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: 41.61,-89.18 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 34 SFC 978 222 22.3 15.4 65 6.9 17.8 218 12 297.3 299.4 291.7 330.1 11.31 2 950 477 18.9 14.5 75 4.4 16.1 221 19 296.4 298.4 291.2 328.1 10.98 3 900 938 14.8 13.5 92 1.3 14.0 224 21 296.7 298.7 291.2 328.1 10.85 4 850 1421 13.5 9.2 75 4.3 10.9 231 32 300.3 301.9 290.5 325.7 8.62 5 800 1930 10.8 6.9 77 3.9 8.5 235 35 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.0 7.81 6 750 2465 7.0 5.2 88 1.8 5.9 238 34 304.1 305.5 290.7 326.3 7.39 7 700 3030 3.7 -0.4 75 4.0 1.6 239 33 306.6 307.5 289.6 322.9 5.32 8 650 3628 -0.2 -7.0 60 6.8 -3.2 240 37 308.8 309.4 288.6 319.7 3.47 9 600 4263 -4.3 -15.3 42 11.0 -8.1 245 46 311.2 311.5 287.9 317.5 1.94 10 550 4944 -7.9 -27.3 20 19.3 -12.8 246 52 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.2 0.74 11 500 5677 -12.9 -31.9 19 19.0 -16.9 246 58 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.2 0.53 12 450 6473 -17.4 -34.4 21 17.0 -20.5 242 66 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.0 0.46 13 400 7346 -23.1 -35.0 33 11.9 -25.1 237 68 324.9 325.0 290.8 326.7 0.49 14 350 8309 -30.2 -34.4 67 4.1 -30.9 230 71 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.59 15 300 9385 -39.1 -39.5 96 0.4 -39.1 228 76 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.41 16 250 10608 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 237 89 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.18 17 200 12037 -56.9 -64.4 38 7.5 -57.1 244 87 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13859 -57.7 -79.0 5 21.3 -58.0 246 59 370.6 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.01 19 100 16372 -64.1 -84.0 5 19.9 -64.3 247 46 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.34 m Freezing level: 652.41 mb = 3599.12 m = 11807.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3224.44 m = 10578.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.75 mb = 1092.34 m = 3583.76 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1673.97 m = 5491.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.66 mb = 1112.32 m = 3649.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.66 mb = 3068.56 m = 10067.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 456.66 mb = 6362.12 m = 20872.85 ft B at Equ Level: 83.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 346.66 mb = 8376.38 m = 27481.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.3 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 270.3 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.3 neg: -4.4 tot: 136.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 74.36 m/s