MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170000F096.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 42.21,-88.98 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -88.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 SFC 974 255 16.8 2.5 38 14.3 9.4 231 8 292.1 293.0 283.7 305.8 4.70 2 950 468 17.4 1.0 33 16.5 9.0 244 18 294.9 295.7 284.4 307.6 4.32 3 900 926 13.7 -0.2 38 13.9 6.8 241 26 295.6 296.4 284.6 308.1 4.19 4 850 1403 9.2 -0.7 50 9.9 4.4 236 33 295.7 296.5 284.7 308.3 4.26 5 800 1901 4.1 -1.1 69 5.3 1.7 236 38 295.5 296.3 284.8 308.5 4.40 6 750 2421 -1.0 -1.5 96 0.5 -1.2 241 40 295.5 296.4 284.9 309.0 4.58 7 700 2970 -3.5 -3.9 97 0.4 -3.7 249 42 298.7 299.4 285.7 311.0 4.10 8 650 3552 -7.0 -7.6 96 0.6 -7.2 251 49 301.0 301.7 285.8 311.2 3.33 9 600 4173 -10.4 -10.8 97 0.4 -10.5 241 52 304.1 304.6 286.3 312.8 2.79 10 550 4840 -12.5 -12.7 98 0.3 -12.6 229 56 309.3 309.8 287.9 317.6 2.61 11 500 5564 -15.8 -16.2 97 0.4 -15.9 233 74 313.7 314.2 289.0 320.8 2.16 12 450 6349 -22.0 -22.2 98 0.2 -22.1 238 91 315.5 315.8 288.8 320.3 1.43 13 400 7204 -27.9 -36.7 43 8.8 -29.1 228 93 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.2 0.41 14 350 8150 -34.8 -50.9 18 16.2 -35.8 233 84 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.3 0.10 15 300 9209 -42.0 -52.9 29 10.9 -42.5 244 97 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.5 0.09 16 250 10430 -46.2 -64.1 12 17.8 -46.7 251 87 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 11890 -51.8 -71.4 8 19.6 -52.2 257 86 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 13732 -57.1 -79.0 5 21.9 -57.3 242 73 371.7 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.01 19 100 16295 -57.9 -84.9 2 27.0 -58.3 247 36 415.8 415.8 307.2 415.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.50 m Freezing level: 759.42 mb = 2323.26 m = 7622.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.08 mb = 2197.82 m = 7210.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.22 % Est. max temperature: 20.28 C = 68.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.86 mb = 2044.84 m = 6708.72 ft T: 2.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.77 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 706.25 mb = 2899.19 m = 9511.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.87 C = 73.16 F Cap Strength: 5.80 C Lifted Index: 8.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 15.08 C K Index: 23.82 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12423.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.12 mb = 2526.79 m = 8289.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 48.1 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 36.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 127.42 m/s