MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.24,-89.18 Latitude: 39.24 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 50 SFC 985 183 25.8 15.9 55 9.9 19.2 203 12 300.2 302.4 292.9 334.3 11.63 2 950 497 21.9 14.6 63 7.4 17.1 203 19 299.4 301.5 292.2 331.7 11.03 3 900 964 17.6 13.7 78 3.8 15.1 205 21 299.6 301.6 292.2 331.9 11.03 4 850 1451 15.7 11.7 77 4.0 13.1 222 31 302.6 304.5 292.5 332.8 10.19 5 800 1965 13.3 8.4 72 5.0 10.3 233 36 305.4 307.0 292.1 331.5 8.68 6 750 2505 9.5 5.9 79 3.5 7.4 238 38 306.9 308.3 291.9 330.6 7.81 7 700 3074 5.6 3.1 84 2.5 4.2 239 39 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.8 6.87 8 650 3677 1.7 -1.1 82 2.8 0.3 239 43 310.9 311.9 291.1 327.8 5.44 9 600 4317 -2.9 -6.4 77 3.5 -4.4 242 47 312.8 313.5 290.4 325.4 3.95 10 550 5001 -7.7 -12.0 71 4.4 -9.4 241 51 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.0 2.76 11 500 5736 -12.6 -17.4 67 4.8 -14.1 240 55 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.2 1.96 12 450 6532 -17.1 -23.9 55 6.8 -18.8 241 55 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.0 1.23 13 400 7406 -22.7 -29.2 55 6.5 -24.0 242 54 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.6 0.86 14 350 8371 -29.9 -35.1 61 5.1 -30.7 240 57 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.55 15 300 9450 -38.6 -40.5 82 2.0 -38.7 240 64 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.4 0.37 16 250 10677 -47.9 -47.9 100 0.0 -47.9 245 74 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.20 17 200 12113 -55.6 -64.8 31 9.2 -55.8 252 88 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13933 -59.4 -78.4 7 19.0 -59.6 249 70 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16420 -67.2 -83.7 8 16.5 -67.3 245 40 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.36 m Freezing level: 631.48 mb = 3914.28 m = 12841.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.29 mb = 3710.50 m = 12173.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.62 mb = 1424.83 m = 4674.60 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 8.83 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2209.56 m = 7249.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.53 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.40 mb = 1447.00 m = 4747.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.40 mb = 3486.57 m = 11438.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.40 mb = 9099.36 m = 29853.17 ft B at Equ Level: 254.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.40 mb = 11635.62 m = 38174.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 211.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 211.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 2.60 Bulk Shear: 97.96 m/s