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: 41.23,-86.33 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -86.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 978 235 23.1 15.0 60 8.1 17.8 200 9 298.2 300.2 291.8 330.4 11.05 2 950 486 20.9 13.7 63 7.3 16.3 200 18 298.4 300.3 291.3 328.7 10.39 3 900 951 17.4 12.3 72 5.1 14.1 201 26 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.7 10.01 4 850 1437 13.7 11.2 85 2.6 12.1 207 32 300.5 302.3 291.6 329.5 9.86 5 800 1946 11.3 8.7 84 2.7 9.7 224 39 303.2 304.9 291.6 329.6 8.84 6 750 2485 9.0 4.1 72 4.8 6.2 239 43 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.2 6.87 7 700 3052 4.9 0.1 71 4.9 2.4 246 43 307.9 308.9 290.2 324.8 5.49 8 650 3653 0.7 -4.0 71 4.7 -1.5 248 47 309.8 310.6 289.8 323.5 4.38 9 600 4291 -3.3 -10.5 58 7.1 -6.2 246 51 312.3 312.8 289.2 321.5 2.87 10 550 4973 -7.7 -16.8 48 9.0 -10.8 247 57 314.9 315.3 289.0 321.1 1.87 11 500 5708 -12.1 -19.5 54 7.5 -14.3 246 57 318.3 318.7 289.9 323.8 1.63 12 450 6507 -16.8 -22.9 59 6.1 -18.4 241 54 322.1 322.4 290.8 326.7 1.34 13 400 7381 -22.9 -26.7 71 3.8 -23.8 236 54 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.0 1.07 14 350 8345 -30.3 -32.3 82 2.1 -30.6 233 60 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.6 0.72 15 300 9422 -39.0 -39.2 97 0.3 -39.0 235 66 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.42 16 250 10645 -48.6 -48.6 100 0.0 -48.6 242 79 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.19 17 200 12076 -57.4 -63.9 44 6.5 -57.6 249 79 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 18 150 13891 -58.9 -78.7 6 19.8 -59.1 248 65 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.01 19 100 16397 -63.9 -83.8 5 19.9 -64.1 251 36 404.3 404.3 305.7 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.88 m Freezing level: 641.21 mb = 3764.87 m = 12351.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.44 mb = 3413.96 m = 11200.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.80 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.01 mb = 1258.90 m = 4130.19 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 8.51 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.98 mb = 2115.04 m = 6939.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 32.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.52 mb = 1481.57 m = 4860.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.52 mb = 3769.83 m = 12368.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 470.52 mb = 6168.98 m = 20239.20 ft B at Equ Level: 43.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 370.52 mb = 7933.73 m = 26028.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 373.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 135.55 m/s