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: 42.37,-89.03 Latitude: 42.37 Longitude: -89.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20 SFC 973 258 23.5 15.0 59 8.5 17.9 221 13 299.0 301.0 292.1 331.4 11.10 2 950 464 20.2 14.2 68 6.0 16.3 224 18 297.7 299.6 291.4 328.9 10.74 3 900 927 15.8 13.2 85 2.6 14.1 228 19 297.8 299.7 291.3 328.7 10.64 4 850 1410 11.7 11.4 98 0.3 11.5 232 20 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.6 10.01 5 800 1917 10.2 6.8 79 3.4 8.2 238 25 302.0 303.4 290.3 325.1 7.76 6 750 2451 6.1 3.9 86 2.2 4.9 237 28 303.2 304.4 289.8 323.4 6.74 7 700 3013 2.3 -1.6 76 3.8 0.4 241 34 305.0 305.9 288.7 319.9 4.88 8 650 3607 -1.6 -9.2 56 7.6 -4.7 241 41 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.4 2.92 9 600 4240 -5.3 -23.1 23 17.9 -10.3 241 45 310.0 310.2 286.5 313.3 0.99 10 550 4918 -9.0 -30.2 16 21.3 -13.7 237 50 313.5 313.6 287.2 315.4 0.56 11 500 5649 -13.6 -34.0 16 20.4 -17.5 237 57 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.0 0.43 12 450 6441 -18.9 -34.1 25 15.2 -21.6 237 66 319.4 319.5 289.1 321.1 0.47 13 400 7307 -24.9 -36.7 33 11.8 -26.6 232 73 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.1 0.41 14 350 8264 -32.0 -39.5 48 7.5 -32.9 228 79 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.35 15 300 9332 -41.1 -44.3 71 3.2 -41.3 231 86 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.25 16 250 10544 -50.0 -56.9 44 6.9 -50.2 239 93 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.07 17 200 11994 -52.0 -75.1 5 23.1 -52.4 241 58 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13834 -57.7 -79.6 4 21.9 -57.9 247 49 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16352 -62.6 -84.2 4 21.6 -62.8 254 38 406.9 406.9 306.1 406.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.21 m Freezing level: 670.71 mb = 3361.16 m = 11027.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.34 mb = 3054.99 m = 10022.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.71 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.60 mb = 1324.96 m = 4346.93 ft T: 12.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 18.11 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.45 mb = 1306.80 m = 4287.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 32.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 388.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.88 mb = 1263.41 m = 4144.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.88 mb = 1411.17 m = 4629.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.88 mb = 1610.44 m = 5283.54 ft B at Equ Level: 3.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 799.88 mb = 1918.53 m = 6294.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 58.61 m/s