MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 37.01,-87.92 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -87.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 996 151 19.5 18.0 91 1.5 18.5 213 6 293.0 295.3 291.8 330.3 13.12 2 950 564 20.0 15.9 77 4.2 17.2 235 26 297.5 299.7 292.3 332.3 12.00 3 900 1029 16.1 14.3 90 1.7 15.0 237 27 298.1 300.1 292.1 331.5 11.49 4 850 1513 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.1 237 27 299.9 301.9 292.4 332.6 11.17 5 800 2022 10.6 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 252 27 302.5 304.2 291.8 330.4 9.40 6 750 2558 7.8 5.6 86 2.2 6.5 260 29 305.0 306.4 291.1 327.9 7.60 7 700 3124 3.8 -0.6 73 4.3 1.5 261 33 306.6 307.6 289.6 322.8 5.25 8 650 3721 -0.9 -4.4 77 3.5 -2.6 261 36 307.9 308.7 289.1 321.1 4.24 9 600 4355 -4.9 -8.2 78 3.2 -6.3 272 38 310.4 311.0 289.1 321.3 3.44 10 550 5034 -9.3 -12.3 79 3.0 -10.4 284 36 313.1 313.6 289.3 321.8 2.71 11 500 5765 -13.2 -19.4 60 6.2 -15.0 281 43 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.64 12 450 6560 -18.2 -27.3 45 9.1 -20.3 285 52 320.3 320.5 289.8 323.5 0.91 13 400 7427 -24.8 -34.9 38 10.1 -26.3 296 61 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.49 14 350 8384 -32.2 -39.7 47 7.5 -33.0 301 66 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.35 15 300 9453 -40.1 -46.7 49 6.6 -40.6 301 80 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.19 16 250 10671 -49.4 -55.6 48 6.2 -49.6 304 86 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.08 17 200 12100 -57.9 -64.6 42 6.7 -58.0 302 87 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13903 -61.2 -78.8 8 17.6 -61.3 306 70 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16401 -65.6 -83.7 6 18.1 -65.7 291 21 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.75 m Freezing level: 659.90 mb = 3602.54 m = 11819.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.19 mb = 3343.10 m = 10968.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.45 mb = 344.38 m = 1129.85 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.51 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1244.59 m = 4083.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -3.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 26.25 C K Index: 35.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 435.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 640.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.50 mb = 966.88 m = 3172.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.50 mb = 2541.46 m = 8338.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.50 mb = 10119.96 m = 33201.56 ft B at Equ Level: 638.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.50 mb = 13063.87 m = 42859.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 195.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 195.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 12.43 Bulk Shear: 51.54 m/s