MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509271800F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 37.4,-83.2 Latitude: 37.40 Longitude: -83.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 974 398 16.2 12.4 78 3.8 13.8 75 3 291.5 293.2 288.1 318.0 9.31 2 950 615 21.0 10.6 51 10.4 14.6 77 16 298.5 300.1 289.8 323.4 8.48 3 900 1082 19.5 9.3 52 10.1 13.3 86 18 301.6 303.1 290.6 326.0 8.22 4 850 1571 16.1 8.2 60 7.9 11.4 97 13 303.0 304.5 290.9 327.1 8.07 5 800 2083 12.1 6.9 70 5.2 9.0 111 10 304.0 305.5 291.0 327.5 7.81 6 750 2620 7.9 1.4 63 6.6 4.5 100 9 305.2 306.2 289.5 322.4 5.64 7 700 3187 6.4 -15.3 19 21.8 -1.7 83 15 309.6 309.9 287.1 315.0 1.66 8 650 3792 4.4 -24.5 10 28.9 -4.6 84 19 313.9 314.0 287.6 316.7 0.81 9 600 4439 0.9 -25.9 11 26.9 -7.0 83 19 317.2 317.4 288.7 319.9 0.77 10 550 5132 -3.3 -29.6 11 26.4 -10.1 81 21 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.3 0.60 11 500 5879 -8.1 -36.3 8 28.2 -14.0 85 24 323.1 323.2 290.1 324.4 0.34 12 450 6687 -14.1 -36.8 13 22.7 -18.4 87 22 325.5 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.36 13 400 7570 -19.9 -45.1 9 25.3 -23.2 88 13 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.8 0.17 14 350 8545 -27.7 -47.7 13 20.0 -29.7 111 12 331.4 331.4 292.2 332.0 0.15 15 300 9634 -36.1 -48.8 26 12.8 -37.1 138 8 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.15 16 250 10872 -45.9 -56.9 28 11.0 -46.3 178 17 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.07 17 200 12329 -53.0 -66.2 19 13.2 -53.3 202 32 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.03 18 150 14161 -58.8 -79.6 5 20.9 -59.0 226 19 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16639 -68.4 -82.4 12 14.1 -68.5 228 14 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.00 m Freezing level: 588.74 mb = 4594.97 m = 15075.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.99 mb = 3024.69 m = 9923.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.93 mb = 892.69 m = 2928.74 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.91 mb = 3437.09 m = 11276.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.91 C = 96.64 F Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lifted Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.32 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 16.36 C K Index: 10.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8123.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.01 mb = 2051.73 m = 6731.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 86.4 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 116.4 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.0 neg: -5.4 tot: 41.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.27 Bulk Shear: 2.06 m/s