MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F120.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 37.69,-84.14 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 975 325 21.7 18.8 84 2.9 19.7 36 13 297.0 299.6 293.8 337.9 14.16 2 950 545 19.2 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 41 25 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.9 13.23 3 900 1008 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 53 31 298.1 300.3 292.9 334.3 12.48 4 850 1494 14.8 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 78 37 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.2 11.69 5 800 2008 13.2 11.0 86 2.2 11.8 81 35 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.34 6 750 2549 9.8 8.5 92 1.3 9.0 79 34 307.2 309.0 293.2 335.5 9.35 7 700 3120 6.5 5.5 93 1.0 5.9 78 34 309.6 311.2 292.9 334.5 8.10 8 650 3725 3.2 1.6 89 1.6 2.4 75 34 312.6 313.9 292.6 333.4 6.65 9 600 4371 -0.1 -1.8 88 1.7 -1.0 77 34 316.0 317.1 292.7 333.8 5.59 10 550 5064 -3.4 -6.1 81 2.7 -4.7 83 35 320.0 320.9 292.9 334.4 4.40 11 500 5814 -6.5 -16.8 44 10.3 -10.2 83 32 325.1 325.5 292.3 332.2 2.05 12 450 6630 -11.4 -17.2 62 5.8 -13.4 65 32 328.9 329.4 293.4 336.6 2.21 13 400 7524 -16.8 -20.3 74 3.5 -17.9 61 29 333.1 333.5 294.3 339.8 1.90 14 350 8513 -24.1 -26.9 78 2.8 -24.8 55 33 336.3 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.21 15 300 9618 -32.6 -35.5 75 2.9 -33.1 55 26 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.62 16 250 10876 -42.1 -43.6 85 1.5 -42.2 45 22 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.8 0.32 17 200 12349 -52.9 -53.2 96 0.3 -52.9 262 4 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.6 0.14 18 150 14159 -61.7 -77.2 11 15.4 -61.9 187 27 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16629 -68.2 -82.4 11 14.2 -68.3 156 2 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.50 m Freezing level: 601.33 mb = 4354.10 m = 14284.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.62 mb = 4177.00 m = 13703.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.35 mb = 687.16 m = 2254.43 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.80 C/km ThetaE index: 3.63 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 997.04 m = 3271.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.69 C = 72.85 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: 2.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 34.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4771.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.09 mb = 950.36 m = 3117.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 105.5 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.1 neg: -11.5 tot: 205.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 45.28 m/s