MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-85.95 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -85.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 982 222 20.8 18.7 88 2.1 19.4 194 16 295.5 298.0 293.2 335.6 13.98 2 950 512 19.6 17.1 85 2.5 17.9 193 30 297.1 299.4 293.0 334.7 13.00 3 900 977 16.6 15.1 91 1.5 15.6 193 39 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.7 12.06 4 850 1462 13.7 13.1 96 0.6 13.4 202 42 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.6 11.25 5 800 1972 11.1 10.0 93 1.1 10.4 208 44 302.9 304.7 292.2 331.8 9.69 6 750 2509 7.9 6.8 93 1.0 7.3 212 46 305.1 306.7 291.7 330.1 8.31 7 700 3075 4.1 3.3 94 0.8 3.7 215 46 307.0 308.3 291.2 328.1 6.93 8 650 3674 0.5 -1.0 89 1.5 -0.2 212 45 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.6 5.48 9 600 4313 -3.3 -5.9 82 2.6 -4.5 211 43 312.3 313.1 290.3 325.3 4.10 10 550 4997 -6.5 -13.1 60 6.6 -9.0 209 42 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.7 2.54 11 500 5736 -10.2 -20.3 43 10.1 -13.3 212 43 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.52 12 450 6540 -15.3 -26.4 38 11.0 -18.0 227 46 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.5 0.99 13 400 7418 -21.6 -32.8 36 11.2 -23.7 219 46 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.61 14 350 8388 -28.6 -38.3 39 9.7 -29.9 218 51 330.2 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.40 15 300 9473 -36.8 -44.0 47 7.2 -37.5 220 54 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.26 16 250 10707 -46.8 -48.7 81 1.9 -46.9 212 61 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.2 0.18 17 200 12155 -55.9 -64.1 35 8.2 -56.0 216 77 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.03 18 150 13960 -60.2 -78.2 8 18.0 -60.4 203 69 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.01 19 100 16453 -64.7 -83.0 6 18.4 -64.8 219 34 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.56 m Freezing level: 642.89 mb = 3765.12 m = 12352.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3639.87 m = 11941.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.20 mb = 483.26 m = 1585.47 ft T: 19.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 10.95 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1144.15 m = 3753.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.29 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.78 mb = 931.06 m = 3054.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.78 mb = 1664.61 m = 5461.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.78 mb = 8806.36 m = 28891.90 ft B at Equ Level: 329.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.78 mb = 12161.71 m = 39900.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.7 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 238.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 241.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 7.91 Bulk Shear: 41.71 m/s