MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 39.18,-84.45 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 980 239 18.9 18.0 95 0.9 18.4 191 9 293.8 296.2 292.3 332.0 13.40 2 950 506 18.1 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 195 22 295.5 297.8 292.3 332.1 12.73 3 900 969 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 199 31 297.4 299.6 292.1 331.5 11.75 4 850 1452 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 204 33 299.3 301.3 291.9 330.6 10.70 5 800 1960 9.8 9.6 99 0.2 9.6 205 36 301.6 303.3 291.5 329.4 9.39 6 750 2494 7.2 7.0 99 0.2 7.1 200 38 304.4 305.9 291.6 329.6 8.41 7 700 3060 4.2 4.1 99 0.2 4.1 194 40 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.5 7.33 8 650 3660 1.1 0.6 97 0.5 0.8 192 42 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.3 6.17 9 600 4301 -2.5 -3.3 94 0.8 -2.9 190 43 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.0 5.01 10 550 4987 -6.2 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 188 44 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.5 3.97 11 500 5728 -10.7 -12.4 87 1.8 -11.3 185 42 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.8 2.94 12 450 6530 -15.8 -17.3 88 1.5 -16.3 189 39 323.4 323.8 291.9 330.8 2.18 13 400 7408 -21.8 -22.4 95 0.6 -22.0 197 42 326.6 326.9 292.3 332.1 1.59 14 350 8377 -28.9 -29.1 98 0.2 -28.9 201 42 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.4 0.98 15 300 9460 -37.7 -37.9 99 0.1 -37.7 205 44 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.0 0.49 16 250 10689 -48.0 -48.0 100 0.0 -48.0 211 58 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12123 -57.9 -59.9 78 2.0 -57.9 213 75 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.4 0.06 18 150 13939 -59.5 -78.5 7 19.0 -59.7 205 76 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16454 -62.9 -83.1 5 20.2 -63.1 215 28 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.18 m Freezing level: 634.82 mb = 3854.60 m = 12646.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.62 mb = 3801.49 m = 12471.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.39 mb = 350.57 m = 1150.15 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 2.74 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 977.87 m = 3208.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 35.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 113.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.73 mb = 820.51 m = 2691.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.73 mb = 1345.99 m = 4415.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.73 mb = 6685.17 m = 21932.69 ft B at Equ Level: 113.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.73 mb = 9907.55 m = 32504.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.5 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 223.5 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.8 neg: -9.9 tot: 85.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 46.00 m/s