MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 44.78,-85.87 Latitude: 44.78 Longitude: -85.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 975 222 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.5 180 11 291.3 293.3 289.6 322.9 11.16 2 950 447 16.7 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 199 20 294.1 296.0 290.0 324.1 10.47 3 900 908 15.5 9.5 67 6.0 11.9 233 15 297.5 299.0 289.2 321.6 8.29 4 850 1390 11.8 6.1 68 5.7 8.6 241 13 298.5 299.8 288.4 319.1 6.97 5 800 1894 8.3 1.7 63 6.6 4.9 238 14 300.0 301.0 287.5 316.1 5.41 6 750 2424 5.0 -5.0 49 10.0 0.5 227 18 302.0 302.6 286.3 312.8 3.52 7 700 2983 1.4 -9.5 44 11.0 -3.0 222 25 304.1 304.6 286.2 312.3 2.65 8 650 3576 -2.4 -15.4 36 13.0 -6.8 223 29 306.2 306.6 286.0 311.9 1.78 9 600 4206 -6.3 -19.9 33 13.6 -10.4 223 32 308.8 309.0 286.4 313.1 1.31 10 550 4881 -10.4 -22.3 37 11.9 -13.6 224 36 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.7 1.16 11 500 5608 -14.8 -26.9 35 12.1 -17.6 226 42 315.0 315.2 288.1 317.9 0.85 12 450 6398 -19.0 -29.8 38 10.8 -21.2 225 46 319.4 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.72 13 400 7263 -26.2 -28.1 84 1.9 -26.6 227 49 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.94 14 350 8218 -30.6 -30.6 99 0.1 -30.6 239 92 327.5 327.7 291.9 330.6 0.85 15 300 9299 -37.8 -37.8 100 -0.0 -37.8 226 113 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.9 0.49 16 250 10525 -48.8 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.8 223 120 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.18 17 200 11965 -55.1 -64.2 31 9.1 -55.2 242 94 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 13793 -57.8 -79.7 5 21.9 -58.1 246 52 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16337 -58.2 -84.6 2 26.5 -58.5 234 25 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5598.51 m Freezing level: 681.31 mb = 3204.74 m = 10514.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.93 mb = 2500.97 m = 8205.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.76 % Est. max temperature: 23.97 C = 75.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.80 mb = 341.71 m = 1121.07 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.85 mb = 1660.01 m = 5446.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.04 C = 75.27 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: 2.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 21.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.13 mb = 1202.24 m = 3944.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.13 mb = 2935.70 m = 9631.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 514.13 mb = 5395.49 m = 17701.53 ft B at Equ Level: 56.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.13 mb = 6832.97 m = 22417.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.5 neg: -15.3 tot: 70.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.55 Bulk Shear: 22.32 m/s