MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-85.56 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -85.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 SFC 976 246 24.3 13.3 50 11.0 17.2 174 19 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.5 9.88 2 950 482 22.8 12.6 52 10.2 16.3 178 37 300.4 302.1 291.4 328.8 9.68 3 900 950 18.8 11.4 62 7.4 14.2 184 47 300.9 302.7 291.4 328.9 9.47 4 850 1438 15.5 10.0 70 5.5 12.1 196 57 302.4 304.1 291.6 329.5 9.12 5 800 1950 12.0 8.2 77 3.9 9.7 208 54 304.0 305.6 291.6 329.6 8.54 6 750 2488 7.7 6.4 92 1.3 7.0 213 53 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.3 8.08 7 700 3054 3.8 3.5 98 0.3 3.7 217 51 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.2 7.07 8 650 3655 2.8 -8.1 44 10.9 -2.0 214 45 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.4 3.20 9 600 4298 -1.5 -11.9 45 10.4 -5.7 210 47 314.4 314.9 289.6 322.7 2.56 10 550 4986 -5.4 -19.1 33 13.6 -9.9 210 53 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.8 1.54 11 500 5727 -9.7 -24.8 28 15.1 -13.8 211 54 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.8 1.02 12 450 6533 -14.0 -25.0 39 10.9 -16.9 214 53 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.6 1.12 13 400 7418 -19.7 -21.5 85 1.8 -20.2 219 58 329.4 329.8 293.2 335.5 1.72 14 350 8396 -26.4 -28.3 84 1.9 -26.8 228 54 333.1 333.3 293.6 336.9 1.06 15 300 9492 -34.8 -35.7 91 0.9 -34.9 235 55 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.7 0.61 16 250 10737 -44.6 -44.6 100 0.0 -44.6 237 71 339.7 339.8 294.5 340.8 0.29 17 200 12195 -54.4 -58.1 64 3.7 -54.5 246 67 346.6 346.6 296.0 346.9 0.07 18 150 14005 -62.0 -76.7 12 14.8 -62.1 260 56 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16468 -68.1 -83.6 9 15.5 -68.2 245 30 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.90 m Freezing level: 617.29 mb = 4075.75 m = 13371.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.53 mb = 3439.17 m = 11283.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.05 mb = 1638.83 m = 5376.66 ft T: 14.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.16 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.89 mb = 2302.17 m = 7552.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lifted Index: 2.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 34.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6182.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.86 mb = 1826.02 m = 5990.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.9 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 236.9 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 504.1 neg: -10.3 tot: 493.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 85.19 m/s