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: 38.7,-83.51 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -83.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 972 282 16.7 14.8 89 1.9 15.5 209 17 292.2 294.2 289.8 323.3 10.94 2 950 473 15.5 13.6 88 1.9 14.3 212 34 292.9 294.8 289.5 322.4 10.36 3 900 930 12.0 12.0 100 0.0 12.0 216 44 293.8 295.6 289.3 321.9 9.81 4 850 1407 9.8 9.6 98 0.2 9.7 228 50 296.4 298.0 289.4 322.1 8.84 5 800 1910 6.7 6.2 96 0.5 6.5 235 49 298.3 299.7 288.8 320.2 7.46 6 750 2438 4.0 3.0 93 1.0 3.5 231 49 300.9 302.1 288.7 319.8 6.34 7 700 2997 1.1 -2.2 78 3.3 -0.5 229 48 303.7 304.6 288.1 317.9 4.64 8 650 3589 -2.8 -9.7 59 6.9 -5.5 226 50 305.8 306.4 287.0 314.7 2.83 9 600 4219 -6.4 -12.4 63 5.9 -8.6 220 57 308.7 309.2 287.6 316.6 2.47 10 550 4898 -6.6 -41.6 4 35.0 -12.9 217 64 316.2 316.3 287.7 316.9 0.18 11 500 5637 -10.7 -49.7 2 39.0 -16.2 222 71 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.4 0.08 12 450 6437 -16.8 -50.0 4 33.3 -20.8 220 76 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.5 0.09 13 400 7313 -21.4 -56.1 3 34.7 -24.7 206 69 327.1 327.1 290.9 327.3 0.05 14 350 8286 -26.7 -37.0 37 10.3 -28.3 207 89 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.5 0.46 15 300 9381 -35.0 -39.3 65 4.2 -35.5 203 99 336.0 336.1 293.7 337.6 0.42 16 250 10623 -45.2 -46.6 86 1.4 -45.3 210 95 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.23 17 200 12094 -49.2 -72.1 5 22.9 -49.7 236 70 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 18 150 13932 -60.7 -77.8 9 17.1 -60.9 214 56 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16441 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.8 -66.0 246 29 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.67 m Freezing level: 685.62 mb = 3167.17 m = 10390.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.05 mb = 2927.12 m = 9603.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.06 % Est. max temperature: 21.91 C = 71.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.07 mb = 516.90 m = 1695.86 ft T: 15.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.46 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 871.12 m = 2857.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.16 C = 64.69 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 4.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 26.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.46 mb = 850.57 m = 2790.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.46 mb = 897.17 m = 2943.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 863.46 mb = 1276.12 m = 4186.68 ft B at Equ Level: 10.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 543.46 mb = 4990.80 m = 16373.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 54.3 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 273.4 neg: -19.1 tot: 254.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 68.93 m/s