MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 37.28,-84.51 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -84.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 979 316 23.3 2.6 26 20.7 12.1 156 4 298.3 299.2 286.2 312.3 4.72 2 950 575 19.6 0.0 27 19.5 9.6 163 5 297.0 297.8 284.9 309.1 4.03 3 900 1036 15.2 -1.1 33 16.3 7.2 172 5 297.2 297.9 284.9 308.8 3.91 4 850 1518 14.0 -4.6 27 18.6 5.3 241 5 300.8 301.4 285.5 310.5 3.19 5 800 2027 13.1 -7.7 23 20.8 3.8 289 6 305.1 305.6 286.6 313.5 2.67 6 750 2567 11.0 -8.6 24 19.6 2.3 312 5 308.5 309.0 287.8 317.0 2.66 7 700 3138 7.5 -13.7 21 21.2 -0.9 349 4 310.8 311.2 287.8 317.0 1.90 8 650 3744 4.3 -15.8 22 20.1 -3.3 32 3 313.8 314.2 288.6 319.5 1.71 9 600 4391 0.5 -12.3 38 12.8 -4.7 123 1 316.7 317.1 290.2 324.8 2.47 10 550 5083 -3.6 -13.8 45 10.2 -7.6 260 3 319.8 320.2 291.0 327.7 2.39 11 500 5829 -8.7 -16.9 52 8.1 -11.6 253 9 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.04 12 450 6637 -14.3 -25.2 39 10.8 -17.2 232 12 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.10 13 400 7520 -20.2 -30.1 41 9.9 -22.3 243 13 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.6 0.79 14 350 8495 -26.4 -29.7 74 3.3 -27.1 269 24 333.1 333.3 293.4 336.5 0.93 15 300 9590 -35.2 -35.4 97 0.3 -35.2 267 25 335.8 335.9 293.9 338.1 0.62 16 250 10832 -45.3 -45.3 100 -0.0 -45.3 265 34 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.8 0.27 17 200 12286 -55.3 -56.8 84 1.5 -55.4 253 53 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.09 18 150 14079 -65.8 -76.1 22 10.3 -65.9 265 28 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16488 -72.2 -83.0 18 10.9 -72.2 281 26 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.62 m Freezing level: 594.31 mb = 4469.54 m = 14663.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.58 mb = 2979.30 m = 9774.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.52 mb = 2910.63 m = 9549.18 ft T: 8.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 3.51 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.73 mb = 5786.56 m = 18984.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 47.16 C = 116.89 F Cap Strength: 13.52 C Lifted Index: 13.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 11.88 C Showalter Index: 13.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 4.09 C K Index: -3.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 18.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12040.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.88 mb = 3080.81 m = 10107.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 6.11 m/s