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: 37.96,-85.24 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -85.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 977 224 16.9 15.9 93 1.1 16.3 198 15 292.0 294.1 290.3 325.1 11.68 2 950 465 15.7 14.5 93 1.1 15.0 204 33 293.1 295.0 290.1 324.5 11.02 3 900 923 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.3 216 44 295.3 296.8 288.8 320.0 8.56 4 850 1402 10.8 6.4 74 4.4 8.3 227 45 297.4 298.7 288.2 318.2 7.10 5 800 1907 8.7 3.3 69 5.4 5.8 231 45 300.5 301.6 288.3 318.5 6.07 6 750 2439 6.3 2.7 78 3.6 4.4 225 43 303.5 304.6 289.4 322.2 6.21 7 700 3002 3.1 0.8 85 2.3 1.9 217 44 305.9 306.9 289.8 323.5 5.79 8 650 3600 0.1 -1.5 89 1.6 -0.7 219 47 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.27 9 600 4239 -2.9 -3.5 95 0.6 -3.2 216 52 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.3 4.92 10 550 4926 -5.6 -6.1 97 0.4 -5.8 207 57 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.6 4.42 11 500 5668 -9.4 -9.9 96 0.5 -9.6 205 62 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.5 3.61 12 450 6476 -14.2 -14.5 97 0.3 -14.3 209 63 325.4 325.9 293.0 334.7 2.76 13 400 7359 -20.1 -20.1 100 0.0 -20.1 213 63 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.7 1.94 14 350 8335 -26.8 -26.9 99 0.1 -26.9 214 65 332.6 332.8 293.6 336.9 1.20 15 300 9429 -35.4 -35.5 99 0.1 -35.4 219 73 335.5 335.7 293.8 337.9 0.62 16 250 10670 -45.8 -45.8 100 0.0 -45.8 226 82 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.25 17 200 12130 -51.7 -66.4 16 14.7 -52.0 250 82 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.03 18 150 13969 -59.4 -78.5 7 19.2 -59.6 246 41 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16443 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.8 -66.1 244 32 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.02 m Freezing level: 648.43 mb = 3620.39 m = 11877.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.82 mb = 3430.54 m = 11254.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.14 % Est. max temperature: 23.68 C = 74.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.14 mb = 356.80 m = 1170.58 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1308.53 m = 4293.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.93 C = 71.47 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 5.75 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 8.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.17 C Cross Totals Index: 15.77 C K Index: 24.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8081.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.55 mb = 954.99 m = 3133.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 48.6 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 36.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.6 neg: -26.7 tot: 212.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 50.57 m/s