MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510160000F288.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510160000F288.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 12 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 40.39,-89.18 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 982 215 20.0 17.3 84 2.8 18.2 165 14 294.7 297.0 292.0 331.2 12.72 2 950 501 20.0 16.5 80 3.5 17.7 180 31 297.5 299.7 292.7 333.7 12.52 3 900 968 19.4 14.2 72 5.2 16.0 214 38 301.5 303.6 293.1 335.2 11.42 4 850 1458 16.1 11.8 76 4.3 13.3 231 39 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.5 10.26 5 800 1970 11.7 10.0 89 1.8 10.6 239 41 303.7 305.4 292.4 332.5 9.67 6 750 2508 8.0 6.5 90 1.5 7.1 243 42 305.2 306.8 291.6 329.7 8.13 7 700 3076 6.9 -11.1 26 18.0 -0.6 254 36 310.1 310.6 288.0 317.7 2.34 8 650 3680 2.6 -16.4 23 19.0 -4.3 262 33 312.0 312.3 287.9 317.4 1.64 9 600 4320 -2.6 -20.9 23 18.4 -8.3 266 34 313.1 313.4 287.8 317.2 1.20 10 550 5003 -7.6 -26.0 21 18.4 -12.3 264 36 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.0 0.84 11 500 5737 -13.2 -24.0 40 10.9 -16.0 260 39 317.0 317.2 289.0 320.7 1.10 12 450 6530 -18.8 -31.7 31 12.8 -21.3 261 39 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.7 0.60 13 400 7397 -25.2 -38.1 29 12.9 -27.0 270 47 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.6 0.36 14 350 8350 -33.5 -39.9 53 6.4 -34.1 269 47 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.34 15 300 9411 -42.3 -50.6 40 8.4 -42.7 268 43 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.12 16 250 10619 -51.0 -57.3 47 6.3 -51.2 267 46 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.07 17 200 12052 -55.6 -67.1 22 11.5 -55.8 264 45 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13859 -60.0 -78.3 7 18.3 -60.2 277 56 366.7 366.7 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16393 -61.1 -84.1 3 23.0 -61.3 271 38 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.91 m Freezing level: 624.65 mb = 4004.35 m = 13137.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.69 mb = 3032.37 m = 9948.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.84 mb = 566.04 m = 1857.08 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.54 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1746.46 m = 5729.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.21 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.93 C K Index: 22.98 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 447.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1026.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.15 mb = 1198.20 m = 3931.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.15 mb = 2276.19 m = 7467.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.15 mb = 2717.20 m = 8914.59 ft B at Equ Level: 29.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.15 mb = 13408.70 m = 43991.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.1 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 277.1 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 516.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 516.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 172.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.17 Bulk Rich Number: 6.25 Bulk Shear: 164.18 m/s