MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F249.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 249 hour GFS valid 21Z MON 27 OCT 25 Station: 42.75,-88.94 Latitude: 42.75 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 63 SFC 977 264 24.1 15.7 59 8.4 18.5 176 21 299.2 301.3 292.5 332.9 11.54 2 950 509 21.9 14.8 64 7.1 17.2 179 37 299.4 301.4 292.3 332.1 11.18 3 900 975 17.4 13.7 79 3.7 15.0 182 45 299.4 301.4 292.2 331.6 10.99 4 850 1461 13.5 11.5 88 2.0 12.2 191 51 300.2 302.1 291.6 329.8 10.05 5 800 1972 13.1 5.4 59 7.7 8.6 206 48 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.4 7.03 6 750 2512 9.7 2.9 62 6.8 5.9 208 47 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.3 6.29 7 700 3081 6.3 -2.3 54 8.7 2.0 210 49 309.5 310.4 289.9 323.8 4.60 8 650 3684 2.1 -5.1 59 7.1 -1.3 213 53 311.3 312.1 290.0 324.0 4.04 9 600 4324 -3.6 -6.3 81 2.7 -4.8 213 50 312.0 312.7 290.2 324.6 3.98 10 550 5005 -8.3 -15.3 57 7.0 -10.8 212 43 314.2 314.6 289.1 321.1 2.11 11 500 5743 -9.8 -29.0 19 19.2 -14.5 197 39 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.5 0.70 12 450 6548 -15.3 -25.6 41 10.2 -17.9 196 42 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.7 1.06 13 400 7424 -22.7 -29.6 53 6.9 -24.1 208 44 325.5 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.82 14 350 8388 -30.0 -30.1 99 0.1 -30.0 210 43 328.3 328.4 292.1 331.5 0.89 15 300 9468 -38.1 -38.1 100 -0.0 -38.1 207 37 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.5 0.48 16 250 10693 -49.0 -49.0 100 0.0 -49.0 215 39 333.2 333.3 292.8 333.9 0.18 17 200 12118 -61.2 -61.3 98 0.2 -61.2 221 43 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 18 150 13874 -66.2 -73.8 34 7.6 -66.2 201 39 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 19 100 16355 -62.8 -83.9 4 21.1 -63.0 233 37 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.57 m Freezing level: 631.75 mb = 3918.07 m = 12854.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.34 mb = 3445.77 m = 11304.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.85 mb = 1323.36 m = 4341.67 ft T: 14.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2218.37 m = 7278.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.29 C K Index: 26.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.29 mb = 1427.88 m = 4684.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.29 mb = 3829.86 m = 12564.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 498.29 mb = 5769.45 m = 18928.41 ft B at Equ Level: 103.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.29 mb = 11273.32 m = 36985.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 45.8 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 34.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 367.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 367.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 53.50 m/s