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: 42.02,-89.66 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -89.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 SFC 975 244 20.6 11.7 57 8.9 15.1 194 10 295.9 297.5 289.2 321.6 8.89 2 950 471 20.3 10.7 54 9.6 14.4 201 23 297.8 299.3 289.6 322.7 8.55 3 900 938 19.5 11.0 58 8.5 14.1 231 39 301.6 303.3 291.4 328.8 9.20 4 850 1427 15.7 10.6 72 5.1 12.5 236 36 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.8 9.49 5 800 1939 11.8 9.1 84 2.7 10.2 236 34 303.7 305.4 292.0 330.9 9.11 6 750 2476 8.0 4.6 79 3.5 6.1 239 35 305.3 306.6 290.8 326.7 7.10 7 700 3042 3.8 1.6 86 2.2 2.7 238 40 306.7 307.9 290.4 325.5 6.15 8 650 3642 1.5 -5.1 61 6.7 -1.6 241 39 310.7 311.4 289.8 323.3 4.01 9 600 4282 -3.1 -9.4 62 6.3 -5.7 237 39 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.6 3.13 10 550 4965 -7.1 -12.5 65 5.4 -9.1 236 42 315.7 316.2 290.1 324.4 2.66 11 500 5702 -11.6 -15.9 71 4.3 -13.1 238 45 318.9 319.3 290.6 326.3 2.22 12 450 6502 -16.7 -21.6 66 4.9 -18.1 234 46 322.2 322.5 291.0 327.4 1.51 13 400 7375 -23.2 -25.1 84 1.9 -23.6 233 47 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.25 14 350 8339 -30.3 -30.5 98 0.2 -30.3 239 51 327.9 328.0 292.0 331.0 0.86 15 300 9415 -39.1 -39.1 100 -0.0 -39.1 237 54 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.43 16 250 10637 -49.2 -49.4 98 0.2 -49.2 239 60 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12075 -54.3 -67.3 19 13.0 -54.5 233 62 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13896 -59.8 -78.5 7 18.7 -60.0 251 53 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16386 -66.5 -83.5 7 17.0 -66.7 240 28 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.33 m Freezing level: 633.40 mb = 3854.35 m = 12645.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.52 mb = 3414.69 m = 11202.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.41 mb = 1382.44 m = 4535.53 ft T: 16.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 8.31 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.46 mb = 2504.10 m = 8215.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 1.66 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 35.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6551.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.69 mb = 1816.16 m = 5958.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 248.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 59.12 m/s