MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.25,-89.11 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -89.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 973 257 17.0 13.8 81 3.3 15.0 202 11 292.5 294.3 289.2 321.5 10.21 2 950 463 17.0 13.1 78 3.9 14.5 210 23 294.4 296.2 289.7 323.1 9.99 3 900 924 16.4 12.2 76 4.2 13.7 246 28 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.4 9.95 4 850 1410 14.2 9.2 72 5.0 11.2 251 27 301.0 302.6 290.7 326.5 8.62 5 800 1919 10.9 5.7 70 5.2 7.9 246 33 302.7 304.0 290.0 324.2 7.18 6 750 2455 7.2 3.4 77 3.8 5.1 241 39 304.3 305.6 290.0 324.0 6.51 7 700 3019 4.1 -1.5 67 5.6 1.3 241 46 307.0 307.9 289.4 322.0 4.88 8 650 3618 -0.1 -9.7 48 9.6 -4.0 245 49 308.8 309.4 288.0 317.8 2.81 9 600 4254 -3.5 -15.9 38 12.4 -7.8 243 49 312.1 312.4 288.1 318.1 1.85 10 550 4937 -7.6 -13.7 61 6.1 -9.8 238 56 315.1 315.6 289.7 323.0 2.41 11 500 5672 -12.3 -16.9 69 4.5 -13.8 238 56 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.8 2.04 12 450 6469 -17.8 -20.7 78 2.9 -18.6 238 57 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.64 13 400 7339 -24.0 -26.2 82 2.2 -24.5 236 60 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.13 14 350 8299 -31.6 -33.5 83 1.9 -31.9 239 67 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.5 0.65 15 300 9369 -40.2 -40.7 95 0.5 -40.2 242 80 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 16 250 10586 -49.8 -50.5 92 0.7 -49.8 237 92 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.15 17 200 12017 -54.1 -68.1 16 13.9 -54.4 247 75 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13861 -57.9 -78.3 6 20.4 -58.2 248 48 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16363 -64.7 -83.8 6 19.1 -64.8 244 38 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.40 m Freezing level: 651.23 mb = 3603.01 m = 11820.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.15 mb = 3157.38 m = 10358.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.41 C = 79.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.99 mb = 672.02 m = 2204.77 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2025.28 m = 6644.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lifted Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 30.06 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6118.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.75 mb = 1234.43 m = 4049.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.4 neg: -4.1 tot: 202.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 81.69 m/s