MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251800F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 40.71,-84.56 Latitude: 40.71 Longitude: -84.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 989 254 16.6 6.8 52 9.8 11.2 156 7 290.7 291.8 284.8 308.7 6.29 2 950 597 20.9 5.6 37 15.3 12.2 161 20 298.4 299.5 287.5 316.1 6.00 3 900 1061 17.1 3.9 41 13.2 9.9 155 14 299.1 300.2 287.4 315.9 5.63 4 850 1545 13.7 -0.1 39 13.8 6.7 139 11 300.5 301.3 286.7 314.0 4.47 5 800 2054 12.6 -18.4 10 31.0 1.5 142 11 304.6 304.8 284.7 308.3 1.12 6 750 2592 10.6 -27.0 5 37.6 -0.7 157 11 308.1 308.2 285.3 310.0 0.56 7 700 3162 7.2 -26.8 7 34.0 -2.9 162 13 310.5 310.6 286.2 312.5 0.61 8 650 3766 3.2 -28.8 7 32.0 -5.6 158 13 312.6 312.7 286.9 314.5 0.55 9 600 4409 -0.7 -32.7 7 32.0 -8.5 161 10 315.3 315.4 287.7 316.8 0.41 10 550 5097 -5.6 -34.3 8 28.8 -11.9 174 9 317.5 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.38 11 500 5836 -10.7 -29.2 20 18.4 -15.1 171 8 319.9 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.68 12 450 6639 -15.0 -42.6 7 27.7 -19.3 149 10 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.20 13 400 7520 -20.8 -39.7 17 18.9 -23.7 138 20 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.0 0.30 14 350 8490 -28.9 -42.1 27 13.2 -30.4 127 18 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.9 0.27 15 300 9572 -37.9 -50.3 26 12.3 -38.8 116 13 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 16 250 10802 -47.2 -58.5 26 11.2 -47.6 128 14 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.06 17 200 12240 -58.7 -62.1 65 3.4 -58.7 148 8 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 18 150 14020 -62.9 -77.1 13 14.2 -63.0 277 19 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16487 -67.2 -82.7 9 15.4 -67.3 257 18 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.77 m Freezing level: 609.00 mb = 4293.39 m = 14085.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 766.23 mb = 2413.50 m = 7918.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 17.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.55 mb = 1509.65 m = 4952.86 ft T: 13.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 7.85 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.34 mb = 4484.12 m = 14711.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.36 C = 106.45 F Cap Strength: 9.30 C Lifted Index: 8.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.11 C Showalter Index: 9.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 10.67 C K Index: -9.68 Risk: None Sweat Index: 30.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9922.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.74 mb = 2418.92 m = 7936.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.4 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 188.4 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -21.1 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.87 Bulk Shear: 2.09 m/s