MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.21,-83.97 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -83.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 272 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 272 2 293.5 296.0 292.4 332.7 13.73 2 950 532 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 251 5 295.0 297.3 292.4 332.7 13.17 3 900 994 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 249 8 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.6 12.06 4 850 1479 13.8 12.1 89 1.7 12.7 252 8 300.6 302.5 292.1 331.4 10.48 5 800 1989 11.8 8.2 79 3.6 9.6 255 7 303.7 305.3 291.5 329.3 8.57 6 750 2528 8.9 5.3 78 3.5 6.8 270 9 306.2 307.6 291.4 328.9 7.49 7 700 3097 5.9 1.5 74 4.4 3.5 267 18 309.0 310.1 291.1 327.8 6.10 8 650 3701 2.5 -1.3 76 3.8 0.5 263 25 311.8 312.8 291.3 328.5 5.35 9 600 4343 -1.5 -3.4 87 1.9 -2.4 253 31 314.4 315.4 291.7 330.2 4.98 10 550 5032 -5.6 -6.6 93 1.0 -6.1 243 37 317.4 318.2 292.0 331.0 4.23 11 500 5774 -9.3 -13.4 72 4.1 -10.9 239 39 321.7 322.2 291.9 330.7 2.71 12 450 6581 -14.3 -27.5 32 13.2 -17.6 242 47 325.2 325.4 291.3 328.4 0.89 13 400 7463 -20.2 -23.8 73 3.6 -21.1 226 53 328.8 329.0 292.7 333.7 1.40 14 350 8441 -26.0 -45.4 14 19.4 -28.3 225 58 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.19 15 300 9538 -33.7 -48.1 22 14.5 -35.0 229 74 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.16 16 250 10795 -42.2 -42.2 100 -0.0 -42.2 225 86 343.3 343.4 295.4 344.8 0.37 17 200 12267 -52.7 -65.9 19 13.3 -52.9 232 85 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14086 -60.9 -75.7 12 14.8 -61.1 234 54 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16562 -67.2 -83.0 9 15.8 -67.2 247 25 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.39 m Freezing level: 618.74 mb = 4102.51 m = 13459.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.66 mb = 3816.85 m = 12522.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.15 mb = 299.56 m = 982.81 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 4.92 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 894.89 m = 2935.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.10 C = 71.79 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.82 mb = 780.51 m = 2560.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.82 mb = 4372.25 m = 14344.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 527.82 mb = 5352.63 m = 17560.91 ft B at Equ Level: 24.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 457.82 mb = 6449.48 m = 21159.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -4.6 tot: 20.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.64 Bulk Shear: 38.73 m/s