MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z MON 20 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 124 SFC 975 331 8.9 7.2 89 1.6 8.0 280 8 284.0 285.2 282.3 302.2 6.55 2 950 549 7.9 5.7 86 2.2 6.8 286 20 285.2 286.2 282.2 302.1 6.04 3 900 993 4.7 3.0 89 1.7 3.8 297 31 286.3 287.2 281.8 301.2 5.26 4 850 1457 2.2 -1.2 79 3.3 0.7 302 41 288.4 289.1 281.4 300.3 4.13 5 800 1943 -1.5 -4.4 80 2.9 -2.7 300 42 289.5 290.1 281.1 299.5 3.43 6 750 2454 -4.5 -7.5 80 3.0 -5.6 293 38 291.7 292.2 281.5 300.3 2.90 7 700 2995 -7.7 -12.7 68 4.9 -9.4 285 35 293.9 294.3 281.4 300.2 2.06 8 650 3567 -11.6 -16.3 68 4.7 -12.9 278 33 295.8 296.1 281.7 300.9 1.65 9 600 4176 -15.5 -22.1 57 6.6 -17.0 265 32 298.2 298.4 282.0 301.7 1.09 10 550 4828 -17.9 -45.9 7 28.0 -21.0 265 37 302.8 302.9 282.7 303.2 0.11 11 500 5538 -19.7 -53.6 3 33.9 -22.8 273 47 309.1 309.1 285.0 309.3 0.05 12 450 6315 -22.8 -55.6 3 32.7 -25.5 276 54 314.5 314.5 287.0 314.7 0.05 13 400 7172 -26.4 -59.2 3 32.8 -28.7 277 58 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.8 0.03 14 350 8129 -30.0 -62.9 3 32.8 -32.0 273 56 328.2 328.2 291.2 328.3 0.02 15 300 9220 -32.7 -66.9 2 34.2 -34.4 272 59 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.02 16 250 10494 -36.3 -69.5 2 33.2 -37.9 249 65 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 17 200 12022 -42.6 -74.1 2 31.5 -43.6 251 55 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 18 150 13908 -54.1 -80.5 3 26.4 -54.5 253 55 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.8 0.00 19 100 16437 -63.4 -84.1 4 20.8 -63.6 252 36 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5414.45 m Freezing level: 820.60 mb = 1743.04 m = 5718.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.23 mb = 1549.75 m = 5084.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.11 % Est. max temperature: 13.75 C = 56.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.28 mb = 538.19 m = 1765.71 ft T: 7.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.69 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1201.75 m = 3942.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.06 C = 53.72 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 26.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: 9.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.82 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 15.72 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14852.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.01 mb = 1020.02 m = 3346.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -59.5 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 42.83 m/s