MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z 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 42 SFC 967 332 20.8 13.2 62 7.6 16.0 182 12 296.8 298.6 290.5 325.6 9.93 2 950 484 20.5 12.5 60 8.0 15.5 187 27 298.0 299.8 290.6 326.2 9.65 3 900 949 17.0 11.2 69 5.8 13.4 194 39 299.0 300.7 290.7 326.4 9.32 4 850 1435 15.1 9.3 68 5.9 11.6 210 51 302.0 303.6 291.1 327.8 8.67 5 800 1947 12.0 7.2 73 4.7 9.2 219 48 303.9 305.4 291.1 327.9 7.99 6 750 2485 8.6 4.6 76 4.1 6.3 224 44 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.4 7.09 7 700 3052 5.2 0.5 72 4.7 2.7 218 43 308.3 309.3 290.5 325.8 5.68 8 650 3655 2.2 -6.5 52 8.8 -1.7 211 45 311.5 312.1 289.6 322.9 3.60 9 600 4297 -1.2 -14.6 35 13.4 -6.2 206 46 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.5 2.05 10 550 4985 -5.5 -13.6 53 8.1 -8.5 204 52 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.7 2.44 11 500 5725 -10.8 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 208 56 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.02 12 450 6529 -14.9 -21.3 58 6.3 -16.8 214 59 324.4 324.8 291.7 329.8 1.55 13 400 7411 -20.2 -20.7 95 0.6 -20.3 220 65 328.8 329.1 293.1 335.2 1.83 14 350 8388 -26.9 -26.9 100 -0.0 -26.9 224 60 332.5 332.7 293.5 336.8 1.21 15 300 9480 -35.4 -35.4 100 0.0 -35.4 229 59 335.5 335.6 293.8 337.9 0.62 16 250 10723 -45.1 -47.1 80 2.0 -45.3 237 63 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 17 200 12179 -52.7 -62.5 30 9.8 -53.0 259 71 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.04 18 150 13998 -62.3 -76.7 13 14.4 -62.4 257 40 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16465 -68.8 -83.4 10 14.6 -68.9 241 29 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.89 m Freezing level: 617.54 mb = 4071.42 m = 13357.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.51 mb = 3414.14 m = 11201.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.47 mb = 1291.71 m = 4237.85 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.36 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.61 mb = 2488.97 m = 8165.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 2.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.11 C K Index: 30.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6289.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.14 mb = 1644.95 m = 5396.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.0 neg: -19.3 tot: 345.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 69.96 m/s