MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.42,-83.9 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -83.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 104 SFC 971 358 25.9 13.0 45 13.0 17.5 340 5 301.6 303.3 291.7 330.2 9.70 2 950 551 23.6 11.3 46 12.3 15.8 343 8 301.1 302.7 291.0 327.4 8.89 3 900 1020 19.0 10.4 57 8.6 13.7 345 8 301.1 302.8 290.9 327.3 8.85 4 850 1507 14.4 9.6 73 4.8 11.4 347 7 301.2 302.8 291.0 327.4 8.86 5 800 2016 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 340 6 301.5 303.1 290.9 327.0 8.63 6 750 2551 8.8 0.7 57 8.1 4.6 293 7 306.2 307.2 289.6 322.7 5.39 7 700 3119 5.0 -2.4 59 7.4 1.4 293 6 308.0 308.9 289.4 322.2 4.58 8 650 3719 0.9 -8.1 51 9.0 -3.0 297 6 310.0 310.6 288.8 320.2 3.20 9 600 4358 -2.8 -16.9 33 14.2 -7.7 306 6 312.9 313.2 288.2 318.5 1.69 10 550 5042 -6.4 -24.3 23 17.9 -11.4 335 8 316.5 316.6 288.7 319.8 0.97 11 500 5780 -11.3 -29.6 20 18.4 -15.5 341 10 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.6 0.66 12 450 6579 -16.9 -35.5 18 18.6 -20.3 350 10 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.41 13 400 7453 -23.0 -38.7 22 15.8 -25.3 339 8 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.33 14 350 8416 -30.4 -41.1 34 10.7 -31.6 324 11 327.8 327.9 291.4 329.0 0.30 15 300 9496 -37.4 -51.3 22 14.0 -38.3 334 15 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.11 16 250 10741 -42.6 -64.8 7 22.2 -43.4 312 20 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 17 200 12223 -49.7 -71.3 6 21.6 -50.2 303 24 354.0 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14063 -59.1 -79.4 6 20.3 -59.3 285 18 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16550 -66.6 -82.8 8 16.3 -66.7 259 20 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.89 m Freezing level: 637.62 mb = 3877.23 m = 12720.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.23 mb = 3303.42 m = 10837.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.92 % Est. max temperature: 25.71 C = 78.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.24 mb = 1981.76 m = 6501.77 ft T: 9.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.92 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.20 mb = 2737.71 m = 8981.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.93 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 27.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 138.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6570.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 793.45 mb = 2083.97 m = 6837.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.9 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 356.9 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -9.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -4.2 tot: -2.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s