MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F048.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 48 hour GFS valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.32,-90.25 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -90.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 985 180 10.4 7.6 83 2.8 8.9 308 15 284.8 285.9 282.7 303.3 6.65 2 950 480 7.7 6.1 90 1.5 6.9 313 28 285.0 286.0 282.3 302.3 6.23 3 900 923 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.2 325 34 285.9 286.9 282.2 302.0 5.71 4 850 1387 2.3 2.2 99 0.1 2.2 334 37 288.6 289.5 282.8 303.6 5.28 5 800 1875 0.3 0.2 99 0.1 0.2 330 30 291.4 292.3 283.6 305.5 4.85 6 750 2392 -1.9 -2.0 100 0.1 -1.9 324 27 294.5 295.3 284.4 307.5 4.41 7 700 2938 -4.3 -5.9 88 1.6 -5.0 322 29 297.7 298.4 284.7 308.3 3.51 8 650 3520 -6.8 -11.0 72 4.2 -8.3 305 31 301.3 301.7 285.0 309.1 2.54 9 600 4140 -11.0 -15.3 71 4.2 -12.3 291 33 303.4 303.7 285.1 309.5 1.94 10 550 4803 -15.2 -16.5 90 1.3 -15.6 271 25 306.0 306.4 286.1 312.1 1.91 11 500 5517 -19.8 -19.8 100 0.0 -19.8 251 17 309.0 309.3 286.8 314.2 1.59 12 450 6290 -25.7 -25.9 98 0.2 -25.7 225 20 310.9 311.1 286.9 314.4 1.03 13 400 7133 -31.7 -32.5 92 0.8 -31.8 194 27 313.8 313.9 287.4 315.9 0.62 14 350 8067 -35.1 -55.7 10 20.5 -36.2 226 31 321.4 321.4 289.2 321.6 0.06 15 300 9142 -35.3 -66.5 3 31.2 -36.7 224 44 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.6 0.02 16 250 10405 -38.0 -70.8 2 32.7 -39.3 225 42 349.5 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 17 200 11924 -43.9 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.8 231 47 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 13809 -52.8 -80.3 2 27.5 -53.2 263 56 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16365 -60.9 -84.6 3 23.7 -61.2 262 28 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5462.98 m Freezing level: 793.82 mb = 1939.25 m = 6362.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.81 mb = 1927.49 m = 6323.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.23 % Est. max temperature: 15.02 C = 59.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.34 mb = 529.02 m = 1735.62 ft T: 7.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 1.26 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 806.56 m = 2646.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 11.31 C = 52.36 F Cap Strength: 6.38 C Lifted Index: 7.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 6.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 22.66 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.01 mb = 769.66 m = 2525.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.01 mb = 904.81 m = 2968.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 892.01 mb = 995.51 m = 3266.06 ft B at Equ Level: 6.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 842.01 mb = 1463.31 m = 4800.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.4 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 334.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -25.5 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.95 Bulk Shear: 3.40 m/s