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: 37.49,-88.07 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 986 137 16.7 14.9 89 1.7 15.6 211 15 291.0 292.9 289.3 321.7 10.89 2 950 457 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.8 218 30 291.7 293.5 289.0 320.7 10.23 3 900 913 12.3 10.5 88 1.9 11.2 242 37 294.2 295.8 288.6 319.7 8.87 4 850 1391 10.3 6.5 77 3.9 8.2 239 43 297.0 298.3 288.1 317.9 7.15 5 800 1895 8.8 2.1 63 6.7 5.3 235 49 300.5 301.6 287.8 317.2 5.59 6 750 2429 7.2 1.7 68 5.5 4.3 231 54 304.4 305.5 289.3 321.9 5.78 7 700 2995 4.1 1.6 84 2.5 2.8 223 50 307.1 308.2 290.5 325.9 6.16 8 650 3594 0.6 -0.7 91 1.3 -0.1 203 43 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.9 5.58 9 600 4236 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.7 204 53 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.6 4.88 10 550 4924 -5.4 -7.1 88 1.7 -6.2 204 59 317.7 318.5 292.0 330.9 4.09 11 500 5668 -9.0 -9.6 95 0.6 -9.2 202 67 322.1 322.8 292.9 334.3 3.69 12 450 6477 -13.7 -14.2 96 0.4 -13.9 204 73 326.0 326.5 293.2 335.6 2.84 13 400 7362 -19.5 -19.5 100 0.0 -19.6 208 77 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.7 2.03 14 350 8340 -26.3 -26.3 100 0.0 -26.3 214 79 333.2 333.5 293.8 337.8 1.27 15 300 9435 -34.8 -34.8 100 -0.0 -34.8 218 76 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.8 0.66 16 250 10681 -44.7 -44.7 100 -0.0 -44.7 213 95 339.6 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.29 17 200 12147 -50.9 -68.6 10 17.7 -51.3 243 68 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 13974 -61.1 -77.5 10 16.4 -61.3 258 58 364.8 364.8 299.7 364.9 0.01 19 100 16457 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.8 -66.1 246 32 400.3 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.14 m Freezing level: 637.93 mb = 3749.19 m = 12300.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.70 mb = 3573.27 m = 11723.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.53 % Est. max temperature: 23.60 C = 74.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.47 mb = 355.23 m = 1165.44 ft T: 15.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1089.16 m = 3573.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.94 C = 69.69 F Cap Strength: 5.65 C Lifted Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 8.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.48 C K Index: 23.29 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.44 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8942.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.71 mb = 767.12 m = 2516.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 49.7 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -71.6 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 76.17 m/s