MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F225.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510191200F225.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 225 hour GFS valid 21Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37,-88.9 Latitude: 37.00 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 998 115 21.9 15.2 66 6.7 17.5 278 6 295.3 297.2 290.7 326.7 10.94 2 950 536 17.7 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 275 9 295.2 297.0 290.3 325.1 10.41 3 900 996 13.5 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 269 9 295.4 297.3 290.2 324.7 10.14 4 850 1476 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 256 10 297.3 299.0 290.2 324.6 9.42 5 800 1979 7.7 4.8 82 2.9 6.1 248 9 299.4 300.6 288.5 319.3 6.75 6 750 2509 5.0 -0.9 65 5.9 2.1 227 9 302.0 302.9 287.6 316.5 4.78 7 700 3070 2.3 0.1 85 2.2 1.2 219 26 305.0 306.1 289.3 321.8 5.52 8 650 3665 -1.2 -8.4 58 7.3 -4.2 217 32 307.6 308.2 287.9 317.4 3.11 9 600 4299 -5.6 -11.6 63 6.0 -7.9 236 31 309.6 310.1 288.1 318.0 2.63 10 550 4975 -10.0 -19.9 44 10.0 -12.9 252 47 312.3 312.5 287.8 317.0 1.43 11 500 5703 -14.6 -33.1 19 18.5 -18.1 260 49 315.2 315.3 287.7 316.9 0.47 12 450 6493 -19.9 -39.0 17 19.0 -22.7 267 62 318.2 318.2 288.5 319.2 0.29 13 400 7354 -26.5 -44.2 17 17.7 -28.4 268 73 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.2 0.19 14 350 8304 -33.5 -47.5 23 14.0 -34.6 268 81 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.1 0.15 15 300 9372 -39.8 -42.0 79 2.2 -40.0 267 91 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.32 16 250 10595 -48.0 -55.0 45 6.9 -48.3 264 87 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 17 200 12040 -54.6 -67.3 19 12.8 -54.8 264 89 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 13861 -60.3 -77.7 8 17.4 -60.5 268 59 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16375 -64.2 -83.7 5 19.5 -64.3 242 42 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.94 m Freezing level: 666.85 mb = 3464.86 m = 11367.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.95 mb = 3197.93 m = 10491.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.78 % Est. max temperature: 23.99 C = 75.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.78 mb = 960.54 m = 3151.33 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.96 mb = 1137.67 m = 3732.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.62 C = 72.72 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 33.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.34 mb = 1049.13 m = 3441.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.34 mb = 1384.26 m = 4541.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.34 mb = 8116.39 m = 26628.24 ft B at Equ Level: 178.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.34 mb = 9850.50 m = 32317.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 51.06 m/s