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: 38.03,-83.03 Latitude: 38.03 Longitude: -83.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 977 292 22.7 18.2 76 4.5 19.6 162 8 297.8 300.3 293.6 337.2 13.57 2 950 537 21.6 15.2 67 6.4 17.4 165 20 299.1 301.2 292.4 332.7 11.52 3 900 1004 17.7 13.4 76 4.3 14.9 170 26 299.7 301.7 292.1 331.3 10.78 4 850 1490 13.7 11.8 88 1.9 12.5 174 28 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.7 10.27 5 800 1999 10.4 9.1 92 1.3 9.6 189 28 302.2 303.9 291.5 329.4 9.13 6 750 2535 7.8 6.0 88 1.8 6.8 198 27 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.7 7.84 7 700 3102 5.0 2.1 82 2.9 3.4 205 26 308.0 309.2 291.0 327.5 6.37 8 650 3702 0.8 -0.3 92 1.1 0.3 205 27 309.9 311.0 291.1 327.8 5.78 9 600 4343 -2.3 -3.3 93 1.0 -2.8 208 29 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.2 5.01 10 550 5030 -6.2 -7.0 94 0.8 -6.5 209 32 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.0 4.12 11 500 5769 -10.3 -19.0 49 8.7 -13.1 211 34 320.5 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.70 12 450 6573 -15.1 -22.7 52 7.6 -17.2 210 34 324.2 324.5 291.5 329.0 1.37 13 400 7453 -21.1 -25.5 68 4.3 -22.2 216 39 327.5 327.7 292.2 331.8 1.20 14 350 8425 -28.3 -36.4 46 8.1 -29.5 217 46 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.4 0.48 15 300 9512 -35.8 -47.4 29 11.6 -36.7 217 59 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.18 16 250 10754 -45.2 -49.7 60 4.5 -45.4 218 67 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.16 17 200 12212 -54.4 -61.4 42 7.0 -54.6 212 66 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14013 -63.8 -75.2 20 11.4 -63.9 211 67 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16482 -65.8 -83.0 7 17.1 -66.0 221 27 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.81 m Freezing level: 636.60 mb = 3874.01 m = 12709.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3753.90 m = 12315.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.35 % Est. max temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.48 mb = 865.94 m = 2840.98 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1565.44 m = 5135.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.14 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.75 mb = 1382.93 m = 4537.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.75 mb = 1938.63 m = 6360.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.75 mb = 6310.82 m = 20704.53 ft B at Equ Level: 97.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 315.75 mb = 9151.00 m = 30022.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.7 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 228.7 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 154.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.75 Bulk Shear: 35.42 m/s