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: 40.59,-84.31 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -84.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 978 277 22.9 16.6 68 6.3 18.7 179 18 298.0 300.3 292.7 333.6 12.26 2 950 524 19.9 15.1 74 4.8 16.8 180 30 297.4 299.5 291.9 330.6 11.46 3 900 987 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.4 182 35 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.7 11.02 4 850 1470 12.3 11.8 97 0.5 12.0 190 39 299.1 300.9 291.5 329.2 10.30 5 800 1977 9.6 9.2 98 0.3 9.4 193 41 301.4 303.1 291.3 328.6 9.20 6 750 2512 6.9 6.5 97 0.5 6.6 190 42 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.4 8.10 7 700 3077 3.9 3.4 96 0.6 3.6 191 41 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.1 6.97 8 650 3677 0.4 -0.3 95 0.7 0.0 188 39 309.4 310.5 290.9 327.3 5.78 9 600 4315 -2.9 -5.8 80 2.9 -4.3 188 38 312.8 313.5 290.5 325.9 4.13 10 550 5000 -6.6 -9.4 80 2.8 -7.8 194 35 316.2 316.9 290.9 327.2 3.40 11 500 5739 -10.9 -14.1 77 3.2 -12.1 197 36 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.2 2.56 12 450 6542 -15.6 -22.0 58 6.4 -17.4 197 40 323.6 323.9 291.3 328.6 1.46 13 400 7420 -21.6 -25.9 68 4.3 -22.7 199 42 326.9 327.1 292.0 331.0 1.15 14 350 8389 -28.9 -29.1 98 0.2 -28.9 207 42 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.3 0.98 15 300 9472 -37.8 -38.5 93 0.7 -37.9 207 41 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.46 16 250 10700 -48.0 -48.6 94 0.6 -48.0 214 50 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12150 -54.4 -67.6 18 13.2 -54.6 212 80 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13962 -60.3 -77.9 8 17.5 -60.5 209 58 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.01 19 100 16452 -64.5 -83.1 6 18.6 -64.7 218 31 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.91 m Freezing level: 643.95 mb = 3753.88 m = 12315.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.43 mb = 3683.57 m = 12085.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.70 mb = 1074.74 m = 3526.02 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.76 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1293.43 m = 4243.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.11 mb = 1185.53 m = 3889.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.11 mb = 1528.49 m = 5014.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.11 mb = 5829.53 m = 19125.51 ft B at Equ Level: 77.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 364.11 mb = 8102.29 m = 26581.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.4 neg: -14.8 tot: 124.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.57 Bulk Shear: 17.03 m/s