MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F267.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F267.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 267 hour GFS valid 15Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 40.33,-84.71 Latitude: 40.33 Longitude: -84.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 982 292 21.1 15.5 70 5.6 17.4 147 8 295.8 297.9 291.3 328.6 11.35 2 950 574 17.5 14.2 81 3.3 15.4 150 12 294.9 296.8 290.5 325.8 10.76 3 900 1035 15.8 11.5 75 4.3 13.1 163 18 297.8 299.6 290.5 325.5 9.52 4 850 1519 13.1 9.3 78 3.7 10.8 169 19 299.8 301.4 290.4 325.5 8.71 5 800 2026 9.5 6.8 83 2.7 7.9 175 19 301.3 302.7 290.0 324.3 7.77 6 750 2559 5.7 2.8 82 2.9 4.1 185 22 302.7 303.9 289.2 321.5 6.26 7 700 3120 2.5 -3.7 64 6.2 -0.4 194 29 305.2 306.0 288.1 318.0 4.15 8 650 3716 -0.5 -8.6 55 8.0 -3.9 197 33 308.4 308.9 288.1 318.1 3.08 9 600 4352 -4.2 -10.8 60 6.7 -6.8 191 34 311.3 311.8 288.8 320.2 2.79 10 550 5032 -8.4 -22.8 30 14.4 -12.4 191 40 314.1 314.3 288.1 317.9 1.12 11 500 5766 -11.7 -25.0 32 13.3 -15.2 189 42 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.3 1.00 12 450 6566 -16.5 -35.6 18 19.1 -20.0 178 46 322.5 322.5 289.9 323.9 0.41 13 400 7439 -23.5 -39.9 21 16.5 -25.8 174 49 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.6 0.30 14 350 8399 -31.6 -44.0 28 12.4 -32.8 171 50 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 15 300 9468 -41.0 -49.3 40 8.3 -41.5 169 49 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.14 16 250 10678 -51.3 -57.8 46 6.5 -51.5 175 46 329.7 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.06 17 200 12114 -53.9 -67.4 18 13.5 -54.2 182 39 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 13958 -56.2 -79.5 4 23.3 -56.5 196 26 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16481 -63.0 -83.3 5 20.3 -63.1 217 16 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.02 m Freezing level: 659.05 mb = 3608.03 m = 11837.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.91 mb = 3063.11 m = 10049.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.63 C = 78.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.44 mb = 1002.44 m = 3288.81 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.59 mb = 1762.80 m = 5783.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.44 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 27.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.18 mb = 1262.14 m = 4140.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.18 mb = 2545.80 m = 8352.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 541.18 mb = 5156.56 m = 16917.63 ft B at Equ Level: 26.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 491.18 mb = 5901.30 m = 19360.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 216.1 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 56.13 m/s