MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F051.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 51 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-89.24 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -89.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 980 194 26.2 16.9 57 9.3 19.9 227 8 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.8 12.48 2 950 469 23.7 15.9 62 7.7 18.5 222 15 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.07 3 900 939 20.0 14.6 71 5.4 16.4 215 21 302.1 304.3 293.5 336.7 11.68 4 850 1429 15.8 13.3 85 2.5 14.2 213 25 302.7 304.8 293.4 336.5 11.39 5 800 1942 12.0 11.3 95 0.7 11.6 214 30 304.0 305.9 293.2 335.6 10.60 6 750 2482 9.3 7.2 86 2.1 8.0 224 34 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.4 8.50 7 700 3051 5.7 0.1 67 5.6 2.7 236 36 308.8 309.8 290.5 325.8 5.50 8 650 3652 1.0 -3.6 71 4.6 -1.3 243 38 310.0 310.9 290.0 324.1 4.50 9 600 4290 -3.6 -9.9 62 6.3 -6.1 243 45 312.0 312.5 289.2 321.6 3.01 10 550 4973 -7.7 -13.6 63 5.9 -9.9 241 55 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.9 2.43 11 500 5708 -11.8 -20.7 48 8.9 -14.4 240 58 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.7 1.48 12 450 6507 -16.7 -25.3 47 8.7 -18.8 239 58 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.0 1.08 13 400 7381 -22.9 -29.7 54 6.8 -24.3 238 63 325.2 325.3 291.2 328.1 0.81 14 350 8345 -30.4 -32.8 79 2.4 -30.8 241 75 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.3 0.69 15 300 9422 -38.4 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.4 241 85 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10648 -47.9 -48.4 95 0.5 -48.0 242 102 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.19 17 200 12089 -56.2 -61.1 54 4.9 -56.3 240 79 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 13911 -59.2 -78.6 6 19.4 -59.4 246 72 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16410 -65.1 -83.8 6 18.7 -65.3 246 42 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.56 m Freezing level: 639.53 mb = 3785.83 m = 12420.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.93 mb = 3455.73 m = 11337.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.89 mb = 1370.23 m = 4495.45 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1748.22 m = 5735.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.97 mb = 1519.76 m = 4986.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.97 mb = 2089.99 m = 6856.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.97 mb = 11021.21 m = 36158.38 ft B at Equ Level: 911.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.97 mb = 13664.04 m = 44828.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 10.85 Bulk Shear: 84.68 m/s