MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F021.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 21 hour GFS valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 42.02,-89.56 Latitude: 42.02 Longitude: -89.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 975 249 17.5 14.2 81 3.4 15.4 218 8 292.7 294.6 289.5 322.5 10.46 2 950 474 18.4 13.4 73 5.0 15.2 228 23 295.8 297.7 290.3 325.2 10.19 3 900 937 15.9 13.6 86 2.3 14.4 241 33 297.9 299.9 291.6 329.7 10.94 4 850 1421 13.8 11.4 86 2.3 12.3 247 37 300.6 302.4 291.7 330.1 10.03 5 800 1931 10.9 8.1 83 2.7 9.2 245 38 302.7 304.3 291.2 328.1 8.52 6 750 2467 7.8 4.4 79 3.4 5.9 241 40 305.1 306.4 290.6 326.3 7.03 7 700 3033 4.4 -1.2 67 5.6 1.5 239 42 307.3 308.3 289.6 322.8 5.00 8 650 3632 0.2 -5.8 64 6.0 -2.6 237 45 309.1 309.9 289.1 321.1 3.81 9 600 4269 -3.4 -9.7 62 6.3 -6.0 237 47 312.1 312.7 289.3 321.9 3.05 10 550 4952 -7.4 -12.5 67 5.1 -9.3 237 51 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.0 2.66 11 500 5689 -11.8 -16.4 69 4.6 -13.3 235 51 318.6 319.1 290.5 325.7 2.13 12 450 6488 -17.0 -22.6 62 5.6 -18.5 237 53 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.7 1.39 13 400 7360 -23.2 -26.1 77 2.9 -23.9 241 52 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.8 1.13 14 350 8324 -30.5 -31.3 93 0.8 -30.7 243 57 327.6 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.80 15 300 9399 -39.4 -40.4 90 1.0 -39.5 245 64 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.38 16 250 10617 -50.4 -50.4 100 0.0 -50.4 241 69 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 17 200 12043 -55.7 -65.1 30 9.4 -55.8 246 71 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.03 18 150 13878 -57.7 -78.6 5 20.9 -58.0 247 55 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16375 -66.2 -83.5 7 17.4 -66.3 238 36 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.44 m Freezing level: 647.74 mb = 3660.81 m = 12010.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.19 mb = 3253.21 m = 10673.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.92 mb = 675.46 m = 2216.06 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.96 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1824.79 m = 5986.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5379.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.18 mb = 1144.96 m = 3756.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 60.09 m/s