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: 42.05,-89.69 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -89.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 975 245 20.6 11.9 57 8.7 15.2 197 10 295.8 297.5 289.3 321.9 8.99 2 950 471 20.3 10.8 55 9.5 14.4 203 22 297.8 299.3 289.6 322.9 8.61 3 900 937 19.2 11.0 59 8.2 14.1 231 38 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.5 9.20 4 850 1426 15.6 10.6 72 5.0 12.5 236 35 302.5 304.2 291.9 330.7 9.49 5 800 1938 11.8 9.0 83 2.8 10.1 235 34 303.7 305.4 291.9 330.8 9.07 6 750 2476 8.0 4.8 80 3.3 6.2 238 36 305.3 306.6 290.9 327.0 7.19 7 700 3041 3.8 1.7 86 2.1 2.7 238 40 306.7 307.8 290.5 325.6 6.20 8 650 3641 1.4 -4.9 63 6.3 -1.6 241 39 310.6 311.3 289.8 323.4 4.08 9 600 4280 -3.1 -9.0 64 5.8 -5.5 237 39 312.5 313.1 289.6 322.9 3.24 10 550 4964 -7.1 -12.2 67 5.1 -9.1 236 42 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.73 11 500 5701 -11.6 -15.8 71 4.1 -13.0 237 45 318.9 319.3 290.6 326.3 2.24 12 450 6501 -16.8 -21.3 68 4.6 -18.1 234 46 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.55 13 400 7374 -23.2 -24.9 86 1.8 -23.6 234 47 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.26 14 350 8338 -30.3 -30.4 99 0.1 -30.3 239 51 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.0 0.87 15 300 9414 -39.1 -39.1 100 -0.0 -39.1 237 54 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.43 16 250 10636 -49.2 -49.4 98 0.2 -49.2 239 61 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.17 17 200 12073 -54.3 -67.3 19 13.0 -54.5 233 62 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 13895 -59.7 -78.5 7 18.7 -59.9 251 54 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16385 -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: 5672.32 m Freezing level: 634.33 mb = 3841.56 m = 12603.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.52 mb = 3413.86 m = 11200.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.37 mb = 1352.27 m = 4436.54 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2492.63 m = 8177.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.00 C = 86.00 F Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lifted Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.24 C K Index: 35.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6330.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.88 mb = 1792.64 m = 5881.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.5 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 265.5 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): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 235.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 57.30 m/s