MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F069.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 69 hour GFS valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.30,-89.06 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -89.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 977 256 15.2 0.9 38 14.3 8.2 312 17 290.3 291.1 282.4 302.5 4.19 2 950 489 12.5 -1.5 38 14.0 6.0 314 28 289.9 290.5 281.5 300.4 3.61 3 900 938 7.9 -2.8 47 10.7 3.1 316 32 289.7 290.3 281.2 299.7 3.45 4 850 1405 3.3 -3.9 59 7.2 0.3 317 34 289.6 290.2 281.1 299.4 3.36 5 800 1893 -1.3 -5.2 75 3.9 -2.9 319 33 289.8 290.3 281.0 299.2 3.24 6 750 2405 -2.8 -22.3 21 19.5 -7.9 332 36 293.5 293.6 279.6 296.2 0.85 7 700 2948 -5.8 -30.9 12 25.1 -10.9 330 36 296.1 296.1 280.2 297.4 0.42 8 650 3524 -9.0 -35.1 10 26.1 -13.6 325 34 298.8 298.8 281.3 299.8 0.30 9 600 4139 -12.3 -39.0 9 26.6 -16.4 322 30 301.8 301.9 282.4 302.6 0.22 10 550 4800 -14.7 -51.6 3 36.9 -18.7 322 41 306.6 306.6 284.1 306.9 0.06 11 500 5517 -17.9 -55.2 2 37.3 -21.4 330 54 311.2 311.2 285.8 311.4 0.04 12 450 6297 -22.7 -56.1 3 33.5 -25.4 333 67 314.7 314.7 287.1 314.9 0.04 13 400 7151 -28.3 -55.0 6 26.7 -30.2 334 81 318.2 318.2 288.2 318.4 0.05 14 350 8096 -34.2 -57.4 8 23.2 -35.5 332 80 322.6 322.7 289.6 322.8 0.05 15 300 9161 -40.0 -61.4 8 21.4 -40.8 332 75 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.1 0.03 16 250 10399 -41.9 -70.8 3 28.9 -42.8 309 46 343.8 343.8 295.2 343.8 0.01 17 200 11895 -45.9 -76.3 2 30.3 -46.7 300 37 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13786 -52.5 -80.8 2 28.3 -52.9 272 28 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 19 100 16359 -59.4 -84.5 2 25.1 -59.7 266 26 412.9 412.9 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5461.72 m Freezing level: 814.16 mb = 1754.56 m = 5756.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 845.91 mb = 1444.02 m = 4737.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.25 % Est. max temperature: 14.58 C = 58.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.95 mb = 2023.05 m = 6637.24 ft T: -1.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.29 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.69 mb = 2895.08 m = 9498.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.66 C = 69.19 F Cap Strength: 8.30 C Lifted Index: 10.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 11.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 13.98 C K Index: -7.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.64 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14681.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 768.10 mb = 2215.39 m = 7268.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.1 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 355.1 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -10.4 tot: 108.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 25.97 m/s