22.6 93 0.8 -22.0 204 41 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.2 1.56 14 350 8399 -28.5 -29.0 95 0.5 -28.6 214 43 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.9 0.99 15 300 9482 -37.6 -37.6 100 -0.0 -37.6 209 47 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 16 250 10712 -46.6 -52.6 51 6.0 -46.9 216 60 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.12 17 200 12168 -54.4 -66.8 20 12.4 -54.6 214 77 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13975 -61.8 -75.9 14 14.1 -62.0 208 61 363.5 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16461 -64.2 -83.2 6 19.0 -64.4 216 29 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.51 m Freezing level: 643.19 mb = 3769.92 m = 12368.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.56 mb = 3675.90 m = 12059.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.24 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.22 mb = 1010.70 m = 3315.90 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.38 mb = 1306.16 m = 4285.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 34.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.78 mb = 1186.14 m = 3891.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.78 mb = 1528.91 m = 5016.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 524.78 mb = 5371.27 m = 17622.06 ft B at Equ Level: 62.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 394.78 mb = 7523.81 m = 24684.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.0 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 223.0 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.2 neg: -7.3 tot: 111.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 19.95 m/s