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: 42.84,-87.95 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -87.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 977 223 20.4 15.9 75 4.6 17.4 223 11 295.6 297.7 291.5 329.2 11.68 2 950 462 19.2 14.6 74 4.7 16.2 228 21 296.7 298.7 291.3 328.6 11.03 3 900 924 15.4 13.0 85 2.4 13.8 229 27 297.4 299.3 291.1 327.8 10.48 4 850 1407 11.9 10.9 93 1.0 11.3 232 29 298.6 300.3 290.8 326.8 9.65 5 800 1913 9.3 9.1 98 0.2 9.2 236 30 301.1 302.7 291.1 327.9 9.09 6 750 2446 6.4 4.1 85 2.3 5.1 243 31 303.5 304.8 290.0 324.2 6.88 7 700 3009 2.7 -2.1 71 4.8 0.4 241 34 305.4 306.3 288.7 319.8 4.69 8 650 3604 -1.7 -8.7 59 7.0 -4.6 237 41 307.1 307.6 287.6 316.6 3.05 9 600 4236 -5.9 -15.2 48 9.2 -9.1 237 47 309.2 309.6 287.3 315.6 1.96 10 550 4912 -9.7 -20.0 43 10.3 -12.7 235 54 312.6 312.9 287.9 317.3 1.42 11 500 5642 -13.7 -27.3 31 13.6 -16.9 235 58 316.3 316.5 288.5 319.1 0.81 12 450 6434 -19.1 -31.5 32 12.5 -21.4 237 63 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.4 0.61 13 400 7299 -25.6 -33.8 46 8.2 -26.9 235 72 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.7 0.55 14 350 8253 -32.9 -38.7 56 5.8 -33.6 230 79 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.38 15 300 9320 -40.6 -46.4 54 5.8 -41.0 234 86 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 16 250 10537 -48.8 -57.6 35 8.8 -49.1 234 85 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.7 0.06 17 200 11994 -51.1 -72.2 6 21.1 -51.5 243 56 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13829 -58.3 -79.8 5 21.5 -58.6 243 51 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16356 -61.5 -84.4 3 22.9 -61.8 248 33 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.29 m Freezing level: 669.23 mb = 3375.44 m = 11074.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.23 mb = 3052.72 m = 10015.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.45 % Est. max temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.91 mb = 802.51 m = 2632.86 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 12.36 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1287.52 m = 4224.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.65 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 377.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.24 mb = 1121.39 m = 3679.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.24 mb = 2077.34 m = 6815.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 314.24 mb = 8998.61 m = 29522.65 ft B at Equ Level: 375.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.24 mb = 11246.89 m = 36898.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 40.2 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 6.37 Bulk Shear: 59.30 m/s