MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-87.29 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 990 134 24.8 14.3 52 10.6 17.9 176 12 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.2 10.39 2 950 492 24.0 13.3 51 10.7 17.0 184 30 301.6 303.4 292.1 331.5 10.14 3 900 962 20.2 12.4 61 7.8 15.2 191 36 302.3 304.1 292.3 332.2 10.10 4 850 1452 15.8 11.5 75 4.3 13.0 193 37 302.7 304.5 292.4 332.5 10.05 5 800 1964 11.5 9.6 88 1.9 10.3 197 39 303.4 305.1 292.1 331.4 9.41 6 750 2501 7.9 6.3 89 1.6 6.9 198 40 305.2 306.6 291.5 329.2 8.00 7 700 3069 6.1 -1.3 59 7.3 2.3 205 39 309.2 310.1 290.2 324.7 4.99 8 650 3673 3.6 -7.9 43 11.5 -1.6 215 38 313.0 313.7 289.8 323.4 3.24 9 600 4319 -0.4 -7.2 60 6.8 -3.4 219 40 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.7 3.73 10 550 5009 -5.1 -12.0 58 6.9 -7.8 223 43 318.0 318.6 290.9 327.1 2.76 11 500 5750 -10.4 -19.1 49 8.7 -13.2 229 47 320.3 320.6 290.6 326.0 1.69 12 450 6555 -13.7 -35.5 14 21.7 -18.0 233 53 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.5 0.41 13 400 7439 -20.6 -28.2 50 7.6 -22.2 238 61 328.3 328.4 292.2 331.6 0.94 14 350 8413 -27.3 -27.4 99 0.1 -27.3 251 59 331.9 332.2 293.3 336.1 1.15 15 300 9504 -35.8 -36.1 97 0.3 -35.8 256 54 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.58 16 250 10741 -46.5 -47.2 93 0.7 -46.6 249 52 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.7 0.22 17 200 12186 -56.5 -59.6 68 3.0 -56.6 257 70 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 13991 -60.6 -77.7 9 17.1 -60.7 252 61 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16466 -68.0 -83.7 9 15.7 -68.1 255 35 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.99 m Freezing level: 604.86 mb = 4255.82 m = 13962.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3425.41 m = 11238.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.54 mb = 1476.51 m = 4844.14 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.12 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2121.78 m = 6961.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 30.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4947.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.87 mb = 1808.39 m = 5932.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.6 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 239.6 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 56.43 m/s