MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z 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 62 SFC 969 332 14.8 12.9 88 1.9 13.6 247 8 290.5 292.3 288.1 317.9 9.68 2 950 497 13.4 11.1 86 2.2 12.0 250 17 290.8 292.3 287.3 315.7 8.79 3 900 950 10.2 9.3 95 0.8 9.7 256 25 292.0 293.4 287.2 315.4 8.21 4 850 1424 7.3 6.7 96 0.6 7.0 257 29 293.8 295.1 287.0 314.7 7.25 5 800 1921 4.5 4.0 97 0.5 4.2 253 31 296.0 297.1 286.9 314.6 6.40 6 750 2444 1.4 1.0 97 0.4 1.3 242 34 298.1 299.1 286.9 314.4 5.50 7 700 2997 -1.9 -3.3 90 1.4 -2.6 235 38 300.4 301.1 286.5 313.3 4.28 8 650 3582 -6.1 -7.7 88 1.6 -6.7 226 44 302.1 302.7 286.1 312.2 3.30 9 600 4205 -9.2 -10.2 93 1.0 -9.6 218 46 305.4 306.0 286.9 314.6 2.93 10 550 4874 -12.8 -13.3 97 0.4 -13.0 215 46 308.8 309.3 287.7 316.8 2.50 11 500 5595 -17.3 -17.9 95 0.6 -17.5 210 44 311.9 312.3 288.1 318.0 1.87 12 450 6382 -17.7 -43.3 9 25.6 -21.3 206 61 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.7 0.18 13 400 7261 -19.4 -57.2 2 37.7 -23.2 205 69 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.04 14 350 8241 -25.0 -49.3 8 24.3 -27.6 214 99 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.12 15 300 9343 -33.0 -43.9 33 10.9 -34.1 211 107 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.26 16 250 10604 -40.2 -66.2 4 26.0 -41.2 222 83 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12097 -49.5 -72.2 5 22.7 -50.0 223 68 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 13943 -57.2 -79.4 4 22.2 -57.5 237 51 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16443 -66.4 -83.7 7 17.3 -66.5 246 38 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5532.61 m Freezing level: 728.56 mb = 2681.26 m = 8796.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.59 mb = 2621.48 m = 8600.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.43 % Est. max temperature: 19.33 C = 66.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.85 mb = 568.85 m = 1866.30 ft T: 12.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 5.64 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.87 mb = 1052.97 m = 3454.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.59 C = 61.86 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 29.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.86 mb = 960.35 m = 3150.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.86 mb = 1483.03 m = 4865.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 583.86 mb = 4414.67 m = 14483.63 ft B at Equ Level: 53.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 483.86 mb = 5839.80 m = 19159.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -7.3 tot: -0.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 76.97 m/s