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: 40.86,-88.23 Latitude: 40.86 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 979 213 23.9 15.2 58 8.7 18.2 210 12 298.8 300.9 292.1 331.4 11.18 2 950 476 21.2 14.3 65 6.9 16.7 213 19 298.7 300.7 291.8 330.4 10.88 3 900 942 16.8 13.4 80 3.4 14.6 216 22 298.8 300.8 291.8 330.3 10.79 4 850 1426 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 221 23 299.2 301.1 291.7 330.1 10.58 5 800 1934 10.5 10.0 97 0.5 10.2 242 29 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.0 9.67 6 750 2471 8.6 3.8 72 4.9 5.9 251 35 306.0 307.2 290.7 326.3 6.71 7 700 3038 4.9 -3.3 55 8.2 0.9 251 40 307.9 308.7 289.1 321.2 4.28 8 650 3638 0.6 -8.3 51 8.9 -3.2 250 44 309.6 310.2 288.6 319.6 3.15 9 600 4275 -3.8 -15.1 41 11.2 -7.8 246 52 311.7 312.1 288.1 318.1 1.97 10 550 4956 -7.9 -21.7 32 13.9 -11.9 244 63 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.9 1.22 11 500 5690 -12.6 -27.9 27 15.2 -16.2 245 69 317.7 317.8 288.8 320.4 0.77 12 450 6487 -17.4 -32.7 25 15.3 -20.4 239 71 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.3 0.54 13 400 7359 -23.3 -37.2 27 13.9 -25.4 238 75 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.39 14 350 8321 -30.8 -41.9 33 11.1 -32.0 239 82 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.28 15 300 9396 -39.2 -41.6 78 2.4 -39.4 239 91 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.33 16 250 10619 -48.6 -48.7 99 0.1 -48.6 237 102 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.18 17 200 12062 -53.7 -70.1 12 16.4 -54.0 243 81 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 13888 -59.6 -78.4 7 18.8 -59.8 249 64 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16387 -64.9 -83.8 6 19.0 -65.0 252 43 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5659.10 m Freezing level: 643.19 mb = 3724.77 m = 12220.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.77 mb = 3169.13 m = 10397.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.92 % Est. max temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.33 mb = 1304.12 m = 4278.54 ft T: 13.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.87 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.34 mb = 1402.81 m = 4602.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 29.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.49 mb = 1351.79 m = 4434.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 682.49 mb = 3243.24 m = 10640.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 332.49 mb = 8678.50 m = 28472.41 ft B at Equ Level: 192.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.49 mb = 11088.61 m = 36379.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 113.43 m/s