MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z 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 52 SFC 968 332 15.7 14.1 91 1.5 14.7 218 10 291.5 293.4 289.2 321.3 10.52 2 950 488 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 219 22 292.1 293.9 288.8 320.2 9.91 3 900 944 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 228 33 293.8 295.5 288.7 320.0 9.11 4 850 1421 9.5 8.6 94 0.9 9.0 234 36 296.1 297.6 288.8 320.1 8.27 5 800 1923 6.5 6.0 97 0.5 6.2 235 37 298.1 299.4 288.6 319.7 7.36 6 750 2450 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 239 39 300.3 301.4 288.5 319.3 6.40 7 700 3008 0.5 0.3 99 0.2 0.4 233 41 303.0 304.0 288.7 319.9 5.59 8 650 3600 -2.6 -2.7 99 0.1 -2.7 223 44 306.0 306.9 289.0 320.8 4.81 9 600 4232 -5.4 -7.9 83 2.5 -6.4 222 44 309.9 310.5 289.0 321.0 3.52 10 550 4911 -7.8 -12.9 67 5.1 -9.7 209 58 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.3 2.58 11 500 5651 -9.1 -13.0 73 3.9 -10.6 204 72 322.0 322.5 292.1 331.3 2.81 12 450 6460 -14.0 -14.7 94 0.8 -14.3 206 76 325.7 326.2 293.0 334.9 2.71 13 400 7345 -19.5 -19.7 99 0.2 -19.6 208 78 329.6 330.0 293.5 336.7 2.01 14 350 8324 -26.2 -26.5 97 0.4 -26.2 210 84 333.5 333.7 293.8 338.0 1.25 15 300 9420 -34.8 -35.3 95 0.5 -34.9 211 91 336.3 336.4 294.0 338.7 0.63 16 250 10666 -44.2 -46.0 82 1.8 -44.3 220 94 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.25 17 200 12142 -49.8 -72.0 6 22.2 -50.3 236 63 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 13973 -60.8 -77.8 9 17.0 -61.0 223 49 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 19 100 16458 -65.7 -83.9 6 18.1 -65.9 241 33 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.03 m Freezing level: 692.47 mb = 3096.94 m = 10160.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.91 mb = 3077.64 m = 10097.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.63 % Est. max temperature: 21.45 C = 70.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.05 mb = 523.44 m = 1717.31 ft T: 14.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.61 C/km ThetaE index: 1.36 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1134.71 m = 3722.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.85 C = 65.92 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 7.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 7.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.57 C Cross Totals Index: 17.66 C K Index: 26.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.50 mb = 957.96 m = 3142.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.50 mb = 2093.18 m = 6867.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 683.50 mb = 3198.42 m = 10493.38 ft B at Equ Level: 17.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 603.50 mb = 4185.64 m = 13732.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.2 neg: -5.3 tot: 110.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 75.97 m/s