MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F054.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 54 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.48,-85.43 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -85.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 972 280 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 172 10 293.9 295.9 290.3 325.0 10.86 2 950 475 20.0 13.5 66 6.5 15.8 184 25 297.5 299.3 290.9 327.3 10.27 3 900 941 18.3 11.9 66 6.4 14.3 212 34 300.4 302.2 291.5 329.2 9.78 4 850 1428 14.6 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 220 32 301.4 303.2 291.7 330.2 9.73 5 800 1939 11.9 8.1 78 3.8 9.6 230 30 303.8 305.4 291.5 329.4 8.53 6 750 2477 9.2 1.8 60 7.4 5.2 242 30 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.3 5.81 7 700 3045 5.4 -3.3 54 8.6 1.2 246 29 308.4 309.2 289.3 321.8 4.29 8 650 3646 1.3 -7.5 52 8.8 -2.6 242 31 310.4 311.0 289.0 321.0 3.34 9 600 4285 -3.1 -10.2 58 7.1 -6.0 235 36 312.6 313.1 289.3 322.0 2.93 10 550 4969 -7.2 -14.1 58 6.8 -9.7 241 40 315.5 316.0 289.8 323.2 2.34 11 500 5705 -11.8 -16.8 66 5.0 -13.5 239 43 318.6 319.0 290.4 325.5 2.05 12 450 6504 -17.3 -20.1 79 2.8 -18.1 235 46 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.72 13 400 7376 -23.4 -24.0 95 0.5 -23.6 234 49 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.3 1.38 14 350 8340 -30.0 -30.0 100 0.0 -30.0 245 57 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.5 0.90 15 300 9417 -38.9 -38.9 100 -0.0 -38.9 251 67 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.44 16 250 10642 -48.7 -48.7 100 0.0 -48.7 251 93 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 17 200 12079 -57.2 -58.4 86 1.2 -57.2 253 113 342.1 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.07 18 150 13891 -59.4 -78.5 7 19.1 -59.6 259 56 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16402 -64.1 -83.9 5 19.7 -64.3 252 34 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.82 m Freezing level: 635.29 mb = 3834.35 m = 12579.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.11 mb = 3231.44 m = 10601.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.64 mb = 754.75 m = 2476.18 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2345.72 m = 7695.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5664.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.79 mb = 1499.91 m = 4920.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 270.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 270.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 72.12 m/s