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: 37.15,-88.07 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 984 141 18.7 17.0 89 1.8 17.6 189 18 293.2 295.4 291.3 328.6 12.45 2 950 446 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.1 193 37 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.00 3 900 905 14.6 14.6 100 0.0 14.6 201 47 296.6 298.7 291.8 330.3 11.68 4 850 1389 12.9 12.2 95 0.8 12.4 220 53 299.7 301.6 291.9 330.5 10.53 5 800 1897 10.5 8.4 87 2.1 9.3 219 54 302.4 304.0 291.2 328.2 8.68 6 750 2433 7.4 4.9 84 2.6 5.9 216 56 304.6 306.0 290.7 326.4 7.24 7 700 2998 4.0 -0.4 73 4.4 1.8 217 60 306.9 307.9 289.8 323.3 5.33 8 650 3596 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.2 -2.7 220 61 308.5 309.3 288.9 320.7 3.89 9 600 4231 -5.3 -9.9 70 4.7 -7.1 223 60 310.0 310.6 288.6 319.5 2.99 10 550 4908 -9.7 -16.5 57 6.9 -11.9 226 63 312.6 313.0 288.3 318.9 1.91 11 500 5638 -13.9 -20.6 57 6.6 -15.8 233 70 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.0 1.49 12 450 6431 -18.5 -25.8 52 7.3 -20.2 239 79 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.6 1.04 13 400 7300 -23.6 -33.2 41 9.6 -25.2 242 88 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.5 0.58 14 350 8263 -30.3 -40.5 36 10.2 -31.5 249 97 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.32 15 300 9339 -39.1 -48.5 36 9.5 -39.7 255 111 330.3 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.16 16 250 10562 -48.8 -56.1 42 7.4 -49.0 256 99 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.08 17 200 12001 -56.1 -66.5 26 10.5 -56.2 247 96 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13824 -55.2 -79.8 3 24.7 -55.5 246 73 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16394 -61.0 -84.0 3 23.0 -61.2 240 23 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.08 m Freezing level: 654.42 mb = 3543.37 m = 11625.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.30 mb = 3228.61 m = 10592.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.01 C = 78.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.06 mb = 364.29 m = 1195.15 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.67 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 780.85 m = 2561.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 454.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.96 mb = 672.80 m = 2207.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.96 mb = 2998.76 m = 9838.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 399.96 mb = 7301.07 m = 23953.36 ft B at Equ Level: 288.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.96 mb = 10826.34 m = 35519.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.6 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 250.6 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.9 neg: -6.4 tot: 467.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 155.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 142.05 m/s