MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F039.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 39 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.50,-88.39 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -88.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 988 140 28.6 16.1 47 12.5 20.1 205 16 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.4 11.71 2 950 490 25.4 15.1 53 10.3 18.5 207 28 303.0 305.1 293.6 337.0 11.46 3 900 962 20.9 14.1 65 6.8 16.4 209 31 303.0 305.1 293.4 336.6 11.30 4 850 1453 16.3 12.7 79 3.6 14.0 211 31 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.6 10.90 5 800 1966 11.7 11.1 96 0.7 11.3 212 30 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.7 10.41 6 750 2504 8.9 8.9 100 0.0 8.9 213 30 306.2 308.0 293.0 335.0 9.56 7 700 3073 4.8 4.6 98 0.2 4.6 214 29 307.8 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.60 8 650 3674 1.9 -3.9 65 5.8 -0.9 214 28 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.9 4.40 9 600 4315 -2.2 -11.0 51 8.8 -5.8 214 31 313.5 314.1 289.5 322.4 2.74 10 550 5000 -7.2 -11.9 69 4.7 -9.0 218 40 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.7 2.79 11 500 5736 -12.5 -13.0 96 0.5 -12.7 219 47 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.1 2.81 12 450 6534 -17.1 -17.1 100 0.0 -17.1 226 54 321.7 322.2 291.5 329.2 2.22 13 400 7410 -21.7 -24.6 78 2.8 -22.4 230 60 326.8 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.31 14 350 8380 -28.4 -29.6 89 1.2 -28.6 236 63 330.4 330.6 292.7 333.9 0.94 15 300 9466 -36.8 -36.8 100 -0.0 -36.8 238 67 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.54 16 250 10700 -46.7 -46.7 100 -0.0 -46.7 256 64 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.23 17 200 12143 -57.5 -57.9 96 0.4 -57.5 259 63 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 18 150 13940 -59.6 -78.8 7 19.2 -59.8 246 79 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16428 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.3 246 37 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.84 m Freezing level: 627.14 mb = 3967.28 m = 13015.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.24 mb = 3571.91 m = 11718.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.21 mb = 1713.69 m = 5622.28 ft T: 13.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 12.61 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1863.23 m = 6112.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 41.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 401.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 681.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.24 mb = 1785.56 m = 5858.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.24 mb = 1942.25 m = 6372.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.24 mb = 10376.46 m = 34043.09 ft B at Equ Level: 681.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.24 mb = 13449.82 m = 44126.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.4 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 244.4 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -5.7 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 50.62 Bulk Shear: 13.47 m/s