MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.14,-88.64 Latitude: 38.14 Longitude: -88.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 989 136 27.7 17.4 53 10.3 20.6 215 14 301.8 304.2 294.1 339.4 12.74 2 950 492 24.2 15.7 59 8.5 18.5 215 26 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.89 3 900 962 19.9 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 214 30 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.1 11.51 4 850 1452 15.7 13.1 85 2.5 14.0 216 31 302.6 304.6 293.3 335.9 11.25 5 800 1965 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 220 31 303.8 305.7 293.2 335.4 10.62 6 750 2503 8.8 7.8 93 1.0 8.2 230 32 306.2 307.8 292.5 333.0 8.90 7 700 3071 5.5 4.2 91 1.4 4.8 233 32 308.6 310.0 292.0 331.2 7.39 8 650 3674 2.2 0.1 86 2.1 1.1 235 34 311.5 312.6 291.7 330.0 5.95 9 600 4316 -1.2 -3.9 82 2.7 -2.5 230 39 314.7 315.6 291.7 329.9 4.78 10 550 5004 -5.4 -7.8 83 2.4 -6.5 229 42 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.2 3.87 11 500 5745 -9.7 -11.9 84 2.2 -10.6 235 43 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.4 3.08 12 450 6551 -14.5 -22.3 52 7.8 -16.7 244 50 325.0 325.3 291.7 329.9 1.42 13 400 7431 -20.9 -31.4 38 10.5 -22.9 245 53 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.69 14 350 8403 -27.8 -38.1 37 10.3 -29.3 253 54 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.8 0.41 15 300 9492 -36.2 -41.2 60 5.0 -36.7 259 56 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.35 16 250 10728 -46.6 -48.4 82 1.8 -46.7 263 63 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.19 17 200 12175 -56.3 -59.0 72 2.7 -56.4 267 64 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.07 18 150 13972 -63.1 -77.6 12 14.5 -63.2 255 79 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16436 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.3 248 42 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.77 m Freezing level: 617.72 mb = 4088.67 m = 13414.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.41 mb = 3868.80 m = 12692.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.85 mb = 1443.84 m = 4736.94 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 9.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1748.68 m = 5737.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 360.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.65 mb = 1576.01 m = 5170.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.65 mb = 1936.58 m = 6353.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.65 mb = 10140.12 m = 33267.70 ft B at Equ Level: 360.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.65 mb = 12741.59 m = 41802.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 13.36 Bulk Shear: 27.00 m/s