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: 38.43,-86.89 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 993 162 18.5 16.9 90 1.6 17.4 285 12 292.2 294.4 290.8 326.9 12.25 2 950 545 15.8 15.0 94 0.9 15.3 290 25 293.3 295.3 290.4 325.5 11.32 3 900 1003 14.8 9.3 70 5.5 11.5 287 31 296.7 298.2 288.9 320.5 8.18 4 850 1486 12.5 8.1 75 4.3 9.9 272 32 299.2 300.7 289.6 322.8 8.02 5 800 1992 9.5 8.2 91 1.4 8.8 257 32 301.3 302.9 290.7 326.6 8.55 6 750 2526 7.6 -0.1 58 7.7 3.7 247 37 304.8 305.8 288.8 320.3 5.06 7 700 3092 5.2 -22.3 12 27.5 -3.5 250 39 308.3 308.4 285.8 311.3 0.91 8 650 3691 1.1 -40.0 3 41.0 -7.4 274 45 310.2 310.2 285.6 310.8 0.18 9 600 4329 -3.4 -39.5 4 36.1 -10.5 280 55 312.2 312.2 286.4 313.0 0.21 10 550 5009 -8.9 -39.4 6 30.6 -14.3 270 55 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.4 0.23 11 500 5739 -13.7 -39.0 10 25.3 -17.9 264 56 316.3 316.4 287.9 317.3 0.26 12 450 6533 -17.5 -38.9 14 21.4 -20.9 248 58 321.2 321.3 289.5 322.3 0.29 13 400 7406 -22.8 -35.8 30 13.0 -24.9 234 64 325.3 325.4 290.9 326.9 0.45 14 350 8371 -29.6 -39.0 40 9.4 -30.8 231 71 328.9 329.0 291.8 330.3 0.37 15 300 9453 -37.3 -43.0 56 5.7 -37.8 238 76 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.9 0.29 16 250 10685 -47.4 -47.6 98 0.2 -47.4 235 84 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.21 17 200 12125 -57.0 -57.7 91 0.8 -57.0 248 82 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.9 0.08 18 150 13943 -57.6 -77.8 6 20.2 -57.9 276 42 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16453 -64.0 -83.6 5 19.6 -64.2 262 29 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.73 m Freezing level: 638.00 mb = 3844.12 m = 12611.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.45 mb = 2810.26 m = 9219.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.07 mb = 365.55 m = 1199.30 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 15.80 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1576.24 m = 5171.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.87 C = 78.57 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.09 C Showalter Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 6.76 Risk: None Sweat Index: 217.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6411.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.62 mb = 912.77 m = 2994.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.2 neg: -10.9 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 79.23 m/s