MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F042.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 42 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.45,-88.31 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 983 203 25.2 14.8 52 10.5 18.3 207 13 299.8 301.8 292.1 331.5 10.81 2 950 502 21.7 13.7 60 8.0 16.5 206 20 299.2 301.2 291.7 329.8 10.46 3 900 968 17.4 12.9 75 4.5 14.5 207 22 299.4 301.3 291.7 330.0 10.44 4 850 1454 15.1 11.0 77 4.1 12.6 220 31 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.9 9.76 5 800 1968 13.2 7.4 68 5.9 9.7 226 37 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.6 8.09 6 750 2507 9.4 4.8 73 4.6 6.8 235 37 306.8 308.2 291.3 328.7 7.21 7 700 3076 5.2 2.3 82 2.9 3.7 240 38 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.2 6.49 8 650 3678 1.2 -0.5 89 1.7 0.3 242 42 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.70 9 600 4318 -3.0 -3.9 93 0.9 -3.4 243 48 312.7 313.6 291.0 327.7 4.77 10 550 5002 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 245 52 315.1 315.8 290.7 326.7 3.61 11 500 5737 -12.5 -13.2 95 0.7 -12.8 245 56 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.9 2.78 12 450 6535 -16.7 -18.2 89 1.4 -17.1 246 55 322.2 322.6 291.5 329.1 2.03 13 400 7410 -22.5 -23.3 93 0.8 -22.7 245 50 325.7 326.0 291.9 330.8 1.46 14 350 8375 -30.1 -30.3 99 0.1 -30.2 243 51 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.3 0.88 15 300 9452 -38.8 -38.8 100 -0.0 -38.8 241 58 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.44 16 250 10676 -48.8 -48.8 100 0.0 -48.8 244 71 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.18 17 200 12109 -55.9 -64.8 32 8.9 -56.1 258 91 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13930 -59.0 -78.4 6 19.4 -59.2 253 66 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16416 -67.2 -83.7 8 16.5 -67.3 247 43 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.41 m Freezing level: 635.67 mb = 3861.06 m = 12667.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.83 mb = 3729.15 m = 12234.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.88 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.52 mb = 1519.14 m = 4983.98 ft T: 14.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 4.16 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.48 mb = 2358.51 m = 7737.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.14 mb = 1533.03 m = 5029.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.14 mb = 3712.94 m = 12181.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 437.14 mb = 6750.24 m = 22146.18 ft B at Equ Level: 88.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.14 mb = 9746.15 m = 31975.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 217.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 91.17 m/s