MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 3Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 41.6,-85.98 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -85.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 989 256 11.3 0.6 48 10.7 6.3 140 6 285.4 286.1 280.0 296.9 4.04 2 950 591 14.1 0.2 38 13.9 7.3 154 13 291.5 292.3 282.8 303.4 4.08 3 900 1045 11.5 -0.2 44 11.7 5.8 177 9 293.3 294.1 283.7 305.6 4.19 4 850 1522 11.2 3.2 58 8.1 6.9 248 2 297.9 298.9 286.9 314.6 5.65 5 800 2028 10.4 3.9 64 6.5 6.8 341 9 302.2 303.4 289.1 321.2 6.35 6 750 2565 9.9 -2.1 43 12.0 3.9 340 14 307.4 308.2 289.0 320.9 4.38 7 700 3136 7.2 -1.5 54 8.7 2.7 340 19 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.7 4.90 8 650 3742 3.8 -4.1 56 8.0 -0.0 339 23 313.3 314.1 290.9 327.1 4.33 9 600 4388 0.1 -12.2 39 12.2 -4.8 337 24 316.2 316.7 290.1 324.4 2.51 10 550 5078 -4.8 -13.2 52 8.4 -8.0 328 25 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.52 11 500 5821 -10.0 -16.0 62 6.0 -12.1 326 28 320.9 321.3 291.2 328.3 2.20 12 450 6625 -15.4 -19.4 71 4.0 -16.6 326 33 323.9 324.2 291.7 330.1 1.83 13 400 7504 -21.4 -24.1 79 2.7 -22.0 316 37 327.2 327.5 292.3 332.0 1.37 14 350 8476 -28.1 -32.5 66 4.4 -28.9 313 42 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.71 15 300 9562 -36.5 -39.3 75 2.9 -36.8 314 48 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.42 16 250 10798 -46.4 -48.7 77 2.4 -46.5 305 45 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.18 17 200 12252 -54.3 -64.1 29 9.8 -54.5 292 59 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.03 18 150 14053 -64.5 -76.5 18 12.1 -64.6 298 59 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16471 -70.1 -82.9 14 12.8 -70.2 303 37 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.35 m Freezing level: 599.16 mb = 4399.32 m = 14433.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.70 mb = 3732.95 m = 12247.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.77 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.87 mb = 1622.07 m = 5321.69 ft T: 11.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 0.30 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 521.78 mb = 5488.87 m = 18007.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.59 C = 114.06 F Cap Strength: 16.34 C Lifted Index: 16.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.81 C Showalter Index: 9.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 13.14 C K Index: 15.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14292.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.63 mb = 2285.32 m = 7497.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.2 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 2.2 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 85.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 105.81 m/s