MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F057.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 57 hour GFS valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 43,-88.08 Latitude: 43.00 Longitude: -88.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0 SFC 972 234 9.9 7.5 85 2.5 8.6 317 16 285.3 286.5 283.0 304.0 6.68 2 950 427 8.2 6.1 87 2.1 7.1 322 30 285.5 286.6 282.6 303.0 6.24 3 900 871 4.6 4.5 100 0.0 4.5 329 39 286.2 287.2 282.5 302.8 5.88 4 850 1336 3.6 3.6 100 0.0 3.6 345 32 289.9 291.0 284.0 306.6 5.83 5 800 1828 2.2 2.2 100 0.1 2.2 330 24 293.5 294.5 285.2 309.8 5.59 6 750 2347 -0.6 -0.6 100 0.1 -0.6 324 22 296.0 296.9 285.4 310.4 4.88 7 700 2896 -2.5 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.7 327 18 299.7 300.5 286.4 312.9 4.39 8 650 3482 -5.3 -5.9 96 0.6 -5.6 322 15 302.9 303.6 286.9 314.5 3.79 9 600 4106 -9.3 -9.8 96 0.5 -9.5 317 19 305.4 305.9 287.0 314.8 3.04 10 550 4773 -13.6 -14.0 97 0.4 -13.7 317 16 307.9 308.4 287.2 315.4 2.35 11 500 5492 -17.4 -17.5 99 0.1 -17.5 291 11 311.8 312.1 288.1 318.1 1.93 12 450 6275 -21.8 -21.8 100 0.0 -21.8 212 15 315.8 316.1 289.0 320.8 1.48 13 400 7133 -27.2 -27.2 100 -0.0 -27.2 212 34 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.2 1.03 14 350 8081 -34.0 -34.0 100 -0.0 -34.0 180 35 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.1 0.62 15 300 9149 -37.0 -59.7 8 22.7 -38.1 199 48 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 16 250 10400 -41.5 -66.0 5 24.4 -42.5 196 61 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 11904 -44.8 -75.6 2 30.7 -45.7 207 51 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 18 150 13789 -52.6 -80.4 2 27.8 -53.1 207 35 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16350 -58.8 -84.9 2 26.1 -59.2 252 21 414.1 414.1 307.0 414.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5492.15 m Freezing level: 759.92 mb = 2243.64 m = 7360.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.28 mb = 2237.12 m = 7339.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.06 % Est. max temperature: 16.41 C = 61.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.83 mb = 541.48 m = 1776.48 ft T: 7.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 1.20 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.52 mb = 802.45 m = 2632.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.68 C = 51.23 F Cap Strength: 7.41 C Lifted Index: 9.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 7.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 24.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.74 mb = 809.48 m = 2655.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.74 mb = 854.88 m = 2804.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.74 mb = 945.71 m = 3102.69 ft B at Equ Level: 9.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 851.74 mb = 1318.92 m = 4327.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 351.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.5 neg: -53.1 tot: 66.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.93 Bulk Shear: 10.23 m/s