MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F015.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 15 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.51,-88.42 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -88.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 SFC 988 152 20.0 18.7 92 1.3 19.2 242 15 294.2 296.7 292.8 333.9 13.91 2 950 488 18.2 17.1 93 1.1 17.4 246 30 295.6 297.9 292.5 332.9 12.98 3 900 950 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 246 37 297.6 299.7 292.1 331.3 11.62 4 850 1433 13.0 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 248 41 299.8 301.7 291.9 330.6 10.50 5 800 1941 10.4 9.8 96 0.7 10.0 250 40 302.3 304.0 291.9 330.5 9.52 6 750 2477 8.0 7.5 97 0.5 7.7 246 37 305.3 306.9 292.1 331.4 8.71 7 700 3044 5.4 5.0 97 0.4 5.2 235 35 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.4 7.84 8 650 3646 2.2 2.0 99 0.2 2.1 221 37 311.4 312.7 292.4 332.6 6.83 9 600 4289 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 209 41 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.6 5.85 10 550 4978 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 204 47 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.6 4.87 11 500 5722 -8.6 -9.2 96 0.5 -8.9 205 52 322.5 323.2 293.1 335.1 3.83 12 450 6531 -13.8 -14.1 98 0.3 -13.9 209 56 325.9 326.4 293.2 335.5 2.85 13 400 7415 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 216 58 329.3 329.7 293.4 336.2 1.99 14 350 8393 -26.8 -26.9 99 0.1 -26.8 223 61 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.21 15 300 9486 -35.2 -35.3 100 0.0 -35.3 222 67 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.63 16 250 10728 -45.8 -46.2 96 0.4 -45.8 228 77 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.9 0.24 17 200 12191 -50.1 -65.7 14 15.6 -50.5 247 70 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.03 18 150 14023 -61.6 -77.2 11 15.6 -61.7 253 49 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16487 -68.6 -83.6 10 15.0 -68.7 260 34 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.87 m Freezing level: 614.35 mb = 4104.23 m = 13465.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4068.76 m = 13348.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.61 mb = 311.62 m = 1022.36 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 3.43 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 901.57 m = 2957.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.18 C = 73.72 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: 1.41 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 2.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 33.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.75 mb = 745.55 m = 2446.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.75 mb = 1465.53 m = 4808.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.75 mb = 2735.44 m = 8974.43 ft B at Equ Level: 19.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 576.75 mb = 4601.74 m = 15097.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 30.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: -27.7 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 47.15 m/s