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: 39.04,-85.63 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -85.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4 SFC 973 239 21.5 16.0 71 5.4 17.8 192 17 296.9 299.1 292.0 331.2 11.84 2 950 447 20.9 15.0 69 5.9 17.0 194 33 298.4 300.5 292.1 331.5 11.37 3 900 912 17.1 13.8 81 3.3 15.0 195 43 299.1 301.1 292.1 331.5 11.08 4 850 1398 13.5 12.1 91 1.4 12.7 199 52 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.2 10.53 5 800 1907 10.4 10.3 99 0.2 10.3 206 63 302.3 304.1 292.2 331.5 9.87 6 750 2443 7.8 7.8 100 0.1 7.8 208 63 305.1 306.7 292.2 331.7 8.86 7 700 3010 4.8 4.6 98 0.2 4.6 208 61 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.61 8 650 3612 1.0 0.3 95 0.6 0.6 209 58 310.0 311.2 291.3 328.7 6.03 9 600 4252 -2.1 -4.4 84 2.3 -3.2 202 57 313.7 314.6 291.2 328.3 4.62 10 550 4939 -5.8 -7.5 88 1.6 -6.5 203 62 317.2 317.9 291.7 330.0 3.97 11 500 5681 -9.8 -10.1 98 0.3 -10.0 210 65 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.7 3.54 12 450 6487 -14.5 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.6 216 66 325.0 325.5 292.8 334.1 2.69 13 400 7371 -20.1 -20.4 97 0.3 -20.1 219 61 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.5 1.89 14 350 8347 -27.1 -27.2 99 0.1 -27.1 217 58 332.2 332.5 293.4 336.4 1.17 15 300 9439 -35.8 -35.8 100 0.0 -35.8 222 67 334.9 335.0 293.6 337.2 0.60 16 250 10677 -46.2 -46.2 100 0.0 -46.2 231 83 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.3 0.24 17 200 12130 -52.2 -64.0 23 11.8 -52.5 242 78 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 13957 -60.8 -77.7 9 16.9 -61.0 252 60 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16436 -66.4 -83.7 7 17.3 -66.5 243 36 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.70 m Freezing level: 634.36 mb = 3811.96 m = 12506.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.05 mb = 3710.06 m = 12171.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.20 mb = 929.09 m = 3048.16 ft T: 16.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 3.37 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.43 mb = 1492.76 m = 4897.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.88 mb = 1250.25 m = 4101.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.88 mb = 3011.64 m = 9880.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 559.88 mb = 4798.83 m = 15743.99 ft B at Equ Level: 28.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 469.88 mb = 6156.63 m = 20198.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 57.0 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 395.3 neg: -16.1 tot: 379.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 95.03 m/s