MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-84.69 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -84.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 973 305 17.6 14.3 81 3.3 15.5 221 15 293.1 295.0 289.8 323.3 10.60 2 950 504 15.5 13.1 86 2.4 14.0 223 31 292.9 294.7 289.2 321.4 10.01 3 900 960 11.7 11.4 99 0.2 11.5 227 40 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.6 9.46 4 850 1437 9.4 9.0 97 0.4 9.2 237 47 296.0 297.6 288.9 320.7 8.52 5 800 1939 7.0 5.9 92 1.2 6.4 241 49 298.7 300.0 288.8 320.1 7.29 6 750 2468 5.3 -3.4 54 8.7 1.3 236 51 302.3 303.0 286.9 314.4 3.98 7 700 3028 1.3 -12.2 36 13.4 -3.8 233 53 303.9 304.3 285.5 310.6 2.14 8 650 3619 -3.2 -20.6 25 17.5 -8.3 233 57 305.4 305.6 285.0 309.1 1.14 9 600 4249 -5.5 -30.5 12 25.0 -11.3 231 64 309.7 309.8 285.8 311.5 0.50 10 550 4927 -7.8 -46.3 3 38.5 -13.9 234 69 314.8 314.8 287.2 315.2 0.11 11 500 5664 -11.5 -44.6 5 33.1 -16.6 242 79 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.6 0.14 12 450 6461 -17.9 -45.5 7 27.7 -21.5 238 85 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.3 0.14 13 400 7329 -24.8 -49.7 8 24.9 -27.2 239 92 322.7 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.10 14 350 8296 -27.0 -49.4 10 22.4 -29.2 217 94 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 15 300 9390 -35.0 -39.7 62 4.8 -35.5 209 106 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.6 0.40 16 250 10635 -43.5 -56.0 24 12.5 -44.2 223 92 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 17 200 12122 -48.8 -72.2 5 23.4 -49.4 235 68 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -59.2 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.5 228 41 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.01 19 100 16456 -64.9 -83.8 6 18.9 -65.1 248 28 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.14 m Freezing level: 685.74 mb = 3196.42 m = 10486.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 737.59 mb = 2603.70 m = 8542.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.25 % Est. max temperature: 21.94 C = 71.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.77 mb = 722.14 m = 2369.19 ft T: 13.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.82 C/km ThetaE index: 11.61 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 934.70 m = 3066.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.00 C = 64.39 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 16.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.27 mb = 929.66 m = 3050.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.27 mb = 976.31 m = 3203.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 858.27 mb = 1356.41 m = 4450.10 ft B at Equ Level: 7.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 778.27 mb = 2164.86 m = 7102.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 57.7 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 43.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 280.6 neg: -2.7 tot: 277.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 115.15 m/s