MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509250600F255.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 255 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 43.50,-83.35 Latitude: 43.50 Longitude: -83.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 214 23.6 16.3 64 7.3 18.7 159 17 298.2 300.4 292.5 332.9 11.95 2 950 509 20.7 14.8 69 5.9 16.8 162 30 298.2 300.2 291.9 330.8 11.19 3 900 974 16.5 13.4 82 3.1 14.5 166 35 298.5 300.4 291.7 329.9 10.78 4 850 1458 13.0 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 178 39 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.7 9.89 5 800 1966 9.9 9.0 94 0.9 9.4 183 40 301.7 303.4 291.3 328.5 9.05 6 750 2501 7.4 5.2 86 2.2 6.1 189 40 304.6 305.9 290.8 326.9 7.42 7 700 3067 4.2 1.8 85 2.4 2.9 191 38 307.1 308.3 290.6 326.3 6.25 8 650 3666 0.6 -1.7 85 2.2 -0.6 190 38 309.6 310.6 290.5 325.8 5.21 9 600 4305 -3.2 -5.6 83 2.5 -4.3 189 37 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.18 10 550 4989 -7.3 -9.9 81 2.7 -8.4 193 37 315.5 316.1 290.6 326.0 3.27 11 500 5727 -10.7 -15.7 67 4.9 -12.5 194 35 319.9 320.4 291.0 327.5 2.25 12 450 6529 -15.7 -21.8 59 6.1 -17.4 190 33 323.5 323.8 291.3 328.7 1.48 13 400 7408 -21.8 -27.2 61 5.4 -23.0 192 34 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.3 1.02 14 350 8374 -30.1 -30.1 100 -0.0 -30.2 199 35 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.89 15 300 9453 -37.8 -40.1 80 2.2 -38.1 209 37 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.5 0.39 16 250 10681 -48.8 -50.4 83 1.6 -48.9 203 31 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.1 0.15 17 200 12113 -55.8 -63.6 37 7.8 -55.9 212 72 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.04 18 150 13928 -61.0 -78.1 9 17.1 -61.1 214 53 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16427 -64.1 -83.1 6 19.0 -64.3 215 24 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.28 m Freezing level: 642.48 mb = 3762.33 m = 12343.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.05 mb = 3566.61 m = 11701.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.59 mb = 1129.59 m = 3705.94 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.25 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1461.97 m = 4796.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.12 C = 77.22 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 0.13 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 32.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.00 mb = 1290.29 m = 4233.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.00 mb = 1841.38 m = 6041.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.00 mb = 5695.87 m = 18687.02 ft B at Equ Level: 81.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 322.00 mb = 8957.71 m = 29388.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.7 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 215.7 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.6 neg: -1.4 tot: 210.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 34.63 m/s