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: 38.30,-86.34 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 978 208 19.4 17.4 88 2.0 18.1 212 14 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.2 12.87 2 950 455 17.9 16.3 90 1.7 16.8 215 32 295.4 297.6 291.9 330.8 12.34 3 900 917 14.9 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 218 40 296.9 298.9 291.5 329.4 11.21 4 850 1400 12.6 11.6 93 1.0 12.0 215 45 299.4 301.2 291.5 329.0 10.13 5 800 1907 10.2 9.2 94 0.9 9.6 212 48 302.0 303.7 291.5 329.3 9.20 6 750 2443 7.6 6.6 94 0.9 7.0 213 51 304.8 306.3 291.6 329.4 8.19 7 700 3009 4.1 3.1 93 1.0 3.5 215 51 307.0 308.3 291.1 327.9 6.85 8 650 3609 0.4 -0.6 93 1.0 -0.1 222 54 309.5 310.5 290.8 326.9 5.64 9 600 4249 -2.2 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.9 223 56 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.1 4.91 10 550 4936 -5.6 -6.2 95 0.6 -5.9 218 58 317.4 318.3 292.1 331.5 4.36 11 500 5679 -9.5 -10.0 97 0.4 -9.7 214 60 321.5 322.2 292.6 333.3 3.59 12 450 6486 -14.1 -14.5 97 0.4 -14.3 212 58 325.5 326.0 293.0 334.8 2.75 13 400 7371 -19.4 -19.7 98 0.3 -19.5 210 59 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.7 2.01 14 350 8349 -26.6 -26.7 99 0.1 -26.6 213 68 332.9 333.2 293.7 337.4 1.23 15 300 9443 -35.2 -35.2 100 -0.0 -35.3 218 77 335.7 335.8 293.9 338.1 0.64 16 250 10685 -45.9 -45.9 100 0.0 -45.9 224 85 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.25 17 200 12141 -51.8 -65.5 18 13.7 -52.2 244 81 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 13967 -61.0 -77.6 9 16.6 -61.2 260 59 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16439 -66.3 -83.6 7 17.3 -66.5 252 34 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.31 m Freezing level: 641.67 mb = 3715.38 m = 12189.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.34 mb = 3592.08 m = 11784.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.43 C = 77.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.79 mb = 457.04 m = 1499.45 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 2.54 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 975.53 m = 3200.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.15 C = 71.87 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 32.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.61 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.22 mb = 839.06 m = 2752.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.22 mb = 2741.40 m = 8993.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 603.22 mb = 4205.83 m = 13798.49 ft B at Equ Level: 30.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 523.22 mb = 5325.16 m = 17470.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 50.7 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 38.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 208.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 64.18 m/s