MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.65,-27.21 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -27.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1016 2 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.4 263 8 294.0 296.8 294.0 338.7 15.63 1 1000 140 21.8 20.4 92 1.4 20.8 270 10 294.9 297.7 294.0 338.6 15.26 2 950 585 19.7 18.1 90 1.6 18.6 281 14 297.2 299.7 293.6 337.3 13.88 3 900 1050 17.4 15.5 89 1.9 16.2 283 18 299.5 301.7 293.3 335.7 12.41 4 850 1538 15.1 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 279 21 302.0 304.1 293.0 334.8 11.11 5 800 2051 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.3 277 22 304.9 306.7 292.9 334.5 9.88 6 750 2592 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.1 276 23 308.1 309.6 292.4 332.7 8.10 7 700 3165 7.8 2.1 67 5.8 4.6 275 23 311.2 312.4 292.0 330.9 6.36 8 650 3773 4.7 -2.8 58 7.5 0.9 271 23 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.5 4.80 9 600 4421 0.9 -6.1 59 7.1 -2.4 267 23 317.2 318.0 291.7 330.2 4.03 10 550 5116 -2.9 -6.9 74 4.0 -4.8 270 27 320.6 321.4 292.8 334.1 4.14 11 500 5866 -6.5 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.7 277 34 325.1 325.9 293.8 337.9 3.81 12 450 6683 -11.4 -12.7 91 1.2 -11.9 279 35 328.9 329.5 294.3 339.8 3.21 13 400 7578 -16.6 -18.8 83 2.2 -17.3 282 40 333.5 333.9 294.6 341.1 2.18 14 350 8570 -23.0 -27.9 64 4.9 -24.1 282 45 337.8 338.0 294.8 341.9 1.10 15 300 9679 -31.8 -36.8 62 4.9 -32.6 283 51 340.5 340.6 295.0 342.6 0.55 16 250 10938 -42.5 -49.1 49 6.6 -42.9 288 54 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.6 0.18 17 200 12405 -54.5 -61.3 43 6.8 -54.7 289 49 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 18 150 14184 -68.6 -70.3 79 1.7 -68.7 267 45 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 19 100 16578 -73.2 -83.1 21 10.0 -73.2 262 30 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.45 m Freezing level: 588.08 mb = 4586.71 m = 15048.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.31 mb = 3945.27 m = 12943.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.92 mb = 149.37 m = 490.06 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 9.18 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 957.48 m = 3141.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 80.99 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.91 C Showalter Index: 2.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.62 C Cross Totals Index: 19.43 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3279.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.20 mb = 637.76 m = 2092.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -0.6 tot: 24.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.87 Bulk Shear: 17.77 m/s