MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F045.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 45 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-87.27 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -87.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 980 216 23.2 16.3 65 6.9 18.6 199 10 298.1 300.3 292.5 332.9 11.97 2 950 486 20.9 15.1 69 5.8 17.1 198 19 298.4 300.5 292.2 331.6 11.41 3 900 952 17.9 13.5 75 4.4 15.0 202 27 300.0 301.9 292.2 331.8 10.86 4 850 1439 14.6 11.9 84 2.7 12.9 212 33 301.4 303.3 292.3 332.0 10.36 5 800 1951 12.5 8.0 74 4.5 9.8 232 35 304.5 306.1 291.7 329.9 8.46 6 750 2490 8.9 4.6 74 4.3 6.5 243 36 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.8 7.10 7 700 3058 5.1 0.2 71 4.9 2.5 251 39 308.1 309.1 290.3 325.1 5.53 8 650 3658 1.0 -3.4 73 4.3 -1.2 253 44 310.0 310.9 290.1 324.4 4.58 9 600 4297 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.7 251 50 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.8 3.91 10 550 4981 -7.5 -11.9 71 4.4 -9.2 250 55 315.2 315.8 290.0 324.3 2.80 11 500 5716 -12.4 -18.9 59 6.5 -14.4 249 58 317.9 318.3 289.9 323.7 1.72 12 450 6513 -16.9 -26.9 41 10.1 -19.2 246 58 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.3 0.94 13 400 7387 -22.8 -33.2 38 10.4 -24.6 244 58 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.4 0.58 14 350 8351 -30.4 -37.3 51 6.8 -31.3 245 67 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.44 15 300 9429 -38.2 -39.5 88 1.3 -38.4 244 84 331.5 331.6 292.5 333.0 0.41 16 250 10658 -47.7 -47.8 99 0.1 -47.7 243 92 335.1 335.2 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12096 -57.0 -62.5 49 5.6 -57.1 249 92 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 18 150 13908 -59.6 -78.5 7 18.9 -59.8 257 70 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.01 19 100 16405 -65.8 -83.8 6 18.0 -65.9 250 43 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.65 m Freezing level: 638.63 mb = 3803.73 m = 12479.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.86 mb = 3463.00 m = 11361.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.12 mb = 1094.21 m = 3589.89 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.63 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.36 mb = 2020.50 m = 6628.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 33.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 256.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.35 mb = 1345.99 m = 4415.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.35 mb = 3123.23 m = 10246.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.35 mb = 8882.99 m = 29143.30 ft B at Equ Level: 256.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.35 mb = 11649.39 m = 38219.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 319.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 133.47 m/s