MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F024.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 24 hour GFS valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.40,-88.86 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -88.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 981 206 18.2 13.9 76 4.3 15.5 211 10 292.9 294.8 289.4 322.1 10.22 2 950 480 17.9 12.9 73 5.0 14.7 224 24 295.3 297.1 289.9 323.8 9.90 3 900 943 16.5 13.0 80 3.5 14.3 253 26 298.5 300.4 291.5 329.1 10.50 4 850 1428 14.3 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 251 26 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.7 9.66 5 800 1939 11.7 6.8 72 4.9 8.8 240 31 303.7 305.1 290.8 326.9 7.76 6 750 2476 8.1 3.5 73 4.5 5.5 238 34 305.3 306.6 290.3 325.3 6.59 7 700 3042 4.5 -1.0 67 5.5 1.7 242 40 307.4 308.4 289.7 323.1 5.07 8 650 3642 0.5 -6.6 59 7.1 -2.7 250 45 309.5 310.2 289.0 320.8 3.58 9 600 4279 -3.6 -10.4 59 6.8 -6.3 245 47 312.0 312.5 289.1 321.3 2.89 10 550 4962 -7.4 -11.5 73 4.0 -9.0 243 52 315.3 315.8 290.2 324.7 2.89 11 500 5698 -11.9 -15.2 76 3.4 -13.0 246 50 318.6 319.0 290.6 326.3 2.34 12 450 6497 -17.0 -19.1 84 2.1 -17.6 246 45 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.88 13 400 7370 -23.4 -24.8 88 1.4 -23.7 245 55 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.1 1.28 14 350 8333 -30.6 -33.8 73 3.2 -31.0 248 61 327.5 327.7 291.7 329.8 0.63 15 300 9408 -39.5 -40.9 87 1.4 -39.6 250 69 329.7 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.36 16 250 10626 -50.0 -50.9 90 0.9 -50.1 248 80 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.14 17 200 12051 -57.4 -64.5 40 7.0 -57.6 254 79 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.03 18 150 13889 -57.0 -79.3 4 22.2 -57.3 250 51 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16382 -66.4 -83.6 7 17.2 -66.5 241 40 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.06 m Freezing level: 644.32 mb = 3714.11 m = 12185.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.85 mb = 3266.67 m = 10717.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.66 mb = 748.67 m = 2456.24 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 8.90 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.45 mb = 2134.44 m = 7002.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 31.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6220.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.50 mb = 1196.78 m = 3926.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 55.87 m/s