MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 42.09,-88.53 Latitude: 42.09 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 973 270 10.0 5.7 75 4.3 7.8 310 17 285.3 286.4 282.1 301.9 5.90 2 950 469 8.0 4.1 77 3.8 6.1 313 29 285.3 286.2 281.5 300.5 5.41 3 900 912 3.8 2.6 92 1.2 3.2 318 35 285.4 286.3 281.3 299.9 5.14 4 850 1375 1.1 0.1 93 0.9 0.6 334 36 287.3 288.0 281.4 300.2 4.53 5 800 1861 -0.5 -2.0 90 1.4 -1.2 334 35 290.6 291.3 282.4 302.6 4.14 6 750 2376 -2.3 -3.0 95 0.7 -2.6 318 27 294.0 294.8 283.8 306.1 4.09 7 700 2921 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 310 29 296.5 297.1 284.1 306.9 3.47 8 650 3501 -7.6 -10.6 79 3.0 -8.7 308 25 300.3 300.8 284.7 308.4 2.61 9 600 4120 -11.2 -15.9 68 4.7 -12.6 287 25 303.2 303.5 284.9 309.0 1.84 10 550 4783 -14.4 -26.3 36 11.9 -17.0 262 27 307.0 307.1 285.2 309.7 0.81 11 500 5499 -18.5 -29.4 38 11.0 -20.5 238 32 310.5 310.7 286.4 312.8 0.67 12 450 6278 -24.0 -24.4 97 0.4 -24.1 225 26 313.1 313.3 287.8 317.1 1.18 13 400 7126 -30.7 -30.7 100 0.0 -30.7 203 18 315.1 315.3 288.0 317.7 0.74 14 350 8059 -37.1 -40.7 69 3.6 -37.4 220 30 318.7 318.8 288.7 319.8 0.31 15 300 9123 -37.0 -67.4 3 30.4 -38.2 257 23 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.01 16 250 10378 -39.4 -71.8 2 32.4 -40.6 232 31 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 17 200 11890 -44.4 -75.5 2 31.1 -45.3 244 29 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 18 150 13788 -51.2 -80.6 2 29.4 -51.8 217 34 381.8 381.8 302.5 381.8 0.00 19 100 16361 -58.5 -84.9 2 26.3 -58.9 266 19 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5456.14 m Freezing level: 816.71 mb = 1698.75 m = 5573.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 832.77 mb = 1539.06 m = 5049.34 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.26 % Est. max temperature: 13.62 C = 56.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.07 mb = 803.28 m = 2635.39 ft T: 4.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 1.94 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1107.80 m = 3634.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.85 C = 51.53 F Cap Strength: 8.53 C Lifted Index: 10.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.84 C Showalter Index: 10.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 18.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.27 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15073.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.85 mb = 1022.36 m = 3354.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -30.1 tot: 36.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 12.15 m/s