MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.32,-85.64 Latitude: 38.32 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 980 213 24.0 14.7 56 9.3 17.9 182 16 298.9 300.9 291.8 330.4 10.79 2 950 482 22.6 13.8 57 8.8 16.8 186 34 300.1 302.0 292.0 330.9 10.48 3 900 950 19.1 12.3 65 6.8 14.7 193 44 301.2 303.0 291.9 330.7 10.00 4 850 1439 15.8 10.5 71 5.3 12.5 207 52 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.7 9.41 5 800 1951 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.2 215 48 304.0 305.6 292.0 330.9 9.00 6 750 2489 7.8 6.3 90 1.5 6.9 218 44 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.1 7.99 7 700 3055 4.4 3.5 94 0.9 3.9 218 45 307.4 308.7 291.4 328.9 7.06 8 650 3656 2.3 -8.0 46 10.3 -2.2 213 43 311.6 312.2 289.3 321.8 3.22 9 600 4299 -1.0 -7.6 61 6.6 -3.9 207 46 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.6 3.61 10 550 4988 -5.3 -11.5 62 6.2 -7.8 207 48 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.3 2.89 11 500 5730 -10.3 -17.8 54 7.6 -12.8 218 52 320.5 320.9 290.8 326.9 1.88 12 450 6534 -14.9 -19.9 66 5.0 -16.4 229 54 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.75 13 400 7416 -20.4 -21.8 88 1.4 -20.8 231 55 328.5 328.8 292.9 334.3 1.67 14 350 8391 -27.5 -27.5 100 -0.0 -27.5 238 53 331.7 332.0 293.3 335.9 1.15 15 300 9481 -35.9 -36.3 96 0.4 -36.0 236 45 334.7 334.9 293.6 336.9 0.57 16 250 10720 -45.9 -46.4 94 0.5 -45.9 237 52 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.24 17 200 12166 -57.6 -57.7 99 0.1 -57.6 249 76 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.08 18 150 13975 -60.4 -78.3 8 17.9 -60.6 258 51 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16452 -66.5 -83.8 7 17.3 -66.7 259 33 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.18 m Freezing level: 614.64 mb = 4110.95 m = 13487.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.11 mb = 3433.10 m = 11263.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.38 mb = 1394.96 m = 4576.58 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 9.05 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.03 mb = 2140.32 m = 7021.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 35.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.23 mb = 1678.54 m = 5506.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.23 mb = 2924.28 m = 9593.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 681.23 mb = 3275.34 m = 10745.73 ft B at Equ Level: 8.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 641.23 mb = 3765.09 m = 12352.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 45.8 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 34.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.5 neg: -10.7 tot: 359.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 63.74 m/s