MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 38.87,-87.98 Latitude: 38.87 Longitude: -87.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 994 148 17.4 16.3 93 1.1 16.7 144 9 291.1 293.2 290.1 324.4 11.82 2 950 536 15.5 15.0 97 0.5 15.1 160 22 292.9 294.9 290.3 325.1 11.33 3 900 995 14.1 12.3 89 1.8 13.0 161 26 296.0 297.8 290.2 324.9 10.00 4 850 1476 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.4 154 30 298.2 299.8 290.0 324.2 8.91 5 800 1981 8.4 7.2 93 1.1 7.7 154 33 300.1 301.5 289.9 323.7 8.01 6 750 2512 5.4 3.5 88 1.9 4.3 156 33 302.4 303.6 289.3 322.0 6.55 7 700 3073 2.0 -0.1 86 2.1 1.0 155 35 304.7 305.7 289.1 321.2 5.43 8 650 3668 -1.5 -4.7 79 3.2 -3.0 153 37 307.3 308.0 288.8 320.1 4.14 9 600 4301 -5.2 -10.1 69 4.8 -7.2 153 39 310.0 310.6 288.6 319.5 2.96 10 550 4979 -8.9 -14.6 63 5.7 -10.9 157 38 313.5 313.9 289.0 320.8 2.24 11 500 5711 -13.4 -18.7 64 5.3 -15.0 165 42 316.7 317.0 289.5 322.5 1.74 12 450 6504 -18.8 -22.2 74 3.4 -19.7 160 46 319.6 319.9 290.1 324.5 1.43 13 400 7372 -24.6 -24.6 100 0.0 -24.6 172 47 323.0 323.3 291.0 327.5 1.30 14 350 8329 -32.2 -32.2 100 -0.0 -32.1 189 56 325.4 325.5 291.2 328.0 0.74 15 300 9398 -40.8 -40.8 100 0.0 -40.8 198 69 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.36 16 250 10619 -46.0 -60.3 18 14.3 -46.5 183 55 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12093 -48.2 -72.0 5 23.8 -48.8 190 41 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13954 -57.0 -80.0 4 23.0 -57.3 196 34 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16480 -63.0 -83.5 5 20.5 -63.2 228 16 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5612.78 m Freezing level: 671.44 mb = 3412.81 m = 11196.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.81 mb = 3214.18 m = 10545.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.80 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.10 mb = 287.43 m = 943.01 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 5.68 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1101.60 m = 3614.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.14 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 32.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.56 mb = 729.89 m = 2394.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.56 mb = 2364.62 m = 7757.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.56 mb = 5212.24 m = 17100.32 ft B at Equ Level: 59.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 393.56 mb = 7488.37 m = 24567.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 157.0 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 187.0 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 36.41 m/s