MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 21Z THU 16 OCT 25 Station: 40.35,-90.31 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 994 183 26.3 12.5 42 13.8 17.4 142 9 299.9 301.6 290.8 326.9 9.17 2 950 581 21.4 11.6 54 9.8 15.2 148 12 298.9 300.5 290.3 325.3 9.04 3 900 1046 16.9 10.8 67 6.2 13.1 152 12 299.0 300.6 290.4 325.5 9.06 4 850 1531 13.5 10.3 81 3.3 11.5 163 10 300.3 302.0 291.0 327.6 9.27 5 800 2041 11.9 7.9 77 3.9 9.5 178 7 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.0 8.41 6 750 2580 10.2 3.7 64 6.6 6.5 195 6 307.7 308.9 291.2 328.0 6.65 7 700 3153 8.1 2.0 65 6.1 4.7 250 5 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.1 6.31 8 650 3761 4.5 -0.4 70 4.9 1.9 283 7 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.1 5.72 9 600 4409 0.3 -5.8 63 6.2 -2.6 297 8 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.8 4.13 10 550 5101 -3.9 -12.1 53 8.2 -7.2 297 11 319.5 320.0 291.3 328.6 2.75 11 500 5847 -8.6 -17.1 50 8.5 -11.5 306 16 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.4 2.00 12 450 6655 -14.5 -22.0 53 7.6 -16.7 308 22 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.1 1.45 13 400 7538 -19.9 -28.9 44 9.1 -21.9 296 27 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.88 14 350 8514 -27.3 -32.2 63 4.9 -28.1 290 31 332.0 332.1 293.0 334.7 0.73 15 300 9605 -35.8 -42.4 51 6.5 -36.5 270 36 334.8 334.9 293.3 336.0 0.31 16 250 10845 -44.6 -57.0 24 12.4 -45.1 273 39 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.1 0.07 17 200 12308 -53.7 -63.9 28 10.2 -53.9 268 51 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14109 -64.3 -76.7 17 12.3 -64.4 273 51 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16511 -73.4 -82.7 23 9.2 -73.5 274 32 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.59 m Freezing level: 596.19 mb = 4461.55 m = 14637.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.73 mb = 4030.52 m = 13223.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.06 C = 80.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.09 mb = 1914.65 m = 6281.58 ft T: 12.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 1.53 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.20 mb = 3400.38 m = 11155.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.87 C = 101.97 F Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.38 C Showalter Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.09 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 26.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 158.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6285.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.55 mb = 1837.73 m = 6029.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 280.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 23.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 35.11 m/s