MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F030.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 30 hour GFS valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 41.47,-88.70 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 981 201 21.8 14.8 64 7.0 17.3 209 12 296.6 298.5 291.2 328.0 10.88 2 950 480 18.5 14.0 75 4.6 15.6 212 18 296.0 297.9 290.7 326.6 10.61 3 900 942 15.7 11.8 77 3.9 13.3 219 25 297.7 299.5 290.5 325.9 9.69 4 850 1426 14.1 8.1 67 6.0 10.5 225 35 300.9 302.3 290.1 324.5 7.97 5 800 1936 10.9 6.1 72 4.8 8.2 236 37 302.8 304.2 290.2 324.9 7.41 6 750 2471 7.3 4.3 81 3.0 5.6 238 35 304.5 305.8 290.4 325.5 6.97 7 700 3036 3.6 2.1 90 1.6 2.8 239 32 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.8 6.35 8 650 3634 0.1 -4.8 69 4.9 -2.1 242 34 309.1 309.9 289.3 322.0 4.11 9 600 4271 -3.8 -14.9 42 11.1 -7.7 248 45 311.8 312.2 288.2 318.3 2.01 10 550 4952 -7.7 -24.3 25 16.6 -12.2 250 52 315.0 315.1 288.2 318.3 0.97 11 500 5687 -12.6 -30.5 21 17.9 -16.5 248 56 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.8 0.60 12 450 6483 -17.1 -32.2 26 15.0 -20.1 244 62 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.57 13 400 7356 -23.0 -29.5 55 6.5 -24.3 240 65 325.1 325.3 291.2 328.1 0.83 14 350 8321 -29.8 -30.9 91 1.0 -30.0 232 67 328.5 328.7 292.2 331.5 0.83 15 300 9399 -38.8 -38.8 99 0.1 -38.8 226 68 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.4 0.44 16 250 10621 -49.3 -49.3 100 0.0 -49.3 236 79 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.17 17 200 12049 -57.3 -63.4 46 6.0 -57.5 247 88 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 18 150 13868 -57.7 -79.0 5 21.3 -58.0 248 60 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.01 19 100 16377 -64.4 -83.9 5 19.5 -64.6 248 46 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.83 m Freezing level: 648.48 mb = 3653.56 m = 11986.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.82 mb = 3367.55 m = 11048.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.81 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.17 mb = 1082.56 m = 3551.66 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.56 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 1974.09 m = 6476.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.64 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5707.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.29 mb = 1255.50 m = 4119.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.1 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 271.1 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 193.6 neg: -14.1 tot: 179.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 84.83 m/s