MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 2 22.1 21.1 94 1.0 21.5 261 13 294.1 296.9 294.1 339.1 15.76 1 1000 125 21.5 20.5 94 0.9 20.8 266 16 294.6 297.4 294.0 338.7 15.39 2 950 569 19.2 18.0 93 1.2 18.4 280 19 296.7 299.2 293.5 336.6 13.84 3 900 1034 17.2 14.9 87 2.2 15.7 280 22 299.2 301.4 292.8 334.1 11.95 4 850 1521 15.0 12.3 84 2.7 13.3 277 23 301.9 303.8 292.6 333.4 10.66 5 800 2033 12.9 9.2 78 3.7 10.6 277 24 304.9 306.6 292.4 332.4 9.16 6 750 2574 10.7 5.4 70 5.3 7.6 280 25 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.2 7.53 7 700 3147 8.1 1.4 62 6.8 4.4 283 24 311.5 312.6 291.8 330.3 6.04 8 650 3756 4.8 -2.7 58 7.5 1.0 284 25 314.4 315.3 291.6 329.6 4.81 9 600 4404 0.7 -6.4 59 7.1 -2.6 284 27 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.7 3.95 10 550 5098 -3.0 -11.4 52 8.4 -6.5 283 32 320.5 321.1 291.7 330.2 2.91 11 500 5849 -6.0 -20.5 31 14.5 -10.8 280 34 325.7 326.0 292.0 330.9 1.50 12 450 6665 -11.5 -17.0 64 5.5 -13.5 274 35 328.8 329.2 293.4 336.5 2.25 13 400 7558 -17.3 -17.9 95 0.7 -17.5 279 42 332.6 333.0 294.5 340.7 2.34 14 350 8548 -23.3 -26.0 78 2.7 -24.0 280 47 337.3 337.6 294.8 342.1 1.31 15 300 9657 -31.9 -36.9 61 5.0 -32.6 284 52 340.4 340.5 294.9 342.5 0.54 16 250 10915 -42.9 -47.3 62 4.3 -43.2 289 53 342.3 342.3 295.1 343.1 0.22 17 200 12379 -54.5 -59.5 54 5.0 -54.6 301 52 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.06 18 150 14164 -66.3 -73.8 34 7.5 -66.4 271 45 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 19 100 16564 -74.4 -82.4 28 8.1 -74.4 284 27 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.96 m Freezing level: 590.10 mb = 4541.53 m = 14899.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.50 mb = 3926.03 m = 12880.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.22 mb = 122.78 m = 402.83 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.43 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 856.56 m = 2810.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.36 C Showalter Index: 3.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.36 C K Index: 26.62 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3389.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.95 mb = 596.78 m = 1957.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.5 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 310.5 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.3 neg: -0.1 tot: 42.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 11.76 m/s