MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510181800F012.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 hour GFS valid 6Z SUN 19 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 22.0 21.0 94 1.0 21.3 258 9 293.9 296.7 294.0 338.5 15.64 1 1000 135 21.5 20.4 94 1.1 20.8 263 12 294.6 297.4 293.9 338.4 15.28 2 950 580 19.6 18.5 94 1.1 18.8 268 14 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.2 14.25 3 900 1045 17.0 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 268 16 299.0 301.5 293.7 337.6 13.22 4 850 1532 14.7 13.9 95 0.7 14.2 269 17 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.4 11.85 5 800 2044 12.4 10.9 90 1.5 11.4 271 19 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.28 6 750 2584 9.8 8.0 88 1.8 8.7 272 20 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.5 9.01 7 700 3156 7.1 5.2 88 1.8 6.0 272 21 310.3 311.8 293.0 334.8 7.98 8 650 3763 4.4 1.4 81 2.9 2.8 273 23 313.9 315.2 292.9 334.5 6.55 9 600 4412 0.9 -2.6 78 3.5 -0.9 274 23 317.2 318.2 292.8 334.1 5.29 10 550 5107 -2.3 -8.0 65 5.7 -4.9 276 24 321.3 322.1 292.7 333.8 3.80 11 500 5860 -6.0 -14.0 53 8.0 -9.1 275 30 325.7 326.3 292.9 334.5 2.59 12 450 6678 -10.5 -17.4 57 6.8 -13.0 281 35 330.0 330.4 293.7 337.5 2.17 13 400 7574 -16.4 -21.6 64 5.2 -18.0 277 37 333.7 334.0 294.3 339.7 1.70 14 350 8564 -24.3 -26.4 82 2.2 -24.8 274 33 336.1 336.3 294.5 340.7 1.26 15 300 9667 -33.3 -33.6 97 0.3 -33.3 260 34 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.3 0.75 16 250 10921 -43.5 -51.4 42 7.9 -43.9 252 50 341.4 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.14 17 200 12382 -55.5 -60.1 56 4.7 -55.6 256 49 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14157 -68.4 -72.1 59 3.7 -68.5 260 34 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 19 100 16558 -73.8 -83.7 21 9.9 -73.8 270 27 385.1 385.1 303.1 385.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.59 m Freezing level: 585.99 mb = 4606.78 m = 15113.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4253.77 m = 13955.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.04 mb = 125.96 m = 413.24 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 4.00 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 776.56 m = 2547.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.64 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 32.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.89 mb = 571.69 m = 1875.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.89 mb = 1473.03 m = 4832.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 805.89 mb = 1982.04 m = 6502.68 ft B at Equ Level: 16.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 555.89 mb = 5022.25 m = 16476.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.3 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 302.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 9.77 m/s