MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F285.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510170600F285.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 285 hour GFS valid 3Z WED 29 OCT 25 Station: 41.98,-89.1 Latitude: 41.98 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 -69 SFC 962 250 8.2 5.9 85 2.3 7.0 257 16 284.5 285.5 281.9 301.3 6.05 2 950 356 7.0 5.3 89 1.8 6.1 260 24 284.3 285.3 281.6 300.7 5.87 3 900 798 3.4 3.4 100 0.0 3.4 269 31 285.0 285.9 281.4 300.2 5.42 4 850 1261 2.8 2.7 100 0.0 2.7 282 19 289.0 290.0 283.2 304.7 5.48 5 800 1752 3.2 3.1 100 0.0 3.2 234 13 294.5 295.6 286.0 312.0 6.00 6 750 2275 1.6 1.4 99 0.2 1.5 231 8 298.3 299.4 287.1 315.1 5.67 7 700 2829 -1.3 -1.5 98 0.2 -1.4 243 7 301.0 301.9 287.3 315.7 4.89 8 650 3418 -3.7 -4.7 93 1.0 -4.1 246 9 304.8 305.6 287.9 317.6 4.16 9 600 4047 -7.0 -7.9 93 1.0 -7.4 276 8 308.1 308.7 288.4 319.0 3.50 10 550 4722 -10.8 -11.8 92 1.0 -11.2 289 7 311.2 311.8 288.8 320.2 2.81 11 500 5448 -15.1 -17.9 79 2.8 -15.9 271 10 314.6 315.0 289.0 320.8 1.87 12 450 6236 -20.8 -21.6 93 0.8 -21.0 270 17 317.1 317.4 289.5 322.2 1.51 13 400 7097 -26.8 -27.5 94 0.7 -26.9 273 23 320.2 320.4 289.9 323.7 1.00 14 350 8046 -34.3 -36.4 81 2.2 -34.6 274 30 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.48 15 300 9103 -43.6 -44.2 94 0.6 -43.6 274 36 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.25 16 250 10307 -49.8 -53.8 62 4.1 -49.9 280 42 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.10 17 200 11780 -46.7 -76.6 2 30.0 -47.4 276 28 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 18 150 13681 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.1 271 25 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.01 19 100 16315 -55.2 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 286 26 421.0 421.0 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5517.44 m Freezing level: 722.38 mb = 2581.02 m = 8467.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.18 mb = 2556.32 m = 8386.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.53 % Est. max temperature: 16.79 C = 62.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.96 mb = 538.76 m = 1767.56 ft T: 5.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 1.16 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.62 mb = 728.68 m = 2390.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 8.62 C = 47.52 F Cap Strength: 11.65 C Lifted Index: 13.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.51 C Showalter Index: 10.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.83 C K Index: 20.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 81.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.32 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.43 mb = 784.53 m = 2573.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.43 mb = 829.70 m = 2722.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.43 mb = 920.58 m = 3020.22 ft B at Equ Level: 13.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 846.43 mb = 1294.68 m = 4247.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -48.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.8 neg: -51.3 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 22.43 m/s