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: 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 1016 2 22.2 20.9 93 1.2 21.3 255 8 294.0 296.8 293.9 338.3 15.53 1 1000 139 21.8 20.2 91 1.5 20.7 264 10 294.9 297.7 293.9 338.2 15.11 2 950 584 19.7 17.9 89 1.8 18.5 278 13 297.2 299.7 293.5 336.9 13.72 3 900 1049 17.3 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 281 18 299.3 301.6 293.2 335.6 12.41 4 850 1537 15.0 13.1 88 1.9 13.8 278 20 301.9 303.9 293.0 335.0 11.22 5 800 2050 12.8 10.6 86 2.2 11.4 275 21 304.8 306.7 293.0 335.0 10.07 6 750 2591 10.5 7.1 80 3.4 8.5 273 23 308.0 309.6 292.7 333.8 8.48 7 700 3163 7.9 2.5 69 5.4 4.8 271 23 311.2 312.4 292.1 331.5 6.54 8 650 3772 4.6 -1.9 63 6.5 1.2 270 23 314.1 315.1 291.8 330.3 5.11 9 600 4420 0.7 -4.8 67 5.5 -1.9 268 23 317.0 317.8 292.1 331.4 4.48 10 550 5114 -3.1 -5.5 83 2.4 -4.3 273 27 320.4 321.3 293.2 335.4 4.61 11 500 5864 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.0 -7.5 277 34 325.0 325.7 293.9 338.2 3.97 12 450 6681 -11.4 -12.3 93 0.9 -11.8 279 36 328.9 329.5 294.3 340.1 3.30 13 400 7575 -16.6 -18.3 87 1.7 -17.1 280 40 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.4 2.26 14 350 8567 -23.0 -27.3 67 4.4 -24.0 282 43 337.8 338.0 294.8 342.0 1.16 15 300 9677 -32.0 -36.5 64 4.5 -32.6 282 50 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.5 0.56 16 250 10935 -42.6 -49.4 48 6.7 -43.0 286 55 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.17 17 200 12401 -54.7 -61.0 46 6.3 -54.8 287 48 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.05 18 150 14180 -68.5 -70.7 73 2.2 -68.5 271 42 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 19 100 16577 -73.0 -83.2 20 10.2 -73.0 265 30 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.28 m Freezing level: 590.39 mb = 4553.04 m = 14937.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.53 mb = 4017.88 m = 13181.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.96 mb = 156.93 m = 514.86 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.02 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.40 mb = 969.55 m = 3180.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.06 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.73 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3516.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.14 mb = 655.84 m = 2151.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.4 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 303.4 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 17.28 m/s