MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F366.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510161800F366.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 366 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 1 NOV 25 Station: 42.64,-88.4 Latitude: 42.64 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 968 272 18.0 12.8 71 5.2 14.7 161 8 293.8 295.5 289.2 321.3 9.60 2 950 437 19.9 12.5 62 7.4 15.2 182 20 297.4 299.1 290.4 325.4 9.61 3 900 903 17.8 12.3 70 5.6 14.3 213 31 299.9 301.7 291.5 329.3 10.01 4 850 1389 13.6 11.5 87 2.1 12.3 221 34 300.4 302.2 291.7 330.1 10.10 5 800 1897 9.7 9.2 97 0.5 9.4 223 34 301.5 303.2 291.3 328.7 9.18 6 750 2432 7.9 3.0 71 4.9 5.2 223 33 305.2 306.4 290.1 324.5 6.36 7 700 3000 6.3 -1.1 59 7.4 2.5 228 41 309.5 310.4 290.3 325.2 5.06 8 650 3604 1.9 -3.0 70 4.9 -0.5 234 45 311.1 312.0 290.6 325.9 4.72 9 600 4244 -3.3 -4.9 88 1.7 -4.0 236 43 312.4 313.2 290.7 326.3 4.43 10 550 4927 -7.8 -9.6 87 1.8 -8.5 237 45 314.8 315.5 290.5 325.6 3.35 11 500 5662 -12.5 -17.8 64 5.3 -14.2 235 48 317.8 318.2 290.0 324.1 1.88 12 450 6458 -17.8 -24.3 57 6.5 -19.4 232 47 320.9 321.1 290.3 325.0 1.19 13 400 7329 -24.0 -31.2 51 7.2 -25.4 230 48 323.8 323.9 290.6 326.3 0.70 14 350 8287 -32.1 -34.3 81 2.2 -32.4 229 53 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.60 15 300 9355 -40.5 -42.1 85 1.6 -40.6 236 66 328.2 328.3 291.6 329.4 0.31 16 250 10570 -50.4 -51.0 94 0.6 -50.4 230 76 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.14 17 200 11993 -57.4 -67.6 26 10.2 -57.6 240 73 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 18 150 13812 -58.5 -79.5 5 21.0 -58.7 232 50 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.4 0.00 19 100 16350 -61.8 -84.0 4 22.2 -62.0 263 28 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.56 m Freezing level: 631.47 mb = 3841.01 m = 12601.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.33 mb = 3500.15 m = 11483.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.02 mb = 940.49 m = 3085.56 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.98 mb = 1803.46 m = 5916.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.03 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 333.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 197.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.39 mb = 1474.32 m = 4836.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.39 mb = 4836.20 m = 15866.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.39 mb = 5564.30 m = 18255.37 ft B at Equ Level: 16.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 406.39 mb = 7211.63 m = 23659.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 313.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 91.39 m/s