MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F003.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 3 hour GFS valid 15Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 40.54,-90.39 Latitude: 40.54 Longitude: -90.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 990 195 20.3 12.1 59 8.2 15.2 182 12 294.3 295.9 288.8 320.0 8.97 2 950 550 16.4 11.5 72 5.0 13.4 191 19 293.9 295.5 288.6 319.7 8.99 3 900 1012 16.9 11.0 68 5.9 13.3 217 26 298.9 300.6 290.5 325.8 9.18 4 850 1498 14.2 7.9 66 6.3 10.5 221 24 301.1 302.5 290.1 324.5 7.90 5 800 2007 11.7 2.1 52 9.6 6.5 213 25 303.6 304.7 288.9 320.5 5.56 6 750 2545 10.0 -6.3 31 16.3 2.5 210 29 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.4 3.18 7 700 3115 7.2 -8.7 31 15.9 0.2 213 32 310.4 311.0 288.6 319.5 2.83 8 650 3720 3.3 -8.5 42 11.8 -1.9 214 34 312.7 313.3 289.6 322.6 3.10 9 600 4364 -0.9 -10.0 50 9.1 -4.7 214 34 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.7 2.97 10 550 5053 -5.5 -12.3 59 6.8 -8.1 214 34 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.5 2.71 11 500 5795 -10.0 -14.5 69 4.6 -11.6 224 33 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.2 2.48 12 450 6598 -15.8 -20.5 67 4.8 -17.1 226 34 323.4 323.7 291.5 329.1 1.66 13 400 7475 -22.0 -25.7 72 3.7 -22.9 223 39 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.18 14 350 8449 -26.3 -27.9 86 1.6 -26.6 239 49 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.3 1.10 15 300 9543 -35.4 -35.7 96 0.4 -35.4 244 47 335.5 335.7 293.8 337.8 0.60 16 250 10781 -46.7 -46.8 99 0.1 -46.7 229 45 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.5 0.23 17 200 12229 -54.4 -61.6 41 7.2 -54.6 233 49 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.05 18 150 14036 -63.7 -78.5 12 14.7 -63.8 232 30 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16469 -70.1 -83.1 13 13.0 -70.2 261 31 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.08 m Freezing level: 610.93 mb = 4223.51 m = 13856.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 695.23 mb = 3171.15 m = 10403.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.78 mb = 1234.06 m = 4048.71 ft T: 15.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 8.41 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.27 mb = 3147.31 m = 10325.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.53 C = 97.76 F Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lifted Index: 5.38 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.93 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.19 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 16.22 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7424.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.32 mb = 1405.01 m = 4609.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.6 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 244.6 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.9 neg: -3.8 tot: 101.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 32.84 m/s