MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F033.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 33 hour GFS valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.57,-86.83 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -86.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 980 215 23.6 15.4 60 8.2 18.2 180 9 298.5 300.5 292.1 331.4 11.29 2 950 480 21.1 14.2 65 6.9 16.6 180 18 298.6 300.5 291.7 329.9 10.75 3 900 945 17.9 11.9 68 6.0 14.1 187 27 299.9 301.7 291.3 328.5 9.75 4 850 1434 16.1 9.7 66 6.4 12.1 208 31 303.0 304.7 291.6 329.6 8.91 5 800 1947 13.0 6.7 65 6.3 9.2 219 31 305.0 306.4 291.2 328.2 7.69 6 750 2486 8.9 4.0 71 4.9 6.2 225 33 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.0 6.82 7 700 3054 4.7 2.3 85 2.3 3.4 234 34 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.5 6.48 8 650 3654 0.6 -1.8 84 2.4 -0.6 240 25 309.7 310.6 290.5 325.7 5.17 9 600 4292 -3.6 -6.2 82 2.7 -4.8 254 33 312.0 312.8 290.2 324.7 4.01 10 550 4975 -7.5 -9.4 86 1.9 -8.3 251 40 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.2 3.40 11 500 5711 -11.9 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.4 250 43 318.5 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.76 12 450 6512 -16.4 -16.9 96 0.5 -16.6 240 46 322.7 323.1 291.8 330.3 2.27 13 400 7388 -22.2 -22.4 99 0.1 -22.2 233 47 326.1 326.4 292.2 331.6 1.59 14 350 8355 -29.6 -29.6 100 -0.0 -29.6 228 47 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.94 15 300 9434 -38.4 -38.4 100 -0.0 -38.4 232 53 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.46 16 250 10660 -48.4 -48.4 100 0.0 -48.4 244 68 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.19 17 200 12094 -56.8 -60.6 62 3.8 -56.8 256 85 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 13910 -58.8 -78.6 6 19.8 -59.0 253 61 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16402 -65.9 -83.8 6 17.9 -66.0 248 44 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.46 m Freezing level: 642.67 mb = 3747.23 m = 12293.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3565.58 m = 11697.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.87 C = 83.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.44 mb = 1250.43 m = 4102.40 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 2.83 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.89 mb = 2299.99 m = 7545.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.52 C Showalter Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.22 mb = 1521.63 m = 4992.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.22 mb = 3453.99 m = 11331.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.22 mb = 6242.66 m = 20480.91 ft B at Equ Level: 63.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 366.22 mb = 8026.64 m = 26333.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 32.6 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.9 neg: -3.4 tot: 268.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 90.79 m/s