MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.22,-83.83 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -83.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 979 279 16.6 15.2 92 1.4 15.7 248 2 291.5 293.4 289.7 323.0 11.15 2 950 539 18.5 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 306 6 295.9 297.8 290.6 326.1 10.46 3 900 1001 16.0 10.8 71 5.2 12.8 322 8 298.0 299.6 290.1 324.4 9.06 4 850 1484 11.9 9.3 84 2.6 10.4 310 7 298.7 300.2 290.0 324.1 8.70 5 800 1990 9.7 5.0 72 4.7 7.1 264 10 301.5 302.7 289.3 321.8 6.83 6 750 2524 7.6 -0.8 55 8.4 3.4 256 14 304.8 305.7 288.6 319.5 4.81 7 700 3090 4.7 -4.9 50 9.6 0.2 257 15 307.7 308.4 288.6 319.5 3.79 8 650 3691 1.8 -12.2 34 14.0 -3.7 265 15 311.0 311.5 288.2 318.5 2.30 9 600 4331 -1.9 -17.5 29 15.7 -7.2 272 15 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.3 1.61 10 550 5018 -5.8 -25.6 19 19.8 -11.2 280 15 317.2 317.4 288.8 320.2 0.87 11 500 5757 -11.2 -29.7 20 18.5 -15.4 277 17 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.7 0.65 12 450 6557 -16.2 -38.2 13 22.1 -19.9 265 24 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.31 13 400 7433 -22.2 -40.5 17 18.2 -24.8 250 32 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.28 14 350 8400 -29.3 -36.9 48 7.5 -30.4 249 42 329.2 329.3 292.0 330.9 0.46 15 300 9486 -34.8 -57.0 9 22.3 -36.1 239 58 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.06 16 250 10738 -42.9 -56.4 21 13.5 -43.6 228 85 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.6 0.07 17 200 12206 -53.1 -67.5 16 14.4 -53.4 236 69 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14028 -59.3 -77.2 8 17.9 -59.5 243 48 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16528 -65.5 -83.4 7 17.8 -65.7 230 16 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.49 m Freezing level: 625.22 mb = 4008.11 m = 13149.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.51 mb = 3118.74 m = 10231.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.08 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.67 mb = 451.62 m = 1481.69 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1758.80 m = 5770.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 2.55 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: 2.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.54 C K Index: 22.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7910.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.12 mb = 1286.39 m = 4220.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.2 neg: -4.4 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.16 Bulk Shear: 10.51 m/s