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: 41.54,-88.94 Latitude: 41.54 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 978 212 23.4 15.2 60 8.1 18.0 216 10 298.4 300.4 292.0 331.0 11.19 2 950 463 20.7 14.4 67 6.4 16.6 215 17 298.2 300.2 291.7 330.0 10.91 3 900 928 16.4 13.4 82 3.0 14.5 215 19 298.4 300.3 291.7 329.8 10.79 4 850 1412 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.0 218 20 299.0 300.9 291.5 329.3 10.36 5 800 1919 9.7 9.6 99 0.2 9.6 231 23 301.5 303.3 291.5 329.3 9.40 6 750 2453 7.0 5.1 88 1.9 5.9 235 24 304.2 305.6 290.7 326.4 7.37 7 700 3018 3.3 2.4 94 0.9 2.8 230 27 306.2 307.4 290.6 326.0 6.52 8 650 3616 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.2 -1.0 229 33 308.4 309.4 290.2 324.6 5.22 9 600 4251 -4.8 -13.5 51 8.7 -7.9 235 36 310.6 311.0 288.1 317.8 2.25 10 550 4930 -8.6 -18.7 44 10.1 -11.8 239 42 313.9 314.2 288.5 319.1 1.59 11 500 5663 -12.7 -21.5 48 8.8 -15.2 243 49 317.5 317.8 289.4 322.2 1.37 12 450 6459 -18.0 -21.5 74 3.4 -19.0 236 54 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.53 13 400 7328 -24.1 -24.1 99 0.1 -24.1 248 67 323.7 324.0 291.3 328.4 1.36 14 350 8290 -30.4 -30.4 100 -0.0 -30.4 240 78 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.8 0.87 15 300 9366 -39.0 -39.0 100 -0.0 -39.0 231 75 330.4 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.44 16 250 10593 -47.8 -47.8 100 0.0 -47.7 223 107 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.9 0.20 17 200 12032 -55.9 -62.3 45 6.4 -56.1 242 102 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 13856 -58.5 -78.8 6 20.3 -58.7 254 56 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16373 -63.5 -84.1 4 20.6 -63.7 250 42 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.87 m Freezing level: 656.04 mb = 3543.77 m = 11626.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.38 mb = 3451.51 m = 11323.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.06 C = 77.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.73 mb = 1237.09 m = 4058.66 ft T: 13.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 11.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.18 mb = 1360.48 m = 4463.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 292.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.70 mb = 1286.32 m = 4220.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.70 mb = 1533.73 m = 5031.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.70 mb = 8133.50 m = 26684.38 ft B at Equ Level: 290.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.70 mb = 11195.73 m = 36730.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 78.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 7.32 Bulk Shear: 39.87 m/s