MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F117.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F117.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 117 hour GFS valid 9Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.49,-84.3 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -84.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 974 335 18.9 15.4 80 3.5 16.7 42 10 294.3 296.3 290.8 326.8 11.37 2 950 553 17.7 14.9 83 2.9 15.9 51 23 295.2 297.2 291.0 327.5 11.24 3 900 1016 17.6 14.3 81 3.4 15.4 71 35 299.7 301.7 292.6 333.1 11.43 4 850 1504 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 76 34 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.1 11.29 5 800 2018 13.1 11.2 89 1.8 11.9 78 32 305.1 307.0 293.4 336.6 10.53 6 750 2559 10.0 9.0 94 0.9 9.4 79 30 307.4 309.2 293.5 336.7 9.68 7 700 3131 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.3 75 29 310.0 311.6 293.3 336.0 8.46 8 650 3737 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 78 26 313.2 314.5 293.0 334.9 6.94 9 600 4384 -0.0 -1.9 87 1.8 -1.0 82 30 316.1 317.2 292.7 333.8 5.57 10 550 5077 -3.5 -7.2 76 3.7 -5.2 84 31 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.1 4.05 11 500 5826 -7.6 -9.8 84 2.3 -8.5 82 28 323.8 324.5 293.3 335.9 3.63 12 450 6639 -12.0 -14.1 85 2.0 -12.8 80 33 328.1 328.7 293.8 337.9 2.87 13 400 7532 -17.4 -18.9 88 1.5 -17.9 70 32 332.4 332.8 294.3 339.9 2.15 14 350 8520 -23.6 -25.9 81 2.4 -24.2 71 34 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.8 1.32 15 300 9630 -30.9 -32.6 84 1.8 -31.2 79 24 341.9 342.0 295.5 345.0 0.82 16 250 10897 -40.6 -41.3 93 0.7 -40.7 50 8 345.6 345.7 296.0 347.3 0.41 17 200 12376 -52.9 -52.9 100 0.0 -52.9 150 19 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.6 0.14 18 150 14189 -62.2 -77.1 12 14.9 -62.3 172 20 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16635 -69.4 -82.3 14 12.9 -69.5 226 7 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.31 m Freezing level: 600.30 mb = 4380.15 m = 14370.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.62 mb = 4215.87 m = 13831.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.16 mb = 779.81 m = 2558.39 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2197.90 m = 7210.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.79 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6741.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.05 mb = 1197.73 m = 3929.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 77.5 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 107.5 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.1 neg: -14.9 tot: 149.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 20.58 m/s