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,-87.52 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -87.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 176 16.1 14.7 91 1.4 15.2 289 8 290.2 292.1 288.8 320.2 10.68 2 950 514 13.1 12.8 98 0.3 12.9 290 17 290.5 292.2 288.1 318.2 9.81 3 900 968 10.8 10.8 100 0.0 10.8 271 20 292.7 294.3 288.2 318.5 9.06 4 850 1445 10.2 10.1 100 0.1 10.1 238 31 296.8 298.4 289.8 323.4 9.17 5 800 1948 7.9 7.2 96 0.7 7.5 219 33 299.5 301.0 289.7 323.0 7.98 6 750 2480 6.4 3.6 82 2.8 4.8 215 33 303.5 304.7 289.8 323.4 6.61 7 700 3046 6.2 -9.2 32 15.4 -0.4 216 53 309.3 309.8 288.1 317.9 2.71 8 650 3648 1.4 -12.4 35 13.8 -4.0 211 59 310.6 311.0 288.1 317.9 2.27 9 600 4287 -2.8 -15.6 37 12.8 -7.3 206 57 312.9 313.3 288.5 319.1 1.89 10 550 4971 -6.9 -17.4 43 10.6 -10.4 203 56 315.9 316.3 289.3 321.8 1.77 11 500 5709 -10.9 -26.0 28 15.1 -14.8 203 53 319.8 319.9 289.6 323.0 0.92 12 450 6509 -16.7 -36.0 17 19.3 -20.1 212 50 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.39 13 400 7382 -23.4 -43.9 13 20.6 -25.9 217 59 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.19 14 350 8343 -31.1 -51.8 11 20.7 -32.7 205 65 326.9 326.9 290.9 327.2 0.09 15 300 9416 -39.5 -53.4 21 13.9 -40.3 206 77 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 16 250 10637 -48.7 -56.9 38 8.2 -49.0 214 88 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.07 17 200 12081 -54.9 -64.7 29 9.8 -55.1 202 80 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 13916 -56.1 -79.4 4 23.2 -56.4 216 61 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16439 -63.7 -83.1 5 19.4 -63.8 224 37 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.37 m Freezing level: 633.00 mb = 3864.98 m = 12680.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.26 mb = 2996.10 m = 9829.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.45 % Est. max temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.38 mb = 352.01 m = 1154.87 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 5.46 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 663.94 m = 2178.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.09 C = 62.77 F Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lifted Index: 6.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.25 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.99 C K Index: 15.75 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.04 mb = 674.40 m = 2212.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.04 mb = 719.50 m = 2360.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 897.04 mb = 995.18 m = 3264.97 ft B at Equ Level: 13.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 847.04 mb = 1473.78 m = 4835.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 9.1 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -64.4 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 228.66 m/s