MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F273.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 273 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 38.58,-86.39 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -86.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 986 219 24.5 18.7 70 5.8 20.4 206 11 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.1 13.85 2 950 545 21.8 16.1 70 5.7 17.9 211 24 299.3 301.5 293.0 334.8 12.18 3 900 1012 17.8 14.4 81 3.4 15.6 219 29 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.6 11.54 4 850 1499 14.5 12.1 86 2.4 13.0 232 33 301.3 303.3 292.3 332.3 10.50 5 800 2009 10.9 9.4 91 1.4 10.0 242 35 302.7 304.5 291.8 330.4 9.32 6 750 2545 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.7 247 33 305.0 306.5 291.3 328.5 7.79 7 700 3112 4.3 1.8 84 2.5 2.9 243 32 307.2 308.4 290.6 326.3 6.24 8 650 3711 -0.0 -3.5 77 3.5 -1.7 236 31 308.9 309.8 289.7 323.0 4.53 9 600 4347 -4.0 -10.0 63 6.0 -6.4 229 28 311.5 312.1 289.0 321.1 2.99 10 550 5030 -6.9 -17.7 42 10.9 -10.5 225 33 315.9 316.3 289.3 321.7 1.72 11 500 5769 -10.5 -25.1 29 14.5 -14.4 233 39 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.7 1.00 12 450 6570 -16.0 -29.6 30 13.6 -19.0 235 40 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.73 13 400 7447 -21.8 -37.5 23 15.7 -24.3 240 38 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.1 0.38 14 350 8417 -28.4 -41.5 27 13.1 -30.0 242 35 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.29 15 300 9501 -37.3 -43.8 51 6.5 -37.8 250 37 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.26 16 250 10732 -47.8 -48.2 96 0.4 -47.8 261 36 335.0 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.19 17 200 12163 -59.5 -60.4 90 0.8 -59.6 259 48 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 18 150 13954 -60.8 -77.3 10 16.4 -61.0 256 49 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16445 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.8 260 33 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.44 m Freezing level: 650.45 mb = 3705.24 m = 12156.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.34 mb = 3485.70 m = 11435.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.67 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.95 mb = 954.78 m = 3132.46 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 18.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.46 mb = 1523.96 m = 4999.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.89 mb = 1282.10 m = 4206.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.89 mb = 1833.16 m = 6014.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.89 mb = 10042.39 m = 32947.08 ft B at Equ Level: 482.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.89 mb = 13289.95 m = 43601.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.7 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 262.7 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 173.0 neg: -10.5 tot: 162.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 15.96 Bulk Shear: 30.28 m/s