MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.85,-86.58 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -86.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 SFC 970 263 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.4 189 12 294.4 296.6 291.7 330.0 12.44 2 950 442 18.1 16.0 87 2.1 16.7 191 24 295.6 297.8 291.8 330.4 12.12 3 900 904 15.6 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 192 39 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.0 11.53 4 850 1388 13.0 12.4 97 0.5 12.6 199 53 299.7 301.7 292.0 331.1 10.72 5 800 1896 10.6 9.3 92 1.3 9.9 207 57 302.5 304.2 291.7 330.0 9.25 6 750 2432 7.8 6.0 88 1.8 6.8 208 57 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.7 7.84 7 700 2999 4.6 2.2 85 2.4 3.3 206 54 307.6 308.8 290.9 327.3 6.44 8 650 3600 1.2 -1.1 85 2.2 0.0 206 54 310.3 311.3 290.9 327.2 5.45 9 600 4240 -2.5 -4.3 88 1.7 -3.4 204 58 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.9 4.65 10 550 4926 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 204 62 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.5 4.05 11 500 5666 -10.1 -10.8 95 0.7 -10.4 209 61 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.8 3.36 12 450 6472 -14.6 -15.1 96 0.5 -14.8 214 62 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.63 13 400 7355 -20.1 -20.1 100 0.0 -20.1 221 63 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.93 14 350 8332 -27.1 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.1 220 60 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.18 15 300 9422 -36.0 -36.1 99 0.1 -36.0 217 61 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.8 0.58 16 250 10660 -46.4 -46.8 96 0.4 -46.4 222 67 337.0 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.23 17 200 12109 -53.8 -61.8 37 8.0 -54.0 241 81 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 13934 -59.4 -78.8 6 19.4 -59.6 244 51 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16416 -65.1 -83.9 6 18.9 -65.2 255 36 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.83 m Freezing level: 634.20 mb = 3801.98 m = 12473.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.71 mb = 3603.22 m = 11821.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.09 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.25 mb = 511.55 m = 1678.28 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 3.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1151.68 m = 3778.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: 0.76 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 33.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.49 mb = 917.92 m = 3011.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.49 mb = 3074.48 m = 10086.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.49 mb = 5162.71 m = 16937.83 ft B at Equ Level: 29.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 463.49 mb = 6246.19 m = 20492.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.0 at 53.9 knts Storm direction: 235.0 at 40.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.4 neg: -23.7 tot: 357.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 120.31 m/s