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: 38.65,-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 1015 2 21.9 21.1 95 0.9 21.3 251 9 293.8 296.6 294.0 338.5 15.68 1 1000 134 21.4 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 257 13 294.5 297.3 294.0 338.5 15.40 2 950 578 19.4 18.6 95 0.8 18.8 264 15 296.9 299.5 293.9 338.2 14.30 3 900 1043 17.1 16.5 96 0.7 16.7 268 15 299.2 301.6 293.7 337.6 13.20 4 850 1531 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 270 16 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.8 11.96 5 800 2043 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 271 17 304.3 306.3 293.3 336.0 10.63 6 750 2583 9.6 8.8 94 0.8 9.1 271 19 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.8 9.51 7 700 3154 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 272 21 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.5 8.50 8 650 3762 4.4 2.6 87 1.9 3.4 276 20 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.2 7.10 9 600 4411 0.6 -1.2 88 1.8 -0.3 277 20 316.8 317.9 293.2 335.5 5.86 10 550 5106 -2.7 -5.5 81 2.8 -4.1 275 22 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.9 4.61 11 500 5858 -5.9 -12.7 59 6.8 -8.7 277 27 325.8 326.4 293.2 335.6 2.88 12 450 6676 -10.6 -16.7 61 6.1 -12.8 281 34 329.9 330.4 293.8 337.9 2.31 13 400 7572 -16.5 -21.3 66 4.8 -18.0 278 36 333.6 333.9 294.3 339.8 1.74 14 350 8561 -24.3 -25.0 94 0.7 -24.5 273 32 336.0 336.3 294.6 341.1 1.43 15 300 9665 -33.4 -37.2 68 3.8 -33.8 257 35 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.4 0.52 16 250 10919 -43.6 -49.3 53 5.7 -43.9 254 49 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.17 17 200 12379 -55.5 -60.2 56 4.7 -55.6 253 48 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14156 -68.0 -73.6 44 5.6 -68.1 262 32 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 19 100 16557 -73.8 -83.5 21 9.7 -73.8 267 25 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.03 m Freezing level: 590.90 mb = 4537.29 m = 14885.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4350.29 m = 14272.44 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.98 mb = 108.05 m = 354.48 ft T: 21.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 2.75 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 735.46 m = 2412.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.42 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 2.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 33.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.38 mb = 547.62 m = 1796.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.38 mb = 1546.73 m = 5074.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 698.38 mb = 3173.30 m = 10410.97 ft B at Equ Level: 22.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 518.38 mb = 5572.90 m = 18283.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.43 Bulk Shear: 6.83 m/s