MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509261200F270.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 270 hour GFS valid 18Z TUE 7 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-84.2 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -84.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 976 290 25.6 14.2 49 11.4 18.1 200 18 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.8 10.49 2 950 525 22.2 13.2 57 9.0 16.4 202 29 299.7 301.6 291.5 329.3 10.09 3 900 991 17.7 12.2 70 5.5 14.2 204 32 299.7 301.6 291.4 328.9 9.95 4 850 1477 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 206 32 300.0 301.8 291.4 328.9 9.86 5 800 1984 9.2 9.0 99 0.2 9.0 209 33 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.5 9.01 6 750 2517 6.3 5.3 93 1.0 5.8 221 36 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.8 7.47 7 700 3082 4.2 2.7 90 1.4 3.4 234 40 307.1 308.3 291.0 327.4 6.66 8 650 3682 0.4 -0.6 93 1.0 -0.2 236 41 309.4 310.5 290.8 326.8 5.62 9 600 4320 -3.5 -8.0 71 4.5 -5.4 232 40 312.0 312.7 289.7 323.2 3.49 10 550 5003 -7.3 -14.4 56 7.2 -9.8 227 40 315.5 315.9 289.6 322.9 2.27 11 500 5740 -11.3 -21.5 42 10.3 -14.2 227 41 319.3 319.6 290.0 324.0 1.37 12 450 6540 -16.5 -25.5 46 9.0 -18.7 230 40 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.2 1.07 13 400 7415 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.4 232 40 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.22 14 350 8379 -30.1 -33.4 73 3.2 -30.6 230 38 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.66 15 300 9456 -38.9 -42.5 69 3.6 -39.2 245 42 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.30 16 250 10679 -49.4 -50.8 84 1.5 -49.4 258 43 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.14 17 200 12099 -60.8 -62.2 83 1.4 -60.8 262 48 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.04 18 150 13891 -61.0 -77.2 10 16.2 -61.2 254 52 364.9 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16397 -61.7 -84.1 4 22.4 -61.9 261 31 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.54 m Freezing level: 644.97 mb = 3745.82 m = 12289.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.22 mb = 3654.12 m = 11988.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.42 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.57 mb = 1720.81 m = 5645.63 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 5.92 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.17 mb = 1755.33 m = 5758.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.49 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.43 C K Index: 34.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 63.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.44 mb = 1681.63 m = 5517.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.44 mb = 1834.30 m = 6017.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.44 mb = 5519.47 m = 18108.29 ft B at Equ Level: 63.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.44 mb = 8288.10 m = 27191.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 184.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 31.98 m/s