MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.51,-83.64 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -83.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 326 16.5 13.2 81 3.3 14.4 22 3 291.8 293.6 288.6 319.7 9.81 2 950 541 19.3 12.4 64 7.0 15.0 54 11 296.8 298.5 290.1 324.5 9.54 3 900 1006 18.0 10.7 62 7.3 13.4 67 12 300.0 301.7 290.7 326.5 9.00 4 850 1493 14.3 9.8 74 4.5 11.6 86 5 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.7 8.97 5 800 2003 11.4 8.7 83 2.7 9.7 191 7 303.3 304.9 291.6 329.7 8.86 6 750 2539 7.5 6.4 93 1.0 6.9 199 8 304.7 306.2 291.4 329.0 8.08 7 700 3107 5.5 0.5 70 5.0 2.9 212 4 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.1 5.68 8 650 3709 2.0 -6.2 55 8.2 -1.7 208 4 311.2 311.9 289.6 323.0 3.71 9 600 4350 -2.2 -10.2 54 8.0 -5.5 210 6 313.6 314.2 289.7 323.1 2.93 10 550 5036 -6.6 -13.9 56 7.4 -9.3 193 8 316.3 316.7 290.0 324.0 2.37 11 500 5773 -11.4 -19.6 51 8.2 -13.9 164 7 319.1 319.4 290.2 324.6 1.62 12 450 6573 -16.8 -22.2 63 5.5 -18.3 189 14 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.43 13 400 7448 -22.1 -26.2 69 4.1 -23.0 192 18 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.3 1.12 14 350 8416 -29.3 -36.3 51 7.0 -30.3 201 22 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.49 15 300 9499 -36.2 -54.6 13 18.4 -37.4 203 44 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.08 16 250 10746 -43.4 -63.9 9 20.5 -44.2 201 55 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12216 -52.8 -68.5 13 15.6 -53.1 214 49 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14041 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.3 234 26 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16532 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.8 243 22 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.33 m Freezing level: 626.00 mb = 4016.72 m = 13178.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.77 mb = 3477.50 m = 11408.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.94 mb = 752.48 m = 2468.74 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 6.76 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.82 mb = 2365.93 m = 7762.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 2.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.18 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7021.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.55 mb = 1616.97 m = 5304.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 172.2 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 202.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -23.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -1.0 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.00 Bulk Shear: 26.13 m/s