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: 37.35,-83.82 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -83.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 364 22.7 17.5 72 5.2 19.2 166 10 298.6 301.0 293.5 336.7 13.10 2 950 531 21.6 15.7 69 5.9 17.7 169 20 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.8 11.89 3 900 997 17.2 14.2 83 3.0 15.3 172 27 299.2 301.3 292.4 332.5 11.38 4 850 1483 13.7 11.9 89 1.8 12.6 181 31 300.5 302.4 292.0 331.0 10.37 5 800 1992 11.0 8.9 87 2.1 9.7 192 30 302.9 304.5 291.6 329.5 8.95 6 750 2530 8.5 4.7 77 3.8 6.3 204 24 305.8 307.1 291.0 327.5 7.16 7 700 3097 5.1 0.5 72 4.6 2.7 204 22 308.1 309.2 290.5 325.6 5.69 8 650 3699 1.6 -2.1 76 3.7 -0.2 206 26 310.8 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.06 9 600 4340 -1.9 -7.7 64 5.8 -4.4 210 32 314.0 314.6 290.4 325.4 3.57 10 550 5027 -5.9 -10.1 72 4.2 -7.6 221 35 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.6 3.23 11 500 5768 -10.6 -13.0 82 2.5 -11.5 223 35 320.2 320.7 291.6 329.5 2.80 12 450 6571 -15.5 -17.1 88 1.6 -16.0 215 38 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.3 2.23 13 400 7450 -21.4 -23.5 83 2.1 -22.0 215 42 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.2 1.43 14 350 8421 -28.4 -32.6 67 4.2 -29.1 215 49 330.4 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.71 15 300 9508 -35.8 -41.0 59 5.1 -36.4 217 62 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.35 16 250 10750 -45.1 -48.1 71 3.0 -45.3 217 68 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.9 0.20 17 200 12208 -54.3 -64.1 29 9.8 -54.5 214 67 346.7 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 14009 -64.1 -73.8 25 9.7 -64.2 208 67 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16477 -65.2 -82.9 7 17.7 -65.4 229 30 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.02 m Freezing level: 626.78 mb = 3996.59 m = 13112.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.66 mb = 3653.15 m = 11985.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 1022.15 m = 3353.46 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.05 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1508.18 m = 4948.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.27 mb = 1341.58 m = 4401.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.27 mb = 2760.14 m = 9055.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 389.27 mb = 7647.72 m = 25090.64 ft B at Equ Level: 98.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.27 mb = 9755.94 m = 32007.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.5 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 234.5 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -10.5 tot: 150.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 38.01 m/s