MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.91,-83.43 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -83.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 971 272 15.7 14.3 92 1.4 14.8 227 18 291.3 293.1 289.1 321.3 10.61 2 950 457 14.3 13.1 93 1.2 13.6 231 34 291.7 293.5 288.8 320.1 10.02 3 900 912 11.1 11.0 99 0.1 11.0 237 40 292.9 294.5 288.5 319.1 9.17 4 850 1387 8.6 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 240 42 295.1 296.6 288.2 318.4 8.06 5 800 1887 5.8 5.0 95 0.7 5.4 241 45 297.3 298.6 287.9 317.4 6.87 6 750 2413 2.9 2.5 97 0.5 2.7 234 46 299.8 300.9 288.1 317.9 6.11 7 700 2969 0.3 0.1 98 0.2 0.2 224 39 302.8 303.8 288.5 319.4 5.49 8 650 3561 -2.8 -3.0 98 0.2 -2.9 214 42 305.8 306.7 288.8 320.3 4.72 9 600 4191 -6.5 -7.2 94 0.7 -6.8 208 52 308.6 309.3 288.8 320.2 3.70 10 550 4868 -9.2 -11.1 86 1.9 -9.9 198 66 313.2 313.7 289.6 322.7 2.97 11 500 5604 -9.9 -18.0 51 8.1 -12.5 194 82 321.0 321.4 290.9 327.3 1.86 12 450 6412 -13.1 -23.8 40 10.7 -16.1 196 85 326.8 327.1 292.0 331.2 1.25 13 400 7301 -18.2 -24.2 59 6.0 -19.8 201 89 331.4 331.6 293.4 336.2 1.35 14 350 8284 -25.8 -29.5 71 3.7 -26.6 204 92 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.4 0.95 15 300 9380 -34.8 -37.7 75 2.8 -35.2 201 91 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.50 16 250 10624 -45.0 -45.7 93 0.7 -45.0 215 100 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.2 0.26 17 200 12096 -50.3 -71.7 6 21.5 -50.7 214 56 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13932 -59.4 -78.4 7 19.0 -59.6 214 56 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16433 -65.1 -83.9 6 18.8 -65.3 238 24 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.61 m Freezing level: 695.26 mb = 3025.14 m = 9924.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.25 mb = 3000.56 m = 9844.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.85 % Est. max temperature: 20.73 C = 69.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.51 mb = 443.42 m = 1454.79 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.84 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 826.25 m = 2710.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.06 C = 62.71 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 6.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: 7.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 26.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.61 mb = 803.79 m = 2637.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.61 mb = 850.04 m = 2788.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 696.61 mb = 3007.82 m = 9868.05 ft B at Equ Level: 32.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 566.61 mb = 4636.43 m = 15211.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.8 neg: -33.3 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 80.31 m/s