MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F279.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 279 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 8 OCT 25 Station: 37.69,-86.50 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 992 184 19.0 18.0 93 1.1 18.3 241 9 292.9 295.2 291.8 330.3 13.17 2 950 553 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.6 259 26 295.6 297.8 291.7 330.1 11.99 3 900 1016 16.1 14.6 91 1.4 15.1 270 34 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.1 11.72 4 850 1500 13.1 12.4 95 0.7 12.6 263 31 299.9 301.8 292.0 331.2 10.68 5 800 2009 10.6 8.3 85 2.3 9.2 251 29 302.5 304.1 291.2 328.1 8.61 6 750 2545 8.1 4.7 79 3.4 6.2 249 31 305.4 306.7 290.9 327.1 7.18 7 700 3112 5.1 -2.3 59 7.4 1.4 259 33 308.1 309.0 289.5 322.4 4.61 8 650 3713 1.5 -19.5 19 21.0 -5.4 273 37 310.6 310.9 287.0 314.8 1.26 9 600 4351 -3.6 -31.6 9 28.0 -10.2 279 42 311.9 312.0 286.6 313.5 0.45 10 550 5031 -8.5 -38.2 7 29.6 -14.0 280 49 313.9 314.0 287.1 314.9 0.26 11 500 5764 -12.3 -24.8 34 12.5 -15.5 263 46 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.6 1.03 12 450 6563 -16.6 -18.6 85 2.0 -17.3 243 46 322.3 322.7 291.4 329.0 1.96 13 400 7439 -22.4 -22.4 100 0.0 -22.4 233 45 325.9 326.2 292.1 331.4 1.58 14 350 8405 -29.8 -29.8 100 -0.0 -29.7 235 46 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.9 0.92 15 300 9484 -38.4 -38.4 100 0.0 -38.4 239 52 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.46 16 250 10711 -47.7 -48.1 97 0.3 -47.8 242 57 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12154 -55.9 -59.7 63 3.8 -56.0 255 73 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 13968 -60.0 -77.5 8 17.5 -60.2 267 46 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16461 -64.7 -83.5 6 18.8 -64.9 277 30 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.21 m Freezing level: 635.40 mb = 3899.49 m = 12793.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.60 mb = 3233.80 m = 10609.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.22 mb = 318.33 m = 1044.36 ft T: 18.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.62 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1222.49 m = 4010.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.62 mb = 859.03 m = 2818.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.62 mb = 3816.68 m = 12521.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.62 mb = 7225.69 m = 23706.05 ft B at Equ Level: 170.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.62 mb = 10667.51 m = 34997.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.1 neg: -38.9 tot: 129.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 4.35 Bulk Shear: 39.39 m/s