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: 39.68,-89.56 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -89.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 981 187 25.3 17.4 61 7.9 19.9 238 7 300.1 302.5 293.7 337.7 12.84 2 950 466 22.6 16.4 68 6.1 18.4 228 12 300.1 302.4 293.4 336.5 12.45 3 900 935 19.5 14.9 75 4.6 16.4 218 20 301.6 303.8 293.5 336.8 11.94 4 850 1425 15.5 13.5 88 2.1 14.2 218 25 302.4 304.5 293.4 336.4 11.49 5 800 1937 12.2 11.1 93 1.0 11.5 218 31 304.1 306.0 293.1 335.3 10.44 6 750 2477 9.5 5.9 78 3.6 7.3 226 34 306.9 308.3 291.8 330.4 7.77 7 700 3046 5.8 -0.9 62 6.6 2.4 235 36 308.9 309.8 290.2 324.8 5.14 8 650 3648 0.9 -3.3 73 4.3 -1.2 241 38 310.0 310.9 290.1 324.4 4.60 9 600 4286 -3.9 -8.3 72 4.3 -5.8 242 43 311.6 312.2 289.5 322.4 3.41 10 550 4967 -7.8 -13.4 64 5.6 -9.9 240 54 314.8 315.3 289.6 322.8 2.47 11 500 5703 -11.7 -19.4 53 7.7 -14.1 240 58 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.3 1.64 12 450 6502 -16.8 -23.8 54 7.0 -18.6 239 58 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.5 1.24 13 400 7376 -23.1 -28.5 61 5.4 -24.2 237 64 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.91 14 350 8339 -30.4 -31.1 93 0.7 -30.5 242 79 327.8 327.9 291.9 330.7 0.81 15 300 9416 -38.4 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.4 240 88 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.46 16 250 10643 -48.1 -48.2 99 0.1 -48.1 240 103 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.19 17 200 12082 -55.7 -61.7 47 5.9 -55.9 238 77 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 13908 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.6 -59.3 246 71 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16408 -64.8 -83.8 6 19.0 -65.0 246 42 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.87 m Freezing level: 640.31 mb = 3771.62 m = 12373.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.39 mb = 3445.86 m = 11305.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.45 mb = 1191.77 m = 3909.95 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.83 mb = 1648.32 m = 5407.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.33 C = 83.00 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.25 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 34.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 935.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.28 mb = 1361.91 m = 4468.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.28 mb = 2573.56 m = 8443.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.28 mb = 11144.91 m = 36564.21 ft B at Equ Level: 921.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.28 mb = 13854.10 m = 45452.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 10.17 Bulk Shear: 91.95 m/s