MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.27,-89.00 Latitude: 42.27 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 SFC 974 256 19.3 13.2 68 6.1 15.4 207 12 294.7 296.5 289.6 322.9 9.82 2 950 469 18.9 12.2 65 6.7 14.7 212 23 296.3 298.0 289.9 323.6 9.41 3 900 932 16.3 11.7 74 4.6 13.4 236 34 298.3 300.1 290.7 326.5 9.64 4 850 1417 14.1 11.5 84 2.7 12.4 240 40 301.0 302.8 291.9 330.6 10.05 5 800 1928 11.6 8.5 82 3.0 9.7 237 39 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.7 8.77 6 750 2465 8.0 5.0 82 2.9 6.3 234 39 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.4 7.33 7 700 3031 4.3 1.7 83 2.6 2.9 238 40 307.2 308.4 290.6 326.2 6.20 8 650 3631 0.7 -3.2 75 3.9 -1.2 238 41 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.3 4.65 9 600 4269 -3.8 -6.9 79 3.2 -5.2 230 45 311.7 312.5 289.9 323.8 3.79 10 550 4951 -7.8 -9.9 85 2.0 -8.7 230 49 314.8 315.4 290.4 325.4 3.29 11 500 5686 -12.3 -13.5 91 1.2 -12.8 232 50 318.0 318.6 290.8 326.9 2.70 12 450 6484 -17.5 -17.8 97 0.3 -17.6 234 51 321.2 321.7 291.2 328.3 2.10 13 400 7356 -23.3 -23.7 97 0.4 -23.4 238 53 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.6 1.41 14 350 8319 -30.7 -30.6 100 -0.0 -30.7 241 52 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.5 0.85 15 300 9393 -39.6 -39.6 100 -0.0 -39.6 235 53 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.41 16 250 10612 -49.8 -49.8 100 0.0 -49.8 235 63 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 17 200 12044 -54.1 -66.7 20 12.6 -54.4 241 63 347.0 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13877 -58.6 -78.1 6 19.5 -58.8 247 53 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16370 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 242 36 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.16 m Freezing level: 641.99 mb = 3733.22 m = 12247.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3455.51 m = 11336.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.05 mb = 1035.56 m = 3397.47 ft T: 15.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 6.82 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.58 mb = 2272.08 m = 7454.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.16 C = 84.49 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 1.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.73 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 35.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6739.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.02 mb = 1406.80 m = 4615.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.2 neg: -15.9 tot: 172.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 57.25 m/s