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,-85.79 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -85.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 981 230 20.8 19.1 90 1.8 19.6 190 16 295.6 298.2 293.5 336.6 14.29 2 950 509 19.3 17.2 88 2.1 17.9 192 32 296.8 299.1 292.9 334.6 13.09 3 900 973 16.2 14.8 91 1.5 15.3 196 40 298.2 300.4 292.4 332.6 11.81 4 850 1458 13.5 12.2 92 1.3 12.7 205 43 300.3 302.3 292.1 331.4 10.59 5 800 1967 10.8 9.3 90 1.5 9.9 210 47 302.7 304.4 291.7 330.1 9.22 6 750 2503 7.5 6.1 91 1.5 6.7 211 49 304.7 306.2 291.3 328.5 7.89 7 700 3068 3.8 3.0 94 0.9 3.4 210 49 306.7 308.0 291.0 327.4 6.78 8 650 3667 0.7 -0.4 93 1.0 0.1 208 48 309.7 310.8 291.0 327.5 5.74 9 600 4306 -3.0 -4.2 91 1.2 -3.6 207 46 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.5 4.68 10 550 4990 -6.4 -10.4 74 3.9 -8.1 209 44 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.7 3.16 11 500 5729 -10.5 -15.0 70 4.5 -12.1 211 42 320.2 320.7 291.2 328.2 2.39 12 450 6532 -15.6 -19.5 72 3.9 -16.7 217 41 323.7 324.0 291.7 329.9 1.82 13 400 7409 -21.3 -24.6 75 3.3 -22.1 215 47 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.9 1.30 14 350 8379 -28.3 -31.1 76 2.9 -28.8 216 53 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.81 15 300 9465 -36.5 -38.3 83 1.9 -36.7 216 54 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.7 0.46 16 250 10701 -46.2 -47.2 90 1.0 -46.3 218 54 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.2 0.22 17 200 12148 -56.8 -61.2 57 4.4 -56.9 218 72 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 13952 -59.2 -77.9 7 18.7 -59.5 203 73 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16452 -64.7 -83.0 6 18.3 -64.9 219 35 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.43 m Freezing level: 640.88 mb = 3783.50 m = 12412.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.14 mb = 3689.74 m = 12105.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.40 mb = 451.29 m = 1480.59 ft T: 19.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 9.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1080.23 m = 3544.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.93 C = 75.07 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 35.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.76 mb = 908.64 m = 2981.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.76 mb = 1639.78 m = 5379.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.76 mb = 8139.07 m = 26702.67 ft B at Equ Level: 282.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.76 mb = 11478.45 m = 37658.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 43.8 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 32.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.8 neg: -6.3 tot: 237.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 6.72 Bulk Shear: 42.09 m/s