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: 41.65,-86.42 Latitude: 41.65 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 981 222 19.1 15.6 80 3.5 16.8 214 13 293.9 295.9 290.7 326.5 11.44 2 950 499 17.2 14.4 84 2.7 15.4 223 26 294.6 296.6 290.6 326.0 10.95 3 900 960 16.2 10.9 71 5.3 13.0 239 34 298.2 299.9 290.3 325.0 9.16 4 850 1445 13.8 7.9 68 5.9 10.3 242 33 300.6 302.1 290.0 324.0 7.91 5 800 1954 10.5 5.0 69 5.5 7.4 247 31 302.3 303.6 289.6 322.8 6.85 6 750 2488 6.7 2.5 74 4.3 4.5 246 31 303.9 305.0 289.5 322.3 6.11 7 700 3051 2.4 0.5 88 1.8 1.4 245 32 305.1 306.2 289.5 322.4 5.69 8 650 3648 -0.8 -1.6 94 0.8 -1.2 244 36 308.1 309.1 290.0 324.3 5.25 9 600 4284 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.2 241 41 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.9 4.57 10 550 4967 -7.3 -7.8 96 0.5 -7.5 238 46 315.4 316.1 291.1 327.7 3.85 11 500 5704 -11.5 -12.0 96 0.5 -11.7 235 47 319.0 319.6 291.5 329.1 3.06 12 450 6504 -16.4 -16.6 99 0.1 -16.4 232 46 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.5 2.33 13 400 7379 -22.5 -22.5 100 0.0 -22.5 235 50 325.7 326.0 292.0 331.2 1.57 14 350 8345 -30.1 -30.1 100 -0.0 -30.2 235 53 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.89 15 300 9422 -39.2 -39.2 100 -0.0 -39.2 236 58 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.43 16 250 10641 -50.1 -50.1 100 0.0 -50.1 244 67 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 17 200 12063 -57.6 -62.6 53 5.0 -57.7 259 87 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 13889 -58.3 -78.5 6 20.1 -58.6 240 52 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16384 -64.8 -83.8 6 19.0 -64.9 260 46 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.90 m Freezing level: 662.34 mb = 3500.44 m = 11484.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.34 mb = 3375.66 m = 11074.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.49 mb = 666.73 m = 2187.40 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 4.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1898.67 m = 6229.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: 2.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 19.44 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.68 mb = 1182.87 m = 3880.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.68 mb = 3031.85 m = 9946.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.68 mb = 3874.76 m = 12712.32 ft B at Equ Level: 24.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 541.68 mb = 5084.49 m = 16681.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.5 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 269.5 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.5 neg: -3.2 tot: 130.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 31.54 m/s