MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F006.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 6 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 1015 2 22.2 21.2 94 1.0 21.5 260 10 294.1 296.9 294.1 339.3 15.82 1 1000 130 21.5 20.6 94 1.0 20.9 266 13 294.7 297.4 294.0 338.8 15.42 2 950 575 19.7 17.9 89 1.8 18.5 278 16 297.2 299.6 293.5 336.7 13.68 3 900 1040 17.5 15.6 89 1.9 16.2 281 21 299.5 301.8 293.3 335.9 12.46 4 850 1528 15.1 13.4 90 1.7 14.0 282 25 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.7 11.41 5 800 2040 12.7 10.3 85 2.4 11.2 281 27 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.3 9.89 6 750 2581 10.4 6.1 75 4.3 7.9 280 26 307.8 309.3 292.2 332.0 7.91 7 700 3153 7.7 1.9 67 5.8 4.5 278 25 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.30 8 650 3761 4.5 -1.8 64 6.2 1.3 277 24 314.0 315.0 291.8 330.4 5.18 9 600 4409 0.9 -7.2 55 8.1 -2.9 280 25 317.1 317.9 291.5 329.1 3.70 10 550 5104 -2.9 -11.6 51 8.7 -6.5 280 28 320.6 321.2 291.7 330.1 2.87 11 500 5853 -7.0 -9.5 82 2.5 -8.1 271 32 324.5 325.2 293.5 336.8 3.71 12 450 6669 -11.3 -13.2 86 1.9 -12.1 280 38 329.0 329.6 294.2 339.5 3.07 13 400 7564 -16.9 -18.0 91 1.2 -17.3 280 44 333.1 333.5 294.6 341.2 2.31 14 350 8554 -23.2 -25.4 82 2.2 -23.8 283 49 337.5 337.7 294.9 342.5 1.39 15 300 9663 -31.8 -34.3 79 2.5 -32.2 285 57 340.5 340.7 295.1 343.2 0.70 16 250 10922 -42.8 -47.9 57 5.2 -43.1 295 59 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.3 0.20 17 200 12389 -54.1 -61.0 42 6.9 -54.2 282 46 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14171 -68.5 -69.8 82 1.4 -68.5 270 47 352.1 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16565 -72.8 -82.8 20 10.1 -72.8 270 26 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.53 m Freezing level: 588.37 mb = 4570.72 m = 14995.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.76 mb = 3953.36 m = 12970.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.14 mb = 119.94 m = 393.49 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 10.12 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 980.45 m = 3216.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: 0.82 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.45 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.38 C K Index: 29.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3385.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.59 mb = 632.98 m = 2076.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.8 neg: -7.3 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 17.13 m/s