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: 39.94,-89.12 Latitude: 39.94 Longitude: -89.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 980 199 25.6 16.7 58 9.0 19.5 233 9 300.5 302.7 293.4 336.4 12.25 2 950 472 22.9 15.8 64 7.1 18.1 229 15 300.4 302.6 293.2 335.4 11.94 3 900 941 18.8 14.7 77 4.0 16.1 222 18 300.8 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.78 4 850 1429 14.9 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 214 22 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.7 11.51 5 800 1941 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 212 32 303.8 305.7 293.1 335.1 10.52 6 750 2480 9.1 6.4 83 2.7 7.5 225 39 306.5 308.0 292.0 330.9 8.08 7 700 3048 5.5 -1.6 60 7.1 2.0 237 40 308.6 309.5 289.9 323.7 4.86 8 650 3649 0.7 -4.6 68 5.2 -1.8 244 41 309.7 310.5 289.6 322.8 4.19 9 600 4286 -4.0 -10.2 62 6.1 -6.5 242 46 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.94 10 550 4967 -8.1 -14.7 59 6.6 -10.4 242 56 314.5 314.9 289.3 321.8 2.22 11 500 5702 -12.0 -20.4 50 8.4 -14.5 241 60 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.5 1.51 12 450 6501 -16.9 -25.1 49 8.2 -18.9 239 58 322.0 322.3 290.5 325.9 1.11 13 400 7374 -22.9 -29.0 57 6.1 -24.2 238 61 325.2 325.3 291.2 328.3 0.87 14 350 8338 -30.4 -32.5 81 2.2 -30.7 242 77 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.71 15 300 9416 -38.5 -38.5 100 0.0 -38.5 243 90 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.46 16 250 10641 -48.1 -48.4 96 0.3 -48.1 244 106 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.19 17 200 12080 -55.8 -61.4 49 5.6 -55.9 239 80 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 13905 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.3 247 70 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16405 -64.9 -83.9 6 19.0 -65.0 247 41 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.42 m Freezing level: 642.93 mb = 3739.30 m = 12267.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.96 mb = 3355.70 m = 11009.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.38 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.72 mb = 1331.84 m = 4369.51 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 14.84 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1641.11 m = 5384.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.71 C = 81.87 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 25.50 C K Index: 33.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 769.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.26 mb = 1406.32 m = 4613.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.26 mb = 2620.70 m = 8597.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.26 mb = 10712.42 m = 35145.30 ft B at Equ Level: 767.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.26 mb = 13213.79 m = 43351.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 29.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 8.56 Bulk Shear: 89.87 m/s