MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F258.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 258 hour GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 41.40,-89.57 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -89.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -32 SFC 972 214 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.9 169 21 296.0 298.2 292.1 331.4 12.31 2 950 410 19.5 15.9 80 3.6 17.1 172 37 297.0 299.1 292.2 331.7 12.01 3 900 873 15.6 14.7 94 0.9 15.1 176 47 297.6 299.8 292.2 331.9 11.80 4 850 1358 13.2 12.6 96 0.6 12.9 192 49 300.0 302.0 292.2 331.8 10.86 5 800 1867 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 200 45 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.5 9.83 6 750 2403 7.4 7.2 99 0.2 7.3 206 47 304.6 306.2 291.8 330.2 8.55 7 700 2969 4.8 4.0 94 0.8 4.4 200 50 307.8 309.2 291.7 330.1 7.30 8 650 3571 1.4 0.6 95 0.8 1.0 196 57 310.6 311.7 291.6 329.7 6.18 9 600 4212 -2.6 -4.5 87 1.9 -3.5 197 63 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.5 4.56 10 550 4896 -7.4 -12.2 68 4.9 -9.2 196 62 315.4 315.9 290.0 324.2 2.72 11 500 5632 -12.3 -17.6 64 5.3 -14.0 200 62 318.1 318.5 290.1 324.5 1.92 12 450 6428 -18.1 -22.3 70 4.2 -19.2 202 59 320.5 320.8 290.4 325.4 1.42 13 400 7296 -24.7 -27.9 75 3.2 -25.4 200 59 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.3 0.96 14 350 8253 -31.9 -32.6 94 0.7 -32.0 209 55 325.7 325.9 291.2 328.3 0.71 15 300 9325 -39.5 -39.6 99 0.1 -39.5 217 48 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.41 16 250 10547 -49.2 -49.2 99 0.1 -49.2 213 45 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 11970 -58.9 -61.4 72 2.5 -58.9 204 43 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 18 150 13790 -56.7 -79.5 4 22.8 -57.0 235 49 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16363 -59.3 -84.2 3 24.8 -59.7 275 34 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.12 m Freezing level: 632.40 mb = 3796.69 m = 12456.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.74 mb = 3711.03 m = 12175.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.51 % Est. max temperature: 25.69 C = 78.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.72 mb = 696.70 m = 2285.73 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.64 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.85 mb = 1132.73 m = 3716.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.98 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 406.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.07 mb = 948.18 m = 3110.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.07 mb = 2001.97 m = 6568.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.07 mb = 9620.04 m = 31561.44 ft B at Equ Level: 406.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.07 mb = 12392.81 m = 40658.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 346.2 neg: -7.3 tot: 338.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 4.98 Bulk Shear: 81.72 m/s