MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F036.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 36 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.84,-88.61 Latitude: 41.84 Longitude: -88.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 973 243 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 185 7 293.1 295.3 291.0 327.7 12.15 2 950 449 18.1 15.2 83 2.9 16.2 206 15 295.5 297.6 291.3 328.5 11.47 3 900 910 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.9 218 16 297.2 299.1 291.1 327.9 10.58 4 850 1393 12.2 10.8 91 1.5 11.3 228 16 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.0 9.58 5 800 1900 9.4 7.7 89 1.6 8.4 234 16 301.2 302.7 290.5 325.7 8.29 6 750 2433 6.2 4.6 89 1.7 5.3 233 18 303.4 304.7 290.2 324.6 7.09 7 700 2995 2.2 1.1 92 1.1 1.7 229 20 305.0 306.1 289.6 323.0 5.93 8 650 3590 -1.3 -2.5 92 1.2 -1.9 224 20 307.5 308.4 289.6 322.6 4.90 9 600 4225 -4.0 -5.2 91 1.2 -4.6 221 22 311.5 312.3 290.3 325.1 4.33 10 550 4908 -7.3 -8.0 95 0.7 -7.6 207 24 315.5 316.2 291.0 327.7 3.81 11 500 5645 -11.4 -12.1 95 0.7 -11.7 194 28 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 3.02 12 450 6446 -16.5 -16.9 97 0.4 -16.6 193 35 322.5 322.9 291.7 330.1 2.26 13 400 7322 -22.1 -22.2 99 0.1 -22.1 197 44 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.9 1.61 14 350 8291 -28.7 -28.7 100 0.0 -28.7 205 69 330.0 330.2 292.7 333.7 1.02 15 300 9375 -37.0 -37.0 100 -0.0 -37.0 207 85 333.2 333.3 293.1 335.2 0.53 16 250 10608 -47.6 -47.6 100 0.0 -47.6 204 89 335.3 335.4 293.3 336.2 0.21 17 200 12043 -57.5 -59.3 80 1.8 -57.6 221 102 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.06 18 150 13864 -59.6 -78.6 7 19.0 -59.8 257 52 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.01 19 100 16376 -62.9 -84.2 4 21.2 -63.1 250 32 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.85 m Freezing level: 668.32 mb = 3372.09 m = 11063.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.39 mb = 3270.68 m = 10730.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.64 C = 76.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.28 mb = 401.20 m = 1316.26 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 5.90 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1258.45 m = 4128.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 22.20 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 99.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.59 mb = 989.67 m = 3246.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.59 mb = 2144.98 m = 7037.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.59 mb = 4814.35 m = 15794.91 ft B at Equ Level: 99.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.59 mb = 7383.83 m = 24224.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 13.31 Bulk Shear: 7.49 m/s