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: 42.52,-90.29 Latitude: 42.52 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -52 SFC 963 272 18.2 17.2 94 1.1 17.5 161 15 294.5 296.8 292.1 331.4 12.89 2 950 387 17.8 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 165 25 295.3 297.6 292.2 331.7 12.68 3 900 849 15.1 14.8 98 0.3 14.9 176 36 297.1 299.2 292.1 331.4 11.84 4 850 1332 12.6 11.4 92 1.2 11.9 190 41 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.7 10.01 5 800 1839 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.9 192 40 301.6 303.2 290.9 327.1 8.58 6 750 2374 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.9 195 39 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.2 7.47 7 700 2938 3.5 2.5 93 1.1 2.9 196 42 306.4 307.6 290.6 326.3 6.55 8 650 3536 0.1 -1.2 91 1.3 -0.6 192 48 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.8 5.40 9 600 4174 -3.5 -5.1 88 1.6 -4.2 190 55 312.1 312.9 290.5 325.9 4.36 10 550 4858 -7.4 -9.0 89 1.6 -8.1 192 60 315.3 316.0 290.7 326.6 3.52 11 500 5595 -11.8 -13.4 88 1.6 -12.4 192 63 318.7 319.2 291.0 327.6 2.71 12 450 6394 -17.3 -18.4 91 1.0 -17.7 193 64 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 1.99 13 400 7266 -23.9 -24.4 96 0.5 -24.0 193 59 323.9 324.2 291.3 328.5 1.33 14 350 8226 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.2 187 48 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.7 0.81 15 300 9301 -38.7 -38.7 100 0.0 -38.7 197 37 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.5 0.45 16 250 10525 -49.5 -49.5 99 0.1 -49.5 180 34 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 11945 -61.3 -61.4 98 0.1 -61.3 168 39 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 18 150 13757 -55.0 -80.0 3 25.0 -55.4 231 48 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16347 -57.2 -84.4 2 27.2 -57.6 270 35 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5646.51 m Freezing level: 648.53 mb = 3555.12 m = 11663.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.05 mb = 3436.90 m = 11275.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.97 % Est. max temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.10 mb = 404.04 m = 1325.59 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 5.48 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 918.63 m = 3013.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.05 mb = 829.16 m = 2720.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.05 mb = 1360.95 m = 4465.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.05 mb = 8915.74 m = 29250.74 ft B at Equ Level: 313.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.05 mb = 12366.49 m = 40571.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.8 at 48.3 knts Storm direction: 220.8 at 36.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.3 neg: -2.9 tot: 252.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 3.82 Bulk Shear: 82.57 m/s