MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F210.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510200000F210.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 210 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 37.76,-84.69 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -84.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 SFC 971 292 20.2 16.7 80 3.6 17.8 203 14 295.8 298.1 292.1 331.4 12.37 2 950 483 18.3 15.4 83 2.9 16.4 205 23 295.7 297.8 291.5 329.2 11.66 3 900 944 14.3 14.0 98 0.2 14.1 208 28 296.2 298.3 291.3 328.7 11.27 4 850 1427 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 221 32 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.3 10.43 5 800 1934 10.0 7.0 82 3.0 8.3 227 32 301.8 303.2 290.3 325.2 7.89 6 750 2468 6.5 2.9 78 3.5 4.5 225 34 303.6 304.8 289.6 322.6 6.32 7 700 3030 2.6 -1.4 75 4.0 0.6 227 36 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.4 4.93 8 650 3625 -1.6 -5.7 74 4.0 -3.4 230 37 307.1 307.9 288.5 319.1 3.86 9 600 4257 -6.2 -9.9 75 3.7 -7.6 230 37 309.0 309.6 288.2 318.5 3.01 10 550 4932 -11.2 -13.7 82 2.5 -12.1 232 36 310.8 311.3 288.3 318.6 2.42 11 500 5657 -15.8 -18.6 79 2.8 -16.6 239 51 313.8 314.1 288.6 319.6 1.76 12 450 6444 -20.8 -27.0 57 6.2 -22.1 228 53 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.3 0.93 13 400 7303 -27.2 -36.1 43 8.9 -28.4 239 58 319.6 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.44 14 350 8250 -34.4 -42.3 44 8.0 -35.1 241 73 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.4 0.26 15 300 9310 -42.1 -49.7 43 7.6 -42.5 247 81 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.5 0.14 16 250 10521 -50.0 -55.6 52 5.6 -50.2 248 71 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.08 17 200 11959 -54.4 -69.9 13 15.5 -54.6 246 73 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 13797 -54.7 -79.9 3 25.2 -55.1 253 71 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16354 -60.9 -84.0 3 23.1 -61.2 257 38 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.77 m Freezing level: 669.23 mb = 3396.49 m = 11143.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.51 mb = 3116.69 m = 10225.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.68 % Est. max temperature: 24.89 C = 76.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.63 mb = 741.65 m = 2433.20 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.80 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 942.25 m = 3091.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.63 C = 69.13 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.71 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.93 C Cross Totals Index: 27.78 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.37 mb = 940.60 m = 3085.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.37 mb = 987.64 m = 3240.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 885.37 mb = 1082.46 m = 3551.34 ft B at Equ Level: 6.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.37 mb = 12444.65 m = 40828.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 18.92 Bulk Shear: 44.14 m/s