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: 43.90,-91.22 Latitude: 43.90 Longitude: -91.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 960 293 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 133 13 293.8 296.0 291.3 328.7 12.23 2 950 385 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 137 21 294.5 296.7 291.5 329.2 12.12 3 900 846 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 153 32 296.3 298.4 291.5 329.0 11.33 4 850 1328 12.5 10.3 86 2.3 11.2 178 33 299.3 301.0 290.7 326.5 9.27 5 800 1835 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.9 184 30 301.2 302.6 290.0 324.3 7.78 6 750 2368 5.7 4.1 89 1.6 4.8 186 29 302.8 304.1 289.8 323.4 6.87 7 700 2929 2.1 1.0 93 1.0 1.5 186 31 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.7 5.90 8 650 3524 -1.5 -1.9 97 0.4 -1.7 186 34 307.3 308.2 289.7 323.0 5.12 9 600 4159 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 178 41 311.1 311.9 290.3 325.1 4.48 10 550 4840 -8.3 -9.1 94 0.7 -8.6 178 46 314.2 314.9 290.4 325.5 3.50 11 500 5574 -12.8 -13.3 96 0.5 -13.0 177 51 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.4 2.75 12 450 6370 -18.0 -18.9 93 0.9 -18.3 175 55 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.1 1.92 13 400 7240 -24.1 -26.2 83 2.1 -24.5 176 53 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.6 1.13 14 350 8199 -31.7 -37.1 59 5.4 -32.4 175 55 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 15 300 9270 -39.8 -46.1 50 6.4 -40.2 177 57 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 16 250 10489 -49.8 -52.9 70 3.1 -49.9 157 57 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 17 200 11913 -59.5 -61.5 78 2.0 -59.6 171 46 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 18 150 13717 -56.4 -80.0 4 23.6 -56.7 225 45 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16303 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 268 44 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.36 m Freezing level: 670.95 mb = 3275.11 m = 10744.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.06 mb = 3208.85 m = 10527.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.03 % Est. max temperature: 24.18 C = 75.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.60 mb = 415.94 m = 1364.63 ft T: 16.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 6.50 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1008.42 m = 3308.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.76 C = 69.36 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.21 mb = 862.44 m = 2829.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.21 mb = 1905.55 m = 6251.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 353.21 mb = 8133.49 m = 26684.36 ft B at Equ Level: 237.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.21 mb = 11212.40 m = 36785.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.2 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 207.2 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.1 neg: -6.2 tot: 208.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 63.62 m/s