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: 42.96,-88.11 Latitude: 42.96 Longitude: -88.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -12 SFC 971 237 11.0 8.5 84 2.5 9.6 321 14 286.6 287.8 284.1 306.7 7.18 2 950 417 9.7 7.3 85 2.4 8.4 326 25 287.0 288.2 283.8 306.0 6.76 3 900 863 6.2 5.6 96 0.6 5.9 334 34 287.9 289.0 283.7 305.8 6.35 4 850 1330 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.1 346 30 290.5 291.6 284.4 307.6 5.97 5 800 1822 2.0 0.0 87 1.9 1.0 329 28 293.2 294.1 284.2 307.2 4.80 6 750 2341 -1.0 -2.1 92 1.1 -1.5 313 29 295.5 296.2 284.7 308.4 4.37 7 700 2889 -3.4 -4.3 93 0.9 -3.8 305 29 298.7 299.4 285.5 310.6 3.96 8 650 3473 -5.9 -6.6 95 0.7 -6.2 304 24 302.3 303.0 286.5 313.3 3.59 9 600 4097 -8.7 -9.4 95 0.7 -9.0 295 17 306.0 306.6 287.3 315.8 3.12 10 550 4768 -11.9 -12.4 96 0.5 -12.1 216 8 310.0 310.5 288.3 318.5 2.68 11 500 5492 -16.0 -16.2 98 0.2 -16.0 201 19 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.6 2.16 12 450 6279 -20.3 -20.3 100 0.0 -20.3 200 34 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.4 1.69 13 400 7140 -27.0 -27.0 100 -0.0 -27.0 201 36 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.5 1.05 14 350 8088 -34.0 -34.8 92 0.8 -34.1 190 43 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.57 15 300 9164 -36.6 -59.7 7 23.1 -37.8 201 79 333.8 333.8 292.8 333.9 0.04 16 250 10411 -42.4 -65.8 6 23.4 -43.2 199 70 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.02 17 200 11900 -46.8 -74.6 3 27.8 -47.5 205 71 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13778 -53.4 -80.1 2 26.7 -53.8 232 37 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16336 -58.2 -85.0 2 26.8 -58.6 254 23 415.2 415.2 307.2 415.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5504.46 m Freezing level: 767.20 mb = 2162.33 m = 7094.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.84 mb = 2027.26 m = 6651.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.70 % Est. max temperature: 16.48 C = 61.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.46 mb = 552.86 m = 1813.83 ft T: 8.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 0.82 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.97 mb = 927.20 m = 3041.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.67 C = 54.80 F Cap Strength: 7.31 C Lifted Index: 8.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 7.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 23.16 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 124.74 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14263.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.53 mb = 858.25 m = 2815.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: -67.9 tot: -19.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 17.60 m/s