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: 40.19,-89.57 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 984 182 24.2 15.2 57 9.0 18.2 200 14 298.7 300.8 292.0 331.2 11.13 2 950 485 20.0 14.2 69 5.8 16.3 205 22 297.5 299.5 291.4 328.9 10.81 3 900 949 15.8 13.4 86 2.3 14.3 212 23 297.8 299.7 291.5 329.2 10.82 4 850 1433 13.3 11.9 91 1.5 12.4 232 31 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.5 10.34 5 800 1943 12.7 7.4 70 5.3 9.5 233 36 304.7 306.2 291.4 329.0 8.09 6 750 2483 9.5 3.0 64 6.6 5.9 237 41 306.9 308.1 290.6 326.2 6.33 7 700 3052 5.6 -2.1 58 7.7 1.7 240 46 308.7 309.5 289.7 323.2 4.68 8 650 3653 1.3 -6.1 58 7.3 -2.1 239 52 310.4 311.1 289.4 322.2 3.74 9 600 4292 -3.3 -14.6 41 11.3 -7.4 238 55 312.3 312.7 288.4 319.0 2.06 10 550 4974 -8.0 -22.3 31 14.3 -12.1 240 58 314.6 314.9 288.3 318.6 1.16 11 500 5707 -12.6 -27.3 28 14.7 -16.2 240 62 317.6 317.8 288.9 320.5 0.81 12 450 6503 -17.9 -30.8 31 12.9 -20.5 237 63 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.1 0.65 13 400 7374 -23.6 -35.3 33 11.7 -25.4 234 62 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.47 14 350 8336 -30.8 -39.9 40 9.1 -31.9 234 68 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 15 300 9410 -39.4 -41.8 78 2.4 -39.6 234 76 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.1 0.32 16 250 10635 -48.1 -48.1 100 0.0 -48.1 239 90 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.20 17 200 12072 -55.2 -67.9 19 12.7 -55.4 247 80 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13897 -58.8 -78.7 6 19.9 -59.0 247 66 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16397 -65.9 -83.7 7 17.9 -66.0 242 40 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.64 m Freezing level: 636.15 mb = 3829.98 m = 12565.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.43 mb = 3317.66 m = 10884.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.64 mb = 1307.71 m = 4290.35 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.91 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2187.80 m = 7177.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.45 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.97 C Cross Totals Index: 24.52 C K Index: 30.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 164.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.54 mb = 1249.98 m = 4100.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.54 mb = 3984.67 m = 13072.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 393.54 mb = 7491.01 m = 24576.52 ft B at Equ Level: 108.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.54 mb = 10030.01 m = 32906.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 219.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 219.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 120.17 m/s