MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F324.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509260000F324.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 13.5 day GFS valid 12Z THU 9 OCT 25 Station: 37.44,-86.43 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -86.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 992 191 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 304 1 289.1 290.8 287.5 316.3 9.69 2 950 556 15.1 13.5 90 1.6 14.1 269 15 292.5 294.4 289.3 321.8 10.29 3 900 1015 14.6 9.5 71 5.1 11.6 250 22 296.6 298.1 289.0 320.8 8.32 4 850 1497 11.9 7.7 76 4.2 9.5 238 23 298.6 300.0 289.2 321.4 7.78 5 800 2002 8.5 5.9 84 2.6 7.0 228 22 300.2 301.5 289.3 321.8 7.30 6 750 2533 4.9 3.4 90 1.5 4.1 214 22 301.9 303.1 289.2 321.5 6.53 7 700 3092 0.6 -0.1 95 0.8 0.3 201 20 303.2 304.2 288.6 319.6 5.42 8 650 3684 -2.6 -3.7 92 1.2 -3.1 196 23 306.1 306.9 288.7 319.8 4.47 9 600 4316 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 205 27 309.6 310.4 289.4 322.2 4.01 10 550 4995 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -9.0 231 28 313.7 314.4 290.2 324.6 3.40 11 500 5728 -12.7 -13.3 95 0.6 -12.9 237 24 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.74 12 450 6525 -17.8 -17.9 99 0.2 -17.8 246 18 320.9 321.3 291.1 327.9 2.08 13 400 7396 -23.8 -23.9 99 0.1 -23.8 229 22 324.0 324.3 291.4 328.8 1.38 14 350 8356 -31.2 -31.3 100 0.0 -31.2 229 28 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.5 0.80 15 300 9427 -40.9 -41.7 92 0.8 -41.0 230 37 327.7 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.33 16 250 10652 -46.1 -66.0 9 19.9 -46.6 236 50 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 17 200 12114 -52.0 -70.7 9 18.7 -52.4 255 49 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 13950 -57.7 -77.4 6 19.7 -57.9 263 48 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16461 -65.3 -83.0 7 17.7 -65.4 260 26 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.71 m Freezing level: 689.91 mb = 3211.69 m = 10536.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.20 mb = 3135.79 m = 10287.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.62 mb = 443.86 m = 1456.21 ft T: 15.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 2.20 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.41 mb = 1751.29 m = 5745.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8489.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.34 mb = 1002.29 m = 3288.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -76.2 tot: -75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: -5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 37.33 m/s