MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 43.02,-89.10 Latitude: 43.02 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 974 271 6.8 3.8 81 3.0 5.4 268 17 282.1 282.9 279.7 296.4 5.16 2 950 478 4.5 3.1 91 1.3 3.8 271 30 281.7 282.6 279.4 295.7 5.04 3 900 915 1.0 1.0 100 0.0 1.0 275 36 282.6 283.4 279.3 295.4 4.57 4 850 1373 -1.8 -2.0 98 0.2 -1.9 291 41 284.3 284.9 279.2 295.2 3.88 5 800 1853 -5.0 -5.6 95 0.6 -5.2 294 39 285.9 286.4 279.0 294.9 3.15 6 750 2357 -8.5 -8.6 99 0.1 -8.5 293 37 287.4 287.9 279.1 295.2 2.66 7 700 2891 -9.7 -10.5 94 0.8 -10.0 297 37 291.7 292.2 280.9 299.0 2.44 8 650 3460 -12.5 -13.7 91 1.2 -12.8 297 39 294.9 295.2 281.8 301.1 2.04 9 600 4068 -15.5 -17.8 82 2.3 -16.1 291 42 298.2 298.5 282.6 303.1 1.57 10 550 4720 -19.4 -20.8 88 1.5 -19.7 287 45 301.1 301.3 283.5 305.3 1.32 11 500 5422 -24.1 -27.0 77 2.9 -24.6 286 52 303.6 303.8 284.0 306.4 0.84 12 450 6181 -30.1 -33.8 70 3.7 -30.6 285 55 305.4 305.5 284.2 307.0 0.49 13 400 7009 -35.2 -44.6 38 9.4 -35.9 288 57 309.3 309.3 285.3 309.9 0.18 14 350 7931 -39.2 -57.5 13 18.3 -40.0 289 63 315.8 315.8 287.4 316.0 0.05 15 300 8979 -42.4 -64.5 7 22.1 -43.1 292 63 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.7 0.02 16 250 10207 -43.8 -71.1 3 27.3 -44.5 294 70 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.01 17 200 11700 -45.9 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.6 296 64 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 18 150 13595 -50.1 -79.8 2 29.6 -50.8 290 51 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 19 100 16218 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.3 260 24 424.0 424.0 308.2 424.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5365.39 m Freezing level: 881.62 mb = 1083.49 m = 3554.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 882.66 mb = 1071.02 m = 3513.79 ft Precipitable water: 0.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.14 % Est. max temperature: 9.81 C = 49.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.55 mb = 645.04 m = 2116.26 ft T: 3.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.77 mb = 827.93 m = 2716.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 7.16 C = 44.89 F Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lifted Index: 7.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 21.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: 8.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 19.46 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.93 mb = 817.57 m = 2682.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.93 mb = 862.14 m = 2828.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.93 mb = 2399.10 m = 7870.96 ft B at Equ Level: 12.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 705.93 mb = 2825.79 m = 9270.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 31.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.9 neg: -8.0 tot: 184.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 37.86 m/s