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: 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 21.9 20.9 94 1.0 21.2 249 12 293.8 296.5 293.9 338.0 15.53 1 1000 138 21.3 20.3 94 1.0 20.6 253 16 294.4 297.2 293.7 337.7 15.12 2 950 583 18.9 18.5 97 0.5 18.7 264 14 296.4 299.0 293.7 337.4 14.22 3 900 1047 16.7 16.5 98 0.3 16.5 268 12 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.2 13.20 4 850 1534 14.7 14.2 97 0.5 14.3 272 14 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.0 12.04 5 800 2046 12.4 12.0 97 0.4 12.1 277 17 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.3 11.05 6 750 2586 9.7 9.6 99 0.1 9.7 277 20 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.6 10.08 7 700 3158 6.9 6.6 98 0.3 6.8 274 23 310.2 311.8 293.6 337.1 8.78 8 650 3765 4.3 3.0 91 1.4 3.5 272 22 313.9 315.3 293.5 336.7 7.32 9 600 4414 0.5 -0.7 92 1.2 -0.2 274 22 316.7 317.8 293.3 335.9 6.06 10 550 5109 -2.4 -4.8 83 2.4 -3.6 283 25 321.2 322.2 293.6 337.1 4.86 11 500 5860 -6.6 -9.5 80 2.8 -7.9 277 26 324.9 325.7 293.7 337.4 3.73 12 450 6678 -10.4 -15.8 64 5.4 -12.4 277 35 330.2 330.7 294.0 338.8 2.49 13 400 7576 -15.6 -20.9 64 5.2 -17.3 278 35 334.7 335.0 294.6 341.1 1.81 14 350 8569 -23.4 -25.9 80 2.4 -24.0 276 34 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.33 15 300 9676 -32.5 -32.5 100 0.0 -32.5 267 38 339.6 339.8 295.0 342.7 0.83 16 250 10932 -43.4 -43.5 99 0.1 -43.4 266 45 341.5 341.6 295.0 342.8 0.33 17 200 12393 -55.1 -58.8 63 3.8 -55.2 272 47 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14170 -68.8 -72.0 63 3.2 -68.8 267 35 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 19 100 16562 -73.3 -83.1 21 9.9 -73.3 270 26 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.94 m Freezing level: 591.71 mb = 4529.06 m = 14858.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.11 mb = 4385.31 m = 14387.31 ft Precipitable water: 2.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.27 mb = 127.41 m = 418.01 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.14 mb = 635.68 m = 2085.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: 1.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: 1.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.81 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3045.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 955.88 mb = 529.15 m = 1736.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.01 Bulk Shear: 7.49 m/s