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: 40.19,-89.41 Latitude: 40.19 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 981 190 24.2 16.8 63 7.4 19.2 209 9 299.0 301.2 293.0 335.0 12.34 2 950 470 21.6 15.9 70 5.7 17.8 210 17 299.1 301.3 292.8 334.1 12.01 3 900 936 17.7 14.8 83 2.8 15.8 220 20 299.7 301.9 292.9 334.5 11.87 4 850 1423 14.1 13.3 95 0.8 13.6 228 26 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.3 11.37 5 800 1934 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 227 32 303.6 305.5 292.7 333.6 10.09 6 750 2473 9.4 4.5 71 4.9 6.6 232 37 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.2 7.05 7 700 3042 5.6 -2.8 55 8.4 1.5 238 40 308.7 309.5 289.5 322.5 4.45 8 650 3642 0.5 -4.4 70 4.8 -1.8 242 42 309.5 310.3 289.6 322.8 4.26 9 600 4279 -4.7 -8.8 73 4.1 -6.4 241 45 310.7 311.3 289.1 321.1 3.27 10 550 4958 -8.4 -17.7 47 9.3 -11.4 239 55 314.1 314.5 288.7 319.9 1.73 11 500 5692 -12.4 -22.9 41 10.5 -15.3 241 62 317.9 318.1 289.4 322.0 1.21 12 450 6489 -17.3 -26.9 43 9.6 -19.5 238 63 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.8 0.94 13 400 7361 -23.6 -29.9 56 6.4 -24.8 237 64 324.4 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.80 14 350 8322 -30.8 -32.3 87 1.5 -31.0 241 81 327.2 327.4 291.7 329.9 0.73 15 300 9400 -38.6 -39.3 93 0.7 -38.7 244 100 331.0 331.0 292.4 332.5 0.42 16 250 10624 -48.7 -48.8 98 0.2 -48.7 242 112 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12065 -54.3 -64.8 26 10.5 -54.5 238 80 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.03 18 150 13894 -59.1 -78.7 6 19.6 -59.3 248 67 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.4 0.01 19 100 16401 -64.4 -83.9 5 19.6 -64.5 248 42 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.48 m Freezing level: 645.36 mb = 3701.38 m = 12143.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.38 mb = 3307.88 m = 10852.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.10 C = 80.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.77 mb = 1129.88 m = 3706.92 ft T: 16.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.93 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1417.26 m = 4649.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 699.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.91 mb = 1235.73 m = 4054.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.91 mb = 2995.64 m = 9828.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.91 mb = 10783.55 m = 35378.67 ft B at Equ Level: 688.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.91 mb = 12953.67 m = 42498.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 40.5 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 6.89 Bulk Shear: 101.50 m/s