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: 40.59,-87.21 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 SFC 979 215 26.5 14.4 47 12.1 18.5 206 13 301.4 303.4 292.4 332.8 10.61 2 950 481 23.5 13.6 54 10.0 17.0 206 23 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.5 10.34 3 900 950 19.0 12.7 67 6.4 15.0 206 26 301.1 303.0 292.1 331.4 10.28 4 850 1438 14.5 11.7 83 2.8 12.7 207 29 301.4 303.2 292.2 331.6 10.23 5 800 1949 12.3 8.7 79 3.6 10.2 227 38 304.3 305.9 291.9 330.9 8.88 6 750 2488 9.1 4.7 74 4.4 6.6 240 39 306.4 307.8 291.2 328.1 7.14 7 700 3056 5.3 0.1 69 5.2 2.6 245 42 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.3 5.50 8 650 3657 1.1 -3.6 71 4.6 -1.2 246 45 310.2 311.1 290.1 324.4 4.53 9 600 4296 -3.2 -8.5 66 5.4 -5.4 243 47 312.5 313.1 289.7 323.1 3.34 10 550 4979 -7.8 -15.6 54 7.8 -10.5 246 54 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.6 2.06 11 500 5713 -12.5 -23.0 41 10.5 -15.4 246 58 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.9 1.20 12 450 6511 -16.8 -28.9 34 12.1 -19.5 242 57 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.9 0.78 13 400 7385 -22.7 -33.9 35 11.2 -24.6 238 58 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.54 14 350 8349 -30.4 -39.3 41 8.9 -31.5 237 65 327.8 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.36 15 300 9425 -39.0 -39.5 95 0.5 -39.0 240 74 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.41 16 250 10650 -48.4 -48.4 100 0.0 -48.4 242 84 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 17 200 12085 -55.9 -66.7 25 10.9 -56.1 249 79 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13906 -59.0 -78.7 6 19.7 -59.2 247 67 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16406 -65.4 -83.8 6 18.4 -65.5 250 43 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.32 m Freezing level: 637.16 mb = 3821.36 m = 12537.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.36 mb = 3467.81 m = 11377.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.60 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 820.85 mb = 1731.94 m = 5682.16 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 9.94 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2266.68 m = 7436.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 33.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 229.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.72 mb = 1743.52 m = 5720.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.72 mb = 3354.50 m = 11005.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.72 mb = 9315.73 m = 30563.06 ft B at Equ Level: 227.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.72 mb = 11628.58 m = 38151.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 279.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 2.35 Bulk Shear: 97.48 m/s