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: 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 84 SFC 972 332 19.2 14.3 73 4.9 16.1 174 5 294.8 296.7 290.3 325.2 10.61 2 950 527 22.8 13.2 55 9.5 16.6 194 21 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.0 10.10 3 900 996 20.1 12.3 61 7.8 15.1 207 34 302.2 304.1 292.2 331.9 10.01 4 850 1486 16.1 10.4 69 5.7 12.6 203 35 303.0 304.7 291.9 330.9 9.36 5 800 1999 11.9 8.7 80 3.3 9.9 202 34 303.9 305.5 291.8 330.3 8.84 6 750 2536 8.0 6.1 88 1.9 6.9 210 32 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.0 7.90 7 700 3104 6.5 0.4 65 6.1 3.2 212 31 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.0 5.61 8 650 3710 3.5 -6.3 49 9.8 -1.0 220 32 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.7 3.68 9 600 4354 -0.5 -12.5 40 12.0 -5.3 219 30 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.5 2.43 10 550 5043 -5.3 -17.5 38 12.2 -9.5 214 30 317.8 318.2 289.9 323.7 1.76 11 500 5784 -10.3 -21.2 41 10.9 -13.6 221 32 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.3 1.41 12 450 6586 -16.1 -27.8 36 11.7 -18.8 235 38 323.0 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.86 13 400 7465 -20.4 -41.1 14 20.7 -23.5 236 41 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.4 0.26 14 350 8438 -28.5 -40.0 32 11.5 -30.0 245 51 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.5 0.34 15 300 9522 -36.2 -36.2 100 -0.0 -36.2 255 51 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.6 0.58 16 250 10760 -46.8 -46.8 100 -0.0 -46.7 259 46 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.23 17 200 12205 -56.8 -57.6 91 0.8 -56.8 266 58 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 18 150 14006 -60.3 -77.3 9 17.0 -60.5 261 64 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16483 -68.2 -83.4 10 15.2 -68.3 252 31 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.32 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4274.40 m = 14023.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.10 mb = 3558.93 m = 11676.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.71 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.91 mb = 958.72 m = 3145.36 ft T: 20.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.56 mb = 2246.30 m = 7369.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 0.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: 0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 30.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4813.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.15 mb = 1809.25 m = 5935.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 161.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 22.17 m/s