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: 39.71,-89.29 Latitude: 39.71 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 192 26.0 17.0 58 9.0 19.8 228 8 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.6 12.52 2 950 469 23.3 16.0 64 7.3 18.4 223 14 300.8 303.1 293.4 336.5 12.14 3 900 938 19.7 14.7 73 5.0 16.4 216 20 301.8 304.0 293.4 336.5 11.76 4 850 1428 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.2 215 24 302.5 304.6 293.4 336.4 11.44 5 800 1941 12.0 11.2 95 0.8 11.5 215 30 304.0 305.9 293.2 335.4 10.53 6 750 2480 9.4 6.6 83 2.7 7.8 225 35 306.7 308.3 292.2 331.6 8.20 7 700 3049 5.7 -0.4 65 6.1 2.5 236 37 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.2 5.30 8 650 3651 0.9 -3.7 71 4.6 -1.3 242 39 310.0 310.8 290.0 324.0 4.48 9 600 4289 -3.7 -9.6 64 5.8 -6.1 243 45 311.8 312.4 289.2 321.6 3.08 10 550 4971 -7.8 -13.8 62 6.0 -10.0 241 55 314.8 315.3 289.6 322.7 2.39 11 500 5706 -11.8 -20.4 49 8.6 -14.3 240 58 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.8 1.51 12 450 6505 -16.7 -25.0 49 8.3 -18.8 239 58 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.1 1.11 13 400 7379 -23.0 -29.5 55 6.5 -24.3 238 63 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.1 0.83 14 350 8342 -30.4 -32.4 83 2.0 -30.7 242 76 327.7 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.72 15 300 9420 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 242 86 331.2 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10646 -48.0 -48.4 96 0.4 -48.0 242 103 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.19 17 200 12086 -56.0 -61.3 51 5.3 -56.1 239 79 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.05 18 150 13909 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.5 -59.3 246 72 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.01 19 100 16409 -65.0 -83.8 6 18.8 -65.2 246 42 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.39 m Freezing level: 640.21 mb = 3775.81 m = 12387.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3445.43 m = 11303.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.06 mb = 1327.47 m = 4355.15 ft T: 16.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.89 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.68 mb = 1714.73 m = 5625.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.30 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 417.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.05 mb = 1467.70 m = 4815.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.05 mb = 2468.53 m = 8098.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.05 mb = 10881.17 m = 35698.93 ft B at Equ Level: 903.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.05 mb = 13865.37 m = 45489.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 10.36 Bulk Shear: 87.36 m/s