MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 6Z MON 6 OCT 25 Station: 40.50,-88.95 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -88.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 984 239 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 105 6 291.1 293.1 289.9 323.6 11.52 2 950 538 14.8 13.6 93 1.2 14.1 141 12 292.2 294.1 289.3 321.7 10.38 3 900 994 12.4 11.2 92 1.2 11.7 147 17 294.3 295.9 289.0 321.0 9.30 4 850 1473 10.3 7.3 82 3.0 8.6 147 27 296.9 298.3 288.4 318.9 7.56 5 800 1975 7.5 4.2 79 3.3 5.7 150 31 299.1 300.3 288.2 318.2 6.46 6 750 2504 3.8 2.0 88 1.7 2.8 153 33 300.7 301.7 288.2 318.3 5.91 7 700 3061 0.1 -0.3 97 0.5 -0.1 149 33 302.6 303.6 288.3 318.7 5.34 8 650 3653 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.2 -2.7 143 33 306.0 306.9 289.0 320.7 4.78 9 600 4285 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.3 -5.8 134 31 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.4 4.08 10 550 4962 -9.5 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.6 117 35 312.8 313.4 289.8 323.3 3.28 11 500 5693 -13.3 -13.8 96 0.5 -13.5 130 42 316.8 317.3 290.4 325.4 2.63 12 450 6489 -17.7 -17.8 99 0.1 -17.7 136 54 321.0 321.4 291.2 328.1 2.10 13 400 7358 -25.0 -25.0 100 0.0 -25.0 135 60 322.5 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.26 14 350 8311 -33.3 -33.4 99 0.1 -33.3 132 59 323.8 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.65 15 300 9377 -40.9 -40.9 100 0.0 -40.9 139 70 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.36 16 250 10591 -49.0 -54.9 50 6.0 -49.2 142 63 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 17 200 12056 -48.1 -72.2 4 24.2 -48.7 155 32 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13924 -56.0 -80.5 3 24.5 -56.3 191 25 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16456 -62.9 -83.5 5 20.6 -63.1 199 7 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.35 m Freezing level: 697.80 mb = 3087.36 m = 10129.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.66 mb = 3042.14 m = 9980.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.32 mb = 339.95 m = 1115.31 ft T: 15.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 5.35 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1012.16 m = 3320.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.87 C = 67.77 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: 2.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.85 mb = 837.35 m = 2747.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.85 mb = 2268.57 m = 7442.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 621.85 mb = 4002.28 m = 13130.69 ft B at Equ Level: 44.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 511.85 mb = 5513.42 m = 18088.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 138.3 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 168.3 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.4 neg: -7.3 tot: 57.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 55.61 m/s