MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.57,-83.07 Latitude: 37.57 Longitude: -83.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 967 361 18.9 13.9 73 5.0 15.7 186 6 294.9 296.8 290.2 324.7 10.37 2 950 510 20.7 13.3 62 7.4 16.0 192 18 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.7 10.13 3 900 977 18.7 12.5 67 6.2 14.7 205 36 300.8 302.6 291.9 330.7 10.16 4 850 1466 15.4 10.1 71 5.3 12.1 208 41 302.3 303.9 291.6 329.5 9.18 5 800 1977 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 209 38 303.2 304.9 291.9 330.5 9.16 6 750 2514 8.0 6.2 88 1.9 6.9 206 36 305.3 306.8 291.5 329.2 7.93 7 700 3083 7.3 -2.3 50 9.6 2.4 208 40 310.6 311.4 290.3 325.0 4.61 8 650 3688 3.2 -7.9 44 11.1 -1.7 212 39 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.9 3.24 9 600 4332 -0.7 -16.0 30 15.3 -6.2 213 38 315.3 315.7 289.2 321.4 1.83 10 550 5021 -5.5 -17.6 38 12.1 -9.6 216 40 317.5 317.9 289.8 323.4 1.74 11 500 5761 -10.1 -24.1 31 14.0 -14.0 217 41 320.7 320.9 290.1 324.5 1.09 12 450 6565 -15.5 -29.0 31 13.5 -18.6 221 43 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.5 0.78 13 400 7446 -20.5 -34.4 28 13.9 -23.0 228 48 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.3 0.52 14 350 8420 -27.2 -27.4 99 0.1 -27.3 237 57 332.0 332.3 293.4 336.2 1.16 15 300 9512 -35.7 -35.7 100 -0.0 -35.7 241 50 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.3 0.61 16 250 10752 -45.7 -45.7 100 -0.0 -45.7 248 49 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.25 17 200 12201 -54.7 -57.5 71 2.8 -54.8 256 71 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14015 -62.3 -76.1 14 13.8 -62.5 268 53 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16475 -68.4 -83.4 10 15.0 -68.5 248 32 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.87 m Freezing level: 609.04 mb = 4215.76 m = 13831.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.89 mb = 3429.91 m = 11252.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.41 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.50 mb = 1000.90 m = 3283.75 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.17 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2157.46 m = 7078.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5850.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.54 mb = 1640.62 m = 5382.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.1 neg: -23.5 tot: 199.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 45.84 m/s