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: 38.97,-84.84 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -84.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 974 235 17.3 15.0 86 2.3 15.8 202 16 292.6 294.6 290.0 324.1 11.08 2 950 448 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 205 34 293.4 295.3 289.9 323.7 10.61 3 900 906 12.9 11.7 92 1.2 12.1 212 46 294.8 296.5 289.5 322.4 9.61 4 850 1386 11.3 8.6 83 2.7 9.7 215 57 298.0 299.5 289.4 322.2 8.27 5 800 1891 9.1 6.8 85 2.3 7.8 209 58 300.9 302.3 289.9 323.9 7.77 6 750 2424 6.7 4.1 83 2.6 5.2 205 53 303.8 305.1 290.1 324.5 6.86 7 700 2990 4.0 0.2 76 3.8 2.0 206 51 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.9 5.53 8 650 3588 0.1 -4.9 69 5.0 -2.1 212 51 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.9 4.10 9 600 4227 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.6 -4.0 218 57 312.8 313.6 290.6 326.3 4.25 10 550 4914 -5.8 -6.3 96 0.6 -6.0 212 63 317.2 318.1 292.0 331.2 4.33 11 500 5656 -9.9 -10.2 97 0.4 -10.1 207 64 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.6 3.51 12 450 6462 -14.5 -14.8 98 0.3 -14.6 207 70 325.0 325.6 292.9 334.2 2.71 13 400 7345 -20.2 -20.2 100 0.0 -20.3 210 72 328.7 329.1 293.2 335.4 1.91 14 350 8320 -27.1 -27.1 100 0.0 -27.1 213 71 332.3 332.5 293.4 336.5 1.19 15 300 9413 -35.6 -36.2 94 0.6 -35.7 214 72 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.58 16 250 10652 -46.3 -46.3 99 0.1 -46.3 225 82 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.2 0.24 17 200 12112 -51.6 -67.3 14 15.7 -52.0 246 78 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 13946 -58.8 -78.9 6 20.0 -59.0 252 43 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.01 19 100 16431 -64.8 -83.8 6 19.0 -65.0 242 31 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.88 m Freezing level: 647.88 mb = 3615.40 m = 11861.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.82 mb = 3273.58 m = 10739.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.49 mb = 524.21 m = 1719.82 ft T: 15.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.56 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1270.80 m = 4169.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.83 C = 71.29 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 5.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.17 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 25.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7555.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 908.40 m = 2980.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.8 neg: -82.7 tot: 177.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 67.14 m/s