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: 42.57,-90.50 Latitude: 42.57 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -53 SFC 963 266 18.4 17.0 92 1.3 17.5 170 14 294.7 297.0 292.0 331.3 12.79 2 950 386 18.1 16.5 90 1.6 17.0 174 24 295.5 297.8 292.1 331.4 12.49 3 900 848 15.1 14.6 97 0.5 14.8 184 35 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.0 11.72 4 850 1331 12.6 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 195 44 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.6 9.99 5 800 1838 10.2 7.8 85 2.4 8.8 196 42 302.0 303.6 290.8 326.8 8.33 6 750 2373 6.7 4.6 86 2.1 5.5 196 41 303.8 305.1 290.3 325.1 7.09 7 700 2936 3.3 1.7 89 1.6 2.4 194 48 306.1 307.3 290.2 324.9 6.17 8 650 3535 0.5 -1.4 87 1.9 -0.4 190 58 309.5 310.5 290.6 326.0 5.30 9 600 4173 -3.2 -5.6 84 2.3 -4.3 186 63 312.4 313.2 290.5 325.7 4.21 10 550 4856 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.6 188 67 314.9 315.6 290.5 325.6 3.31 11 500 5592 -12.2 -14.4 84 2.2 -13.0 186 68 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.5 2.51 12 450 6389 -17.8 -19.2 89 1.4 -18.3 186 64 320.8 321.2 290.9 327.1 1.86 13 400 7259 -24.2 -24.6 96 0.4 -24.2 186 57 323.6 323.8 291.2 328.1 1.30 14 350 8218 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.1 178 50 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.81 15 300 9293 -38.8 -38.8 100 -0.0 -38.8 195 39 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.45 16 250 10517 -49.5 -49.6 99 0.1 -49.5 182 38 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 17 200 11938 -61.0 -61.1 98 0.1 -61.0 170 43 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 18 150 13754 -55.3 -79.9 3 24.6 -55.6 229 47 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16344 -56.7 -84.4 2 27.8 -57.1 268 36 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.91 m Freezing level: 643.25 mb = 3620.77 m = 11879.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.82 mb = 3438.00 m = 11279.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.60 % Est. max temperature: 24.95 C = 76.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.68 mb = 433.68 m = 1422.82 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 6.53 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.48 mb = 956.42 m = 3137.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.28 C = 70.30 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 310.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.46 mb = 852.63 m = 2797.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.46 mb = 1895.81 m = 6219.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.46 mb = 8746.90 m = 28696.81 ft B at Equ Level: 310.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.46 mb = 12115.33 m = 39747.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.2 at 52.6 knts Storm direction: 219.2 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.3 neg: -10.2 tot: 235.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.18 Bulk Shear: 97.68 m/s