MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.03,-87.69 Latitude: 37.03 Longitude: -87.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 SFC 982 165 18.5 17.0 91 1.6 17.5 182 18 293.2 295.4 291.3 328.7 12.47 2 950 452 16.4 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 185 36 293.8 295.9 291.2 328.1 12.00 3 900 911 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 199 47 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.6 11.49 4 850 1397 14.6 10.7 77 4.0 12.1 219 53 301.5 303.2 291.6 329.7 9.53 5 800 1907 11.3 7.5 78 3.8 9.0 218 53 303.2 304.7 291.0 327.6 8.17 6 750 2444 7.6 4.4 80 3.3 5.8 218 55 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.0 6.99 7 700 3009 3.9 0.5 78 3.4 2.1 218 57 306.9 307.9 290.0 324.2 5.67 8 650 3607 -0.3 -3.8 77 3.5 -2.0 220 58 308.6 309.5 289.5 322.5 4.44 9 600 4243 -4.9 -8.0 79 3.1 -6.2 224 59 310.5 311.1 289.2 321.5 3.50 10 550 4921 -9.4 -13.8 70 4.4 -10.9 227 61 312.9 313.4 289.0 320.7 2.40 11 500 5651 -13.6 -19.0 64 5.4 -15.2 235 68 316.5 316.8 289.4 322.2 1.70 12 450 6445 -17.9 -24.5 56 6.6 -19.6 241 77 320.7 321.0 290.2 324.8 1.17 13 400 7317 -23.2 -30.8 50 7.6 -24.6 244 85 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.73 14 350 8279 -30.6 -36.1 59 5.4 -31.4 247 87 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.3 0.50 15 300 9355 -39.2 -47.5 41 8.3 -39.8 257 107 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.8 0.17 16 250 10575 -49.5 -55.4 50 5.8 -49.7 259 103 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.08 17 200 12009 -56.6 -65.8 30 9.2 -56.7 246 98 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 13831 -55.2 -79.8 3 24.7 -55.5 246 72 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16396 -61.6 -83.9 4 22.3 -61.9 246 24 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.92 m Freezing level: 653.56 mb = 3564.65 m = 11694.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.04 mb = 3314.05 m = 10872.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.24 mb = 359.96 m = 1180.97 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 8.91 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 786.74 m = 2581.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.04 C = 69.88 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 99.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.90 mb = 697.64 m = 2288.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 697.90 mb = 3033.29 m = 9951.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.90 mb = 6992.78 m = 22941.91 ft B at Equ Level: 213.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.90 mb = 10629.39 m = 34872.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.0 at 56.1 knts Storm direction: 251.0 at 42.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 512.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 510.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 159.86 m/s