MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F009.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F009.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 9 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.89,-85.54 Latitude: 40.89 Longitude: -85.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 987 256 17.2 1.7 35 15.5 9.3 186 9 291.5 292.2 283.1 304.2 4.38 2 950 579 13.2 0.7 42 12.5 7.1 191 13 290.6 291.3 282.5 302.9 4.24 3 900 1033 13.6 0.3 40 13.3 6.9 209 13 295.5 296.3 284.7 308.3 4.34 4 850 1514 13.2 3.7 52 9.6 8.0 229 7 300.0 301.1 287.9 317.5 5.87 5 800 2023 11.6 4.9 63 6.7 7.8 262 5 303.5 304.8 289.9 323.9 6.79 6 750 2561 9.1 3.9 70 5.2 6.2 269 7 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.1 6.77 7 700 3130 6.4 0.7 67 5.8 3.4 269 9 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.74 8 650 3735 2.8 -1.1 75 3.9 0.8 271 13 312.1 313.2 291.5 329.2 5.44 9 600 4378 -1.4 -5.4 74 4.0 -3.3 271 18 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.1 4.28 10 550 5067 -5.3 -13.8 51 8.5 -8.5 269 23 317.8 318.2 290.5 325.7 2.40 11 500 5809 -9.6 -18.2 49 8.6 -12.5 265 24 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.5 1.82 12 450 6614 -14.9 -21.6 57 6.7 -16.9 268 23 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.7 1.51 13 400 7494 -21.5 -25.3 72 3.7 -22.4 266 26 327.0 327.3 292.1 331.3 1.23 14 350 8464 -28.3 -30.2 83 2.0 -28.6 266 31 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.8 0.88 15 300 9555 -35.6 -35.7 98 0.2 -35.6 281 41 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.5 0.61 16 250 10794 -46.1 -46.6 95 0.5 -46.2 279 40 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.4 0.23 17 200 12246 -55.3 -58.1 71 2.8 -55.4 278 53 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.5 0.07 18 150 14035 -65.3 -74.8 26 9.5 -65.4 282 48 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16452 -71.8 -83.1 17 11.2 -71.9 291 30 388.9 388.9 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.27 m Freezing level: 616.73 mb = 4163.04 m = 13658.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.34 mb = 3855.31 m = 12648.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.39 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.68 mb = 2215.89 m = 7269.89 ft T: 10.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.32 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 532.03 mb = 5325.37 m = 17471.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.69 C = 112.43 F Cap Strength: 14.35 C Lifted Index: 15.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.91 C Showalter Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 13.28 C K Index: 20.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13312.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 15.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.96 mb = 2396.12 m = 7861.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: -15.0 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 27.59 m/s