MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2510171200F252.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 10.5 day GFS valid 0Z TUE 28 OCT 25 Station: 42.15,-89.10 Latitude: 42.15 Longitude: -89.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 979 255 22.5 13.7 57 8.8 16.8 176 23 297.5 299.3 290.8 326.9 10.11 2 950 513 20.9 13.1 61 7.8 15.9 179 42 298.3 300.2 291.0 327.6 10.01 3 900 977 16.6 12.3 75 4.4 13.8 183 51 298.7 300.5 291.1 327.9 10.00 4 850 1462 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 188 57 299.1 300.9 291.2 328.3 10.01 5 800 1969 10.7 5.6 70 5.2 7.8 211 56 302.6 303.9 290.0 324.0 7.14 6 750 2507 9.8 -2.8 41 12.6 3.5 214 51 307.2 308.0 288.8 320.0 4.14 7 700 3076 6.5 -9.0 32 15.5 -0.2 207 55 309.7 310.2 288.2 318.5 2.76 8 650 3679 1.9 -8.4 46 10.3 -2.6 203 56 311.1 311.7 289.1 321.1 3.12 9 600 4318 -3.3 -11.4 54 8.1 -6.5 202 51 312.3 312.8 289.0 320.9 2.67 10 550 5000 -8.0 -20.9 35 12.8 -11.9 204 49 314.5 314.8 288.4 319.0 1.32 11 500 5736 -11.2 -36.4 10 25.2 -16.0 206 49 319.4 319.5 288.9 320.7 0.34 12 450 6536 -16.4 -32.9 23 16.5 -19.7 210 50 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.5 0.53 13 400 7409 -24.1 -29.4 62 5.3 -25.1 205 47 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.6 0.84 14 350 8368 -31.2 -32.2 91 1.0 -31.4 194 50 326.7 326.8 291.5 329.3 0.73 15 300 9443 -39.2 -39.7 95 0.5 -39.3 204 52 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.40 16 250 10664 -49.5 -50.3 91 0.8 -49.6 191 49 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.15 17 200 12089 -60.0 -61.8 80 1.7 -60.1 198 58 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 18 150 13861 -65.5 -74.8 26 9.3 -65.6 204 46 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16361 -59.9 -84.3 3 24.3 -60.2 242 35 412.0 412.0 306.7 412.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.34 m Freezing level: 631.44 mb = 3916.37 m = 12848.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.86 mb = 3042.35 m = 9981.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.06 % Est. max temperature: 25.55 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.17 mb = 1370.67 m = 4496.91 ft T: 13.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.87 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2562.81 m = 8408.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.39 C = 90.29 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 19.40 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.67 mb = 1494.35 m = 4902.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.67 mb = 4561.51 m = 14965.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.67 mb = 5261.67 m = 17262.47 ft B at Equ Level: 8.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 501.67 mb = 5709.86 m = 18732.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.7 at 51.1 knts Storm direction: 231.7 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 462.3 neg: -23.7 tot: 438.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 60.75 m/s