MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.65,-86.73 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 982 235 23.6 14.1 55 9.5 17.4 250 9 298.3 300.2 291.3 328.5 10.34 2 950 520 20.5 13.0 62 7.5 15.7 245 15 298.0 299.8 290.9 327.0 9.96 3 900 984 16.5 12.1 75 4.5 13.7 238 17 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.4 9.87 4 850 1469 13.5 11.6 88 1.9 12.3 241 23 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.0 10.12 5 800 1979 11.2 9.9 92 1.3 10.4 235 31 303.1 304.9 292.2 331.7 9.62 6 750 2516 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 228 31 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.52 7 700 3081 4.0 2.6 91 1.3 3.2 228 33 306.9 308.1 290.9 327.0 6.62 8 650 3682 1.8 -7.0 52 8.8 -2.1 234 38 311.0 311.6 289.3 322.0 3.47 9 600 4323 -2.4 -8.9 61 6.5 -5.2 242 44 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.7 3.25 10 550 5007 -7.4 -10.3 80 2.8 -8.6 246 49 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.6 3.19 11 500 5744 -11.5 -13.7 83 2.3 -12.3 251 52 319.0 319.6 291.1 327.8 2.65 12 450 6545 -16.1 -17.1 92 1.0 -16.4 255 44 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.5 2.22 13 400 7422 -21.9 -22.0 99 0.1 -21.9 252 40 326.5 326.9 292.3 332.3 1.65 14 350 8390 -29.5 -29.5 100 0.0 -29.5 251 39 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.4 0.95 15 300 9470 -38.5 -39.3 92 0.8 -38.6 251 42 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.7 0.42 16 250 10693 -49.2 -49.2 100 0.0 -49.2 253 56 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12125 -56.3 -63.1 42 6.8 -56.4 262 85 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 13942 -59.7 -78.2 7 18.5 -59.9 256 63 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16422 -67.2 -83.7 8 16.4 -67.4 253 42 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.66 m Freezing level: 628.82 mb = 3953.72 m = 12971.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.93 mb = 3437.52 m = 11277.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.27 mb = 1436.57 m = 4713.11 ft T: 13.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.84 mb = 2127.43 m = 6979.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: 0.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.04 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5412.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.67 mb = 1502.19 m = 4928.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 85.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 64.85 m/s