MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F207.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F207.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 207 hour GFS valid 15Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.08,-87.21 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 53 SFC 986 171 17.9 17.0 94 0.9 17.4 209 8 292.2 294.5 291.0 327.6 12.47 2 950 492 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 220 20 293.2 295.3 290.9 327.0 11.86 3 900 950 13.4 13.3 99 0.2 13.3 238 25 295.3 297.3 290.6 326.1 10.70 4 850 1431 12.1 12.0 100 0.0 12.0 236 27 298.8 300.7 291.5 329.2 10.44 5 800 1938 9.9 4.5 69 5.4 6.9 229 32 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.4 6.60 6 750 2472 7.4 -3.6 46 11.0 2.2 233 34 304.7 305.4 287.6 316.7 3.92 7 700 3036 3.8 -9.0 39 12.7 -1.6 236 39 306.6 307.2 287.2 315.4 2.77 8 650 3633 -0.4 -12.6 39 12.2 -5.0 232 43 308.5 309.0 287.3 315.7 2.24 9 600 4268 -4.9 -17.3 37 12.3 -9.0 235 34 310.4 310.7 287.3 315.8 1.64 10 550 4944 -10.6 -19.8 47 9.2 -13.3 247 38 311.5 311.8 287.5 316.3 1.45 11 500 5670 -15.4 -22.6 54 7.1 -17.3 236 58 314.2 314.5 288.2 318.4 1.25 12 450 6457 -21.3 -32.9 35 11.5 -23.3 227 49 316.4 316.5 288.2 318.3 0.53 13 400 7314 -27.6 -46.2 15 18.6 -29.4 249 62 319.1 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.15 14 350 8259 -34.6 -52.2 15 17.6 -35.7 250 77 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.4 0.09 15 300 9318 -42.3 -51.0 38 8.7 -42.8 252 92 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.2 0.12 16 250 10530 -49.1 -60.4 25 11.4 -49.4 256 81 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.04 17 200 11986 -52.0 -70.8 9 18.7 -52.4 253 76 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13829 -56.8 -79.5 4 22.7 -57.1 238 61 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16368 -61.5 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.7 242 39 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.13 m Freezing level: 654.62 mb = 3577.88 m = 11738.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.83 mb = 2796.37 m = 9174.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.21 mb = 285.61 m = 937.04 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 931.05 mb = 662.57 m = 2173.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.68 C = 67.43 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 27.46 C K Index: 26.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.94 mb = 654.49 m = 2147.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.94 mb = 700.10 m = 2296.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.94 mb = 1073.23 m = 3521.06 ft B at Equ Level: 15.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.94 mb = 1762.72 m = 5783.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 145.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 7.87 Bulk Shear: 57.69 m/s