MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 37.44,-83.67 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -83.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 971 344 23.0 18.2 74 4.9 19.7 267 4 298.7 301.2 293.9 338.4 13.65 2 950 533 21.0 16.6 76 4.4 18.1 273 6 298.5 300.8 293.1 335.2 12.62 3 900 998 16.8 15.3 91 1.5 15.8 271 7 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.4 12.20 4 850 1483 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 279 9 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.6 10.61 5 800 1993 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 9.9 275 11 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.1 9.17 6 750 2531 9.0 4.7 75 4.2 6.6 263 19 306.3 307.7 291.2 328.1 7.18 7 700 3099 5.7 1.2 73 4.4 3.3 251 24 308.8 309.9 290.9 327.2 5.99 8 650 3702 1.7 -4.3 64 6.0 -1.1 246 28 310.9 311.8 290.1 324.4 4.29 9 600 4343 -1.4 -9.7 53 8.3 -4.9 245 33 314.5 315.1 290.0 324.3 3.04 10 550 5032 -4.8 -18.2 34 13.4 -9.4 241 34 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.0 1.66 11 500 5775 -9.8 -25.0 28 15.2 -13.9 238 33 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 1.00 12 450 6579 -15.0 -31.7 23 16.7 -18.6 243 40 324.3 324.5 290.7 326.5 0.60 13 400 7460 -20.0 -37.1 20 17.1 -22.9 234 68 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.5 0.40 14 350 8436 -27.4 -42.3 23 14.9 -29.2 230 74 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.26 15 300 9526 -35.5 -43.5 44 8.0 -36.2 229 77 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.27 16 250 10773 -43.2 -61.4 12 18.2 -43.9 229 80 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12248 -51.2 -68.4 11 17.2 -51.6 233 73 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14076 -60.2 -76.5 10 16.3 -60.4 227 53 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16554 -66.2 -82.9 8 16.7 -66.3 260 22 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.59 m Freezing level: 622.35 mb = 4056.40 m = 13308.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.44 mb = 3547.60 m = 11638.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.08 mb = 959.03 m = 3146.40 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1277.11 m = 4189.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.28 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.08 C K Index: 31.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.47 mb = 1165.05 m = 3822.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.47 mb = 1409.09 m = 4622.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 757.47 mb = 2448.02 m = 8031.47 ft B at Equ Level: 10.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.47 mb = 9818.09 m = 32211.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.4 neg: -1.9 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.73 Bulk Shear: 41.79 m/s