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: 39.18,-87.76 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -87.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 983 166 18.7 17.3 92 1.3 17.8 224 11 293.3 295.5 291.6 329.6 12.77 2 950 457 16.9 16.2 96 0.7 16.5 225 22 294.3 296.6 291.6 329.6 12.32 3 900 918 14.7 14.4 98 0.4 14.5 214 34 296.7 298.7 291.7 329.9 11.50 4 850 1400 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 212 44 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.8 10.51 5 800 1908 9.9 9.6 98 0.2 9.7 215 52 301.7 303.4 291.6 329.6 9.44 6 750 2442 7.2 6.9 98 0.3 7.0 214 54 304.4 305.9 291.5 329.4 8.32 7 700 3008 4.3 4.1 98 0.2 4.2 211 55 307.3 308.7 291.6 329.7 7.37 8 650 3608 1.1 1.0 99 0.1 1.1 208 56 310.3 311.5 291.7 329.9 6.36 9 600 4249 -2.0 -2.2 98 0.2 -2.1 206 58 313.8 314.9 292.0 330.9 5.42 10 550 4937 -5.9 -6.3 97 0.4 -6.1 209 63 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.1 4.35 11 500 5677 -10.2 -10.7 96 0.5 -10.4 211 64 320.6 321.3 292.2 331.8 3.40 12 450 6482 -15.0 -15.2 98 0.3 -15.1 214 64 324.4 324.9 292.6 333.2 2.60 13 400 7363 -20.6 -20.6 100 0.0 -20.6 218 64 328.2 328.6 293.0 334.7 1.86 14 350 8337 -27.6 -27.6 100 0.0 -27.6 223 68 331.6 331.8 293.2 335.6 1.13 15 300 9426 -36.2 -36.5 97 0.3 -36.2 224 61 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.5 0.56 16 250 10663 -46.6 -47.5 91 0.9 -46.7 226 58 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.6 0.21 17 200 12113 -54.6 -59.8 52 5.3 -54.7 238 88 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.06 18 150 13941 -58.4 -79.1 5 20.8 -58.6 254 57 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16426 -65.7 -83.8 6 18.0 -65.8 257 37 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.87 m Freezing level: 631.72 mb = 3842.66 m = 12606.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.02 mb = 3820.31 m = 12533.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.23 mb = 329.86 m = 1082.19 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 0.56 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 811.17 m = 2661.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.11 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5752.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.42 mb = 698.91 m = 2292.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 51.9 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 5.4 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.7 neg: -13.0 tot: 174.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 142.82 m/s