MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.12,-86.01 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -86.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 984 217 24.8 16.0 58 8.9 18.9 189 15 299.4 301.5 292.7 333.5 11.67 2 950 525 23.0 15.1 61 7.9 17.8 192 28 300.5 302.6 292.8 334.1 11.45 3 900 993 19.1 13.8 71 5.4 15.6 198 35 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.8 11.06 4 850 1482 15.4 11.7 78 3.7 13.1 200 33 302.3 304.2 292.4 332.6 10.22 5 800 1994 11.6 9.3 86 2.2 10.2 205 32 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.1 9.26 6 750 2531 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.7 206 33 305.1 306.8 292.1 331.4 8.74 7 700 3098 5.7 0.5 69 5.2 2.9 208 36 308.8 309.9 290.7 326.4 5.68 8 650 3701 3.0 -13.3 29 16.3 -3.4 215 37 312.3 312.7 288.5 319.2 2.11 9 600 4345 -0.6 -17.9 26 17.3 -6.7 220 34 315.4 315.7 288.9 320.6 1.55 10 550 5034 -5.1 -19.8 31 14.7 -9.8 220 32 318.1 318.3 289.6 323.0 1.45 11 500 5776 -10.2 -19.7 46 9.4 -13.2 224 36 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.61 12 450 6581 -13.8 -36.8 12 23.0 -18.2 225 40 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.36 13 400 7466 -19.8 -29.5 42 9.7 -21.9 236 45 329.3 329.5 292.3 332.3 0.83 14 350 8441 -27.5 -46.6 15 19.1 -29.5 243 51 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.17 15 300 9530 -36.3 -38.4 81 2.1 -36.5 250 57 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.9 0.46 16 250 10768 -46.0 -46.2 98 0.1 -46.0 259 55 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.6 0.24 17 200 12213 -56.6 -56.8 98 0.2 -56.6 265 61 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.4 0.09 18 150 14012 -61.2 -77.7 9 16.5 -61.4 250 71 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16486 -67.0 -83.7 8 16.7 -67.1 252 33 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.29 m Freezing level: 608.98 mb = 4229.39 m = 13875.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.70 mb = 3373.86 m = 11068.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.01 mb = 1342.51 m = 4404.50 ft T: 16.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 12.23 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.11 mb = 1867.20 m = 6125.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 32.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.22 mb = 1559.97 m = 5117.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.22 mb = 2234.26 m = 7330.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.22 mb = 3130.72 m = 10271.28 ft B at Equ Level: 16.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.22 mb = 6971.31 m = 22871.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.2 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 241.2 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 144.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.66 Bulk Shear: 22.60 m/s