MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 12Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 37.46,-83.38 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -83.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 980 344 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.1 52 3 290.1 291.8 288.0 317.8 9.81 2 950 613 19.0 12.4 65 6.6 14.9 77 11 296.5 298.2 290.0 324.2 9.57 3 900 1079 18.7 10.6 59 8.1 13.7 73 11 300.8 302.4 290.9 327.2 8.95 4 850 1567 15.2 7.7 61 7.5 10.8 53 12 302.1 303.5 290.4 325.3 7.80 5 800 2077 11.0 4.8 66 6.2 7.5 55 13 302.8 304.1 289.7 323.1 6.76 6 750 2613 9.1 -10.0 25 19.2 1.1 59 17 306.5 306.9 286.8 314.0 2.37 7 700 3182 7.2 -22.4 10 29.6 -2.4 62 21 310.5 310.7 286.6 313.5 0.90 8 650 3787 4.1 -28.2 7 32.4 -5.0 65 28 313.7 313.8 287.3 315.7 0.57 9 600 4433 0.5 -34.8 5 35.3 -7.9 64 33 316.7 316.7 288.1 317.9 0.33 10 550 5124 -3.7 -41.4 4 37.6 -11.1 64 36 319.6 319.7 288.8 320.3 0.19 11 500 5868 -9.3 -42.2 5 32.9 -15.1 62 38 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.4 0.19 12 450 6672 -15.6 -42.3 8 26.7 -19.8 69 35 323.6 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.21 13 400 7550 -21.4 -43.6 12 22.2 -24.4 72 31 327.1 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.20 14 350 8523 -27.0 -47.9 12 21.0 -29.2 114 18 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.14 15 300 9617 -34.3 -43.1 41 8.7 -35.3 175 24 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.1 0.28 16 250 10871 -42.5 -42.5 100 -0.0 -42.5 181 65 342.8 342.9 295.3 344.2 0.36 17 200 12340 -52.3 -62.3 29 10.0 -52.5 195 50 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.2 0.04 18 150 14175 -59.6 -78.8 7 19.1 -59.9 183 20 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16630 -68.2 -82.5 11 14.2 -68.4 228 14 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.29 m Freezing level: 594.41 mb = 4510.00 m = 14796.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.72 mb = 2782.67 m = 9129.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.33 % Est. max temperature: 27.54 C = 81.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.01 mb = 603.99 m = 1981.55 ft T: 18.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.98 mb = 3076.66 m = 10093.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.72 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.92 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.57 C Cross Totals Index: 17.07 C K Index: 2.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 153.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8224.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.13 mb = 1645.04 m = 5397.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 63.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 93.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 31.30 m/s