MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F027.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 27 hour GFS valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.81,-89.25 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -89.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 238 19.7 15.0 75 4.6 16.7 214 11 294.7 296.7 290.7 326.4 11.04 2 950 483 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.3 218 18 294.4 296.3 290.4 325.4 10.81 3 900 943 15.4 13.0 86 2.4 13.9 231 22 297.4 299.3 291.2 328.0 10.53 4 850 1428 13.9 9.8 76 4.1 11.4 232 22 300.7 302.3 290.9 327.1 8.97 5 800 1937 10.6 7.4 81 3.2 8.7 233 30 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.6 8.11 6 750 2472 7.0 4.3 83 2.7 5.5 234 36 304.2 305.5 290.3 325.1 6.96 7 700 3036 3.4 -0.9 73 4.3 1.2 238 39 306.2 307.2 289.3 321.9 5.10 8 650 3633 -0.6 -7.5 59 6.9 -3.6 247 43 308.3 309.0 288.3 318.9 3.35 9 600 4268 -4.6 -14.2 47 9.6 -8.0 247 46 310.8 311.2 288.0 317.7 2.13 10 550 4947 -8.5 -18.6 44 10.1 -11.7 246 53 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.3 1.60 11 500 5681 -12.7 -21.1 49 8.4 -15.1 247 54 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.3 1.42 12 450 6477 -17.6 -22.5 66 4.8 -18.9 238 56 321.1 321.3 290.5 325.9 1.40 13 400 7348 -23.5 -27.8 68 4.3 -24.4 237 67 324.4 324.6 291.1 327.8 0.97 14 350 8311 -30.6 -31.7 90 1.2 -30.8 234 74 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.3 0.77 15 300 9386 -39.4 -39.4 100 -0.0 -39.5 230 78 329.8 329.8 292.1 331.3 0.42 16 250 10604 -50.0 -50.0 100 0.0 -50.0 236 90 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 17 200 12033 -56.2 -65.5 30 9.2 -56.4 250 87 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 13864 -56.9 -79.0 4 22.1 -57.2 247 50 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.01 19 100 16377 -64.0 -83.9 5 19.8 -64.2 245 49 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.63 m Freezing level: 657.07 mb = 3548.47 m = 11641.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.45 mb = 3181.65 m = 10438.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 824.43 m = 2704.78 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1768.33 m = 5801.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lifted Index: 0.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 32.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.30 mb = 1063.75 m = 3489.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.30 mb = 3361.11 m = 11027.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 502.30 mb = 5645.25 m = 18520.95 ft B at Equ Level: 51.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.30 mb = 7305.61 m = 23968.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 172.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 76.60 m/s