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: 37.59,-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 66 SFC 970 333 20.5 14.6 69 5.9 16.7 189 8 296.3 298.2 291.0 327.6 10.86 2 950 508 21.0 14.0 64 7.0 16.4 195 22 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.4 10.61 3 900 974 18.1 12.9 72 5.1 14.8 202 36 300.1 302.1 292.0 330.9 10.47 4 850 1462 15.2 10.1 71 5.2 12.0 208 45 302.1 303.8 291.5 329.2 9.15 5 800 1973 11.4 8.7 84 2.7 9.7 209 41 303.3 304.9 291.6 329.7 8.86 6 750 2510 8.1 6.0 87 2.1 6.9 205 39 305.4 306.8 291.5 329.0 7.84 7 700 3079 7.2 -2.5 50 9.7 2.3 210 41 310.4 311.3 290.2 324.6 4.54 8 650 3684 3.2 -8.5 42 11.7 -2.0 212 40 312.5 313.1 289.5 322.4 3.09 9 600 4328 -0.8 -15.6 31 14.9 -6.2 214 40 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.5 1.88 10 550 5017 -5.4 -17.6 37 12.2 -9.6 217 42 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.5 1.74 11 500 5758 -10.0 -24.4 30 14.5 -13.9 217 42 320.9 321.1 290.2 324.6 1.06 12 450 6562 -15.4 -29.5 29 14.1 -18.6 221 44 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.5 0.74 13 400 7442 -21.0 -29.1 48 8.1 -22.7 227 49 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.9 0.86 14 350 8416 -27.1 -27.2 99 0.1 -27.1 237 57 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.5 1.18 15 300 9508 -35.7 -35.7 100 -0.0 -35.7 239 50 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.3 0.61 16 250 10749 -45.6 -45.6 100 -0.0 -45.6 248 51 338.2 338.3 294.1 339.2 0.26 17 200 12198 -54.7 -57.8 68 3.1 -54.8 253 73 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.5 0.08 18 150 14012 -62.1 -76.4 13 14.3 -62.3 268 53 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16473 -68.4 -83.5 10 15.0 -68.5 248 31 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.22 m Freezing level: 609.71 mb = 4203.25 m = 13790.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.06 mb = 3399.76 m = 11153.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.07 mb = 1078.72 m = 3539.08 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 8.21 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.95 mb = 2036.45 m = 6681.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Showalter Index: 1.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 25.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5649.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.96 mb = 1542.27 m = 5059.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.4 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 241.4 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.9 neg: -32.1 tot: 211.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 44.77 m/s