MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F081.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510180600F081.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 81 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 38.36,-84.37 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -84.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 SFC 982 262 12.4 7.4 71 5.0 9.7 240 12 287.0 288.2 283.6 305.5 6.58 2 950 544 10.7 5.0 68 5.7 7.8 241 26 288.1 289.1 283.2 304.4 5.76 3 900 993 9.0 5.1 77 3.8 6.9 252 36 290.8 291.9 284.7 308.3 6.14 4 850 1466 8.1 3.5 73 4.6 5.6 246 44 294.6 295.6 285.8 311.5 5.79 5 800 1965 6.1 1.3 71 4.8 3.7 238 49 297.6 298.6 286.4 313.1 5.25 6 750 2492 3.1 1.8 91 1.4 2.4 233 50 300.0 301.0 287.8 317.3 5.81 7 700 3050 1.3 1.1 99 0.2 1.2 229 53 303.9 305.0 289.3 321.9 5.95 8 650 3644 -1.4 -1.6 99 0.2 -1.5 233 57 307.4 308.4 289.8 323.5 5.24 9 600 4278 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 239 60 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.5 4.25 10 550 4956 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.2 244 59 313.6 314.2 290.1 324.3 3.35 11 500 5688 -13.1 -13.6 96 0.5 -13.2 246 60 317.1 317.6 290.5 325.9 2.68 12 450 6484 -18.0 -19.2 90 1.3 -18.3 249 65 320.7 321.0 290.8 326.9 1.86 13 400 7353 -24.7 -26.2 87 1.6 -25.0 246 71 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.8 1.12 14 350 8308 -32.8 -34.3 87 1.5 -33.0 243 82 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.7 0.60 15 300 9373 -41.4 -44.3 73 2.9 -41.6 242 88 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.25 16 250 10589 -49.0 -59.5 28 10.5 -49.3 250 95 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.05 17 200 12035 -54.4 -68.6 16 14.2 -54.6 243 76 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13846 -61.2 -77.0 11 15.8 -61.4 249 77 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16338 -64.7 -83.9 5 19.2 -64.8 258 49 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.76 m Freezing level: 675.83 mb = 3336.80 m = 10947.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.89 mb = 3306.87 m = 10849.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.66 % Est. max temperature: 20.98 C = 69.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.44 mb = 896.89 m = 2942.51 ft T: 9.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.12 mb = 3013.51 m = 9886.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 10.18 C Lifted Index: 11.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.23 C Showalter Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.66 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.11 C Cross Totals Index: 16.55 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12107.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.49 mb = 1316.39 m = 4318.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 51.2 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 38.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 148.1 neg: -17.4 tot: 130.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 106.13 m/s