MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F333.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509270000F333.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 333 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 10 OCT 25 Station: 39.78,-84.61 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -84.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 988 290 28.5 13.0 39 15.5 18.4 231 11 302.7 304.4 292.0 331.1 9.58 2 950 638 24.9 11.7 44 13.1 16.5 233 18 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.6 9.15 3 900 1108 20.4 10.8 54 9.6 14.3 233 19 302.5 304.2 291.5 329.4 9.05 4 850 1598 15.7 9.8 68 5.9 12.0 233 19 302.6 304.2 291.5 329.2 8.95 5 800 2109 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.4 233 19 302.7 304.3 291.3 328.7 8.72 6 750 2644 6.3 5.2 93 1.1 5.7 230 21 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.7 7.44 7 700 3205 1.7 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 225 21 304.4 305.5 289.3 322.0 5.82 8 650 3801 0.5 -11.5 40 11.9 -4.3 220 28 309.5 309.9 287.9 317.3 2.45 9 600 4439 -2.6 -23.8 18 21.3 -8.7 225 28 313.2 313.3 287.5 316.3 0.93 10 550 5125 -5.3 -37.5 6 32.2 -11.9 231 26 317.8 317.8 288.3 318.8 0.28 11 500 5868 -9.3 -32.4 13 23.1 -14.5 230 21 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.6 0.50 12 450 6675 -13.9 -26.1 35 12.2 -17.0 240 18 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.4 1.01 13 400 7558 -20.2 -26.3 58 6.1 -21.7 248 24 328.7 329.0 292.4 332.7 1.11 14 350 8537 -26.1 -33.7 49 7.6 -27.4 267 25 333.6 333.7 293.3 336.0 0.64 15 300 9632 -35.4 -46.0 33 10.6 -36.3 270 25 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.21 16 250 10871 -46.4 -49.4 71 3.0 -46.5 298 35 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.17 17 200 12310 -59.3 -60.2 90 0.9 -59.3 304 50 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.06 18 150 14080 -65.3 -74.0 29 8.7 -65.4 307 38 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16509 -68.9 -83.1 11 14.2 -69.0 285 39 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.23 m Freezing level: 642.41 mb = 3898.34 m = 12789.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.65 mb = 3336.76 m = 10947.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.60 mb = 2227.77 m = 7308.88 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.12 C/km ThetaE index: 14.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2351.05 m = 7713.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 33.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.16 mb = 2285.15 m = 7497.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.16 mb = 2445.38 m = 8022.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 598.16 mb = 4463.72 m = 14644.58 ft B at Equ Level: 77.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.16 mb = 6051.38 m = 19853.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.8 neg: -2.5 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.44 Bulk Shear: 5.79 m/s