MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510190600F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 18Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 39.04,-84.45 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -84.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 979 236 18.9 16.6 86 2.3 17.4 183 14 293.9 296.0 291.4 328.8 12.25 2 950 496 17.5 15.3 87 2.2 16.0 186 32 294.9 297.0 291.2 328.0 11.55 3 900 956 13.8 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 191 41 295.8 297.8 291.0 327.6 11.05 4 850 1437 11.7 11.7 100 0.0 11.7 207 47 298.4 300.3 291.2 328.2 10.21 5 800 1944 10.4 6.9 79 3.5 8.3 218 46 302.3 303.7 290.5 325.5 7.82 6 750 2479 7.3 1.8 68 5.5 4.4 220 48 304.5 305.6 289.4 322.1 5.82 7 700 3043 3.8 -3.5 59 7.2 0.3 223 46 306.6 307.4 288.6 319.7 4.23 8 650 3640 -0.8 -6.5 65 5.8 -3.3 229 43 308.1 308.8 288.5 319.4 3.60 9 600 4274 -5.4 -8.3 80 2.9 -6.6 228 45 309.8 310.5 288.9 320.6 3.41 10 550 4952 -9.4 -10.1 94 0.7 -9.6 226 53 313.0 313.6 289.8 323.3 3.23 11 500 5683 -13.8 -14.6 94 0.8 -14.1 231 66 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.3 2.46 12 450 6476 -19.1 -25.3 58 6.2 -20.5 233 66 319.3 319.5 289.7 323.0 1.09 13 400 7342 -25.1 -35.9 36 10.8 -26.7 237 74 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.45 14 350 8297 -32.6 -42.6 36 10.0 -33.6 243 88 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.25 15 300 9362 -41.0 -53.1 26 12.2 -41.6 243 94 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.09 16 250 10576 -51.1 -59.4 36 8.3 -51.3 238 100 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 17 200 11994 -59.0 -60.8 79 1.9 -59.0 234 119 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 18 150 13813 -58.3 -78.2 6 20.0 -58.5 241 70 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16348 -63.2 -84.1 4 20.9 -63.4 232 32 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.98 m Freezing level: 658.47 mb = 3539.25 m = 11611.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.70 mb = 3092.96 m = 10147.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.47 mb = 527.41 m = 1730.34 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 895.01 m = 2936.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.74 C = 69.33 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 30.02 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 263.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.66 mb = 846.26 m = 2776.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.66 mb = 987.06 m = 3238.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 866.66 mb = 1273.48 m = 4178.03 ft B at Equ Level: 8.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 806.66 mb = 1874.48 m = 6149.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.9 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 250.9 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 429.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 429.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.29 Bulk Shear: 115.12 m/s