MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-82.01 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -82.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 506 SFC 932 668 15.0 12.9 88 2.0 13.7 237 9 294.0 295.8 289.6 322.8 10.09 3 900 964 12.6 10.4 86 2.3 11.3 240 21 294.5 296.1 288.7 319.9 8.81 4 850 1441 9.1 8.4 95 0.8 8.7 243 28 295.7 297.2 288.5 319.3 8.14 5 800 1942 6.2 5.2 94 1.0 5.6 242 34 297.8 299.0 288.2 318.2 6.96 6 750 2468 2.7 2.3 97 0.4 2.5 239 34 299.5 300.6 287.9 317.3 6.01 7 700 3023 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 236 35 301.3 302.2 287.5 316.1 4.93 8 650 3610 -4.9 -5.3 97 0.4 -5.1 234 38 303.4 304.1 287.2 315.5 3.95 9 600 4236 -8.4 -9.0 95 0.7 -8.6 231 43 306.5 307.1 287.6 316.5 3.22 10 550 4907 -11.8 -12.1 97 0.4 -11.9 218 45 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.9 2.74 11 500 5630 -16.4 -16.4 99 0.1 -16.4 207 45 313.1 313.5 288.8 320.0 2.12 12 450 6415 -21.2 -23.1 85 1.9 -21.7 214 49 316.6 316.8 289.0 321.1 1.33 13 400 7283 -22.3 -54.2 4 31.9 -25.4 203 69 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.06 14 350 8258 -25.6 -58.2 3 32.6 -28.3 209 94 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.04 15 300 9361 -32.3 -49.3 17 17.0 -33.8 204 104 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.4 0.14 16 250 10621 -41.2 -64.9 6 23.7 -42.2 210 83 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 17 200 12106 -49.3 -71.9 5 22.6 -49.8 222 75 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13962 -57.2 -79.4 4 22.3 -57.5 247 49 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16458 -64.7 -83.8 6 19.1 -64.8 250 29 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5560.09 m Freezing level: 714.37 mb = 2863.50 m = 9394.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.92 mb = 2830.83 m = 9287.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.36 % Est. max temperature: 19.28 C = 66.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.13 mb = 925.11 m = 3035.10 ft T: 12.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 7.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.03 mb = 1411.45 m = 4630.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.58 C = 61.85 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: 0.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 33.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.51 mb = 1338.55 m = 4391.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.51 mb = 1682.54 m = 5520.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 495.51 mb = 5697.74 m = 18693.15 ft B at Equ Level: 150.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 395.51 mb = 7365.35 m = 24164.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -4.1 tot: 47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.52 Bulk Shear: 60.03 m/s