MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.89,-87.05 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 988 133 23.8 16.1 62 7.7 18.7 185 18 298.0 300.1 292.3 332.0 11.71 2 950 479 21.9 15.0 65 6.9 17.4 187 38 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.6 11.36 3 900 946 18.9 13.5 71 5.4 15.4 196 49 300.9 302.9 292.5 332.8 10.84 4 850 1436 16.2 10.4 68 5.8 12.6 208 53 303.1 304.8 292.0 330.9 9.33 5 800 1948 11.9 8.6 80 3.3 9.9 210 49 303.9 305.5 291.8 330.3 8.82 6 750 2486 8.0 7.0 93 1.0 7.4 215 47 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.5 8.40 7 700 3053 4.8 3.8 93 1.0 4.3 218 50 307.8 309.2 291.7 329.9 7.22 8 650 3655 1.8 -1.1 81 2.9 0.3 223 49 311.0 312.1 291.2 328.0 5.44 9 600 4296 -2.1 -3.6 89 1.5 -2.9 218 49 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.88 10 550 4983 -6.6 -8.4 87 1.8 -7.4 214 50 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.2 3.70 11 500 5721 -11.3 -13.1 86 1.8 -11.9 215 54 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.6 2.80 12 450 6524 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.3 -15.0 224 57 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.60 13 400 7407 -19.9 -20.1 99 0.2 -20.0 235 54 329.1 329.5 293.3 335.9 1.94 14 350 8383 -27.2 -27.2 100 0.0 -27.2 230 50 332.1 332.3 293.4 336.3 1.17 15 300 9474 -35.7 -35.7 100 -0.0 -35.7 234 50 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.3 0.61 16 250 10714 -45.9 -46.0 100 0.0 -45.9 240 50 337.8 337.8 294.0 338.7 0.25 17 200 12163 -55.3 -57.0 81 1.7 -55.4 242 70 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.5 0.09 18 150 13984 -59.5 -78.6 7 19.1 -59.7 261 50 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16473 -66.4 -83.8 7 17.3 -66.5 246 34 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.51 m Freezing level: 626.92 mb = 3950.87 m = 12962.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.06 mb = 3715.90 m = 12191.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.31 mb = 1115.92 m = 3661.11 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 2.58 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 1912.98 m = 6276.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 36.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.72 mb = 1418.27 m = 4653.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.72 mb = 2521.55 m = 8272.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.72 mb = 6410.94 m = 21033.00 ft B at Equ Level: 106.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 356.72 mb = 8244.18 m = 27047.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 36.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.3 neg: -14.4 tot: 398.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 1.40 Bulk Shear: 76.35 m/s