MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F018.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F018.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 18 hour GFS valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.54,-88.70 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 981 205 20.3 10.7 54 9.6 14.4 190 12 295.0 296.5 288.3 318.8 8.24 2 950 485 19.5 10.3 55 9.2 13.9 200 27 297.0 298.5 289.1 321.1 8.29 3 900 951 20.1 10.0 52 10.1 13.8 228 40 302.2 303.8 291.0 327.7 8.58 4 850 1441 16.1 9.3 64 6.8 11.9 237 37 303.0 304.6 291.4 328.9 8.68 5 800 1953 11.7 8.9 83 2.8 10.0 248 35 303.6 305.3 291.8 330.4 8.96 6 750 2490 7.3 7.0 98 0.4 7.1 254 31 304.5 306.1 291.6 329.7 8.39 7 700 3056 3.6 3.5 99 0.2 3.5 252 26 306.5 307.8 291.1 327.9 7.04 8 650 3658 2.4 -4.1 62 6.5 -0.7 237 29 311.7 312.5 290.4 325.4 4.35 9 600 4300 -1.6 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.3 236 34 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.3 2.13 10 550 4986 -6.2 -21.9 28 15.7 -10.9 234 38 316.7 316.9 289.0 320.8 1.20 11 500 5724 -11.5 -24.6 33 13.1 -14.9 235 39 319.1 319.3 289.6 322.7 1.04 12 450 6523 -17.2 -28.2 38 11.0 -19.7 237 40 321.6 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.83 13 400 7395 -23.5 -34.9 34 11.4 -25.4 241 41 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.2 0.49 14 350 8357 -30.6 -34.6 68 4.1 -31.2 245 44 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.58 15 300 9434 -38.4 -40.6 80 2.2 -38.7 244 47 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.37 16 250 10660 -48.2 -50.8 74 2.7 -48.3 241 51 334.4 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.14 17 200 12102 -55.4 -65.3 28 9.9 -55.6 236 57 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 13921 -59.7 -79.3 6 19.6 -59.9 255 47 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16401 -67.0 -83.3 8 16.3 -67.1 240 27 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.18 m Freezing level: 619.91 mb = 4044.19 m = 13268.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.67 mb = 3550.02 m = 11646.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.06 mb = 1430.63 m = 4693.61 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.58 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.95 mb = 2556.44 m = 8387.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.97 C = 85.95 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.76 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6755.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.73 mb = 1882.58 m = 6176.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.9 neg: -9.5 tot: 282.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 48.84 m/s