MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180000F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.55,-86.1 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 975 211 19.6 17.5 87 2.1 18.2 176 22 294.8 297.2 292.3 332.0 12.98 2 950 437 18.1 16.3 89 1.9 16.9 181 42 295.6 297.8 292.0 331.1 12.34 3 900 899 14.8 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 188 54 296.7 298.8 291.8 330.4 11.65 4 850 1382 12.7 11.3 91 1.5 11.8 205 61 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.5 9.91 5 800 1890 10.4 8.1 86 2.3 9.0 212 58 302.2 303.8 291.0 327.5 8.50 6 750 2424 6.7 5.6 93 1.1 6.1 214 59 303.9 305.3 290.8 326.8 7.63 7 700 2989 3.6 2.4 92 1.2 2.9 220 60 306.5 307.7 290.6 326.3 6.50 8 650 3587 -0.6 -3.9 79 3.3 -2.1 220 61 308.2 309.1 289.3 322.0 4.41 9 600 4222 -4.4 -9.9 66 5.5 -6.6 218 62 311.0 311.6 288.9 320.6 3.01 10 550 4903 -8.3 -15.1 58 6.8 -10.6 216 62 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.3 2.15 11 500 5636 -13.2 -18.5 64 5.3 -14.8 221 66 316.9 317.3 289.6 322.9 1.77 12 450 6431 -17.9 -18.1 98 0.3 -18.0 236 73 320.8 321.1 291.0 327.6 2.04 13 400 7304 -22.9 -27.4 67 4.5 -23.9 243 85 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.8 1.01 14 350 8268 -30.1 -39.5 40 9.3 -31.3 248 99 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.4 0.35 15 300 9345 -39.0 -48.5 36 9.5 -39.6 251 108 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 16 250 10566 -49.6 -54.9 54 5.3 -49.7 257 109 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 11997 -57.2 -64.8 37 7.6 -57.3 254 91 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 18 150 13814 -53.7 -80.2 3 26.5 -54.2 250 76 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16382 -60.1 -84.0 3 24.0 -60.3 235 30 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.58 m Freezing level: 657.41 mb = 3498.22 m = 11476.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.07 mb = 3329.59 m = 10923.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.36 mb = 479.18 m = 1572.08 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 865.50 m = 2839.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.51 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.09 mb = 813.06 m = 2667.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.09 mb = 2056.32 m = 6746.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 374.09 mb = 7787.27 m = 25548.46 ft B at Equ Level: 319.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.09 mb = 11867.70 m = 38935.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.9 at 59.6 knts Storm direction: 243.9 at 44.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 651.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 651.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 217.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 148.53 m/s