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: 39.84,-89.24 Latitude: 39.84 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 22 SFC 981 194 25.8 16.8 58 8.9 19.7 227 8 300.6 302.9 293.6 337.0 12.40 2 950 470 23.1 15.9 64 7.2 18.2 224 15 300.6 302.8 293.3 336.0 12.04 3 900 939 19.1 14.8 76 4.4 16.3 219 19 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.0 11.81 4 850 1428 15.2 13.5 90 1.7 14.1 217 24 302.0 304.1 293.3 336.0 11.50 5 800 1940 12.0 11.2 95 0.8 11.4 215 31 303.9 305.8 293.1 335.1 10.47 6 750 2479 9.3 6.2 81 3.1 7.5 225 36 306.7 308.2 291.9 330.9 7.98 7 700 3048 5.6 -1.1 62 6.8 2.2 237 38 308.7 309.7 290.1 324.4 5.04 8 650 3650 0.8 -4.0 70 4.8 -1.5 243 40 309.8 310.7 289.8 323.5 4.36 9 600 4287 -3.9 -9.7 64 5.8 -6.3 242 45 311.5 312.1 289.2 321.3 3.05 10 550 4968 -8.0 -14.4 60 6.4 -10.3 241 55 314.6 315.0 289.3 322.0 2.27 11 500 5703 -11.9 -20.5 49 8.6 -14.5 240 59 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.5 1.49 12 450 6502 -16.8 -25.1 49 8.3 -18.9 239 59 322.1 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.10 13 400 7375 -23.0 -29.3 56 6.3 -24.3 238 62 325.1 325.2 291.2 328.1 0.84 14 350 8339 -30.4 -32.3 83 1.9 -30.7 242 77 327.8 327.9 291.8 330.4 0.73 15 300 9416 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 243 89 331.1 331.2 292.4 332.8 0.46 16 250 10642 -48.1 -48.4 96 0.3 -48.1 243 106 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 17 200 12081 -55.7 -61.5 48 5.8 -55.9 239 79 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 13906 -59.1 -78.7 6 19.6 -59.3 247 71 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16407 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.1 247 42 402.3 402.3 305.5 402.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.91 m Freezing level: 641.89 mb = 3753.00 m = 12312.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.37 mb = 3399.24 m = 11152.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.68 mb = 1321.20 m = 4334.61 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.73 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.17 mb = 1668.19 m = 5473.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.31 mb = 1424.99 m = 4675.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.31 mb = 2642.45 m = 8669.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.31 mb = 10764.37 m = 35315.73 ft B at Equ Level: 843.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.31 mb = 13685.79 m = 44900.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.3 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 265.3 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 9.52 Bulk Shear: 88.61 m/s