MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.59,-83.31 Latitude: 37.59 Longitude: -83.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 973 333 27.2 14.4 45 12.8 18.7 209 6 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.3 10.64 2 950 538 25.2 12.5 45 12.8 17.0 214 13 302.8 304.6 292.1 331.4 9.62 3 900 1010 20.7 11.3 55 9.4 14.7 219 15 302.8 304.5 291.9 330.7 9.38 4 850 1500 16.0 10.4 69 5.6 12.5 223 16 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.7 9.33 5 800 2012 11.1 9.3 88 1.8 10.0 228 17 303.0 304.7 291.9 330.5 9.23 6 750 2547 7.3 5.8 91 1.4 6.5 240 22 304.5 305.9 291.1 327.8 7.76 7 700 3115 6.0 -0.9 61 7.0 2.5 241 29 309.2 310.1 290.3 325.1 5.12 8 650 3719 3.4 -10.4 36 13.8 -2.4 243 28 312.8 313.3 289.2 321.3 2.66 9 600 4363 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.2 -4.3 246 23 315.3 315.9 290.5 325.8 3.25 10 550 5052 -5.8 -11.1 66 5.3 -7.9 244 19 317.2 317.7 290.8 326.9 2.97 11 500 5791 -11.3 -15.9 69 4.6 -12.9 246 21 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.7 2.22 12 450 6591 -15.9 -37.4 14 21.5 -19.7 252 26 323.3 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.34 13 400 7470 -20.7 -41.5 14 20.8 -23.7 258 25 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.1 0.25 14 350 8443 -28.5 -46.9 15 18.4 -30.3 261 35 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.16 15 300 9526 -37.7 -41.2 69 3.6 -38.0 266 40 332.3 332.3 292.7 333.6 0.34 16 250 10756 -47.6 -47.9 96 0.4 -47.6 275 54 335.4 335.4 293.3 336.1 0.20 17 200 12199 -53.6 -66.5 19 12.9 -53.9 271 78 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14023 -61.4 -79.0 8 17.6 -61.6 263 58 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.01 19 100 16469 -70.0 -83.4 12 13.5 -70.0 266 33 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.81 m Freezing level: 608.95 mb = 4247.79 m = 13936.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.80 mb = 3413.42 m = 11198.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.54 mb = 1942.83 m = 6374.03 ft T: 11.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.03 mb = 2242.74 m = 7357.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 30.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.46 mb = 2142.65 m = 7029.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.46 mb = 2410.46 m = 7908.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.46 mb = 2741.79 m = 8995.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 722.46 mb = 2854.81 m = 9366.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 16.90 m/s