MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.94,-85.41 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -85.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 977 211 24.0 13.6 52 10.4 17.2 181 19 299.1 300.9 291.3 328.4 10.03 2 950 458 22.3 12.9 55 9.4 16.3 185 39 299.8 301.6 291.4 328.9 9.90 3 900 925 18.1 12.1 68 5.9 14.3 189 48 300.1 301.9 291.5 329.3 9.93 4 850 1412 14.3 11.4 83 2.9 12.5 198 58 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.7 10.02 5 800 1923 11.7 8.7 82 3.0 9.9 205 62 303.7 305.3 291.7 330.1 8.87 6 750 2460 8.0 6.9 93 1.1 7.3 207 57 305.3 306.8 291.8 330.4 8.35 7 700 3027 4.3 2.5 88 1.8 3.3 209 53 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.3 6.56 8 650 3629 3.6 -12.5 30 16.1 -2.9 205 53 313.0 313.4 288.8 320.3 2.25 9 600 4273 -0.7 -15.4 32 14.6 -6.1 204 56 315.3 315.6 289.2 321.6 1.93 10 550 4962 -4.9 -20.4 29 15.5 -9.9 203 57 318.2 318.5 289.6 322.9 1.37 11 500 5704 -9.6 -22.1 35 12.5 -13.3 205 59 321.3 321.5 290.5 325.8 1.30 12 450 6510 -14.6 -19.4 66 4.9 -16.1 215 63 324.9 325.3 292.0 331.2 1.82 13 400 7393 -20.0 -21.0 91 1.1 -20.3 218 68 329.0 329.4 293.2 335.3 1.79 14 350 8372 -26.2 -26.7 95 0.5 -26.3 224 61 333.4 333.7 293.8 337.8 1.23 15 300 9467 -34.8 -36.1 88 1.3 -35.0 225 61 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.5 0.58 16 250 10712 -45.2 -45.2 99 0.1 -45.2 233 68 338.9 339.0 294.3 340.0 0.27 17 200 12164 -55.2 -57.3 77 2.1 -55.2 235 63 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.08 18 150 13978 -61.1 -77.9 9 16.8 -61.2 261 56 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16446 -68.1 -83.5 9 15.4 -68.2 251 35 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.95 m Freezing level: 608.63 mb = 4161.91 m = 13654.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.17 mb = 3344.15 m = 10971.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.47 mb = 1526.75 m = 5008.96 ft T: 13.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.07 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.20 mb = 2185.03 m = 7168.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 33.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5684.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.72 mb = 1645.84 m = 5399.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.0 at 54.6 knts Storm direction: 233.0 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 431.9 neg: -22.7 tot: 409.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 74.19 m/s